The importance of preparing
for emergencies cannot understated. On many plant visits the editors of the
Aluminium Plant Safety Blog will look for the amount and size of fire
extinguishers and fire buckets. The use of fire buckets are a simple yet
effective method for quickly putting out or containing a fire. Having enough
buckets is important. In some incidents the fire buckets can be passed along a
human chain to put a fire out. We have seen some casthouses with as few as six
(6) and as many as 24 buckets. The casthouse with six buckets explained to us
that there was a nearby drum of bone ash that can be used to corral a molten
metal spill. We suggested that in addition to the barrel of bone ash more
buckets be hung to allow for quicker response. Here is a recent story:
A minor fire broke out
in an aluminium factory one morning during the week of October 16, 2016 officials
said in India. The incident took place at around 10 am at. Four fire engines
were pressed into service, and they doused the fire in around 45 minutes. No
casualties have been reported so far.
We omitted the location
because we were unaware of the company name and did not want to accidentally
identify the wrong company. Regardless, we do wonder why “four fire engines, 45
minutes” is considered a minor fire. We wonder what a major fire would be.
Regardless, we pray that no one was injured in this incident.
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