Since I started writing for this blog, I am definitely more aware of fire safety, and the various pieces of equipment that I write about. I notice extinguishers in restaurants, public buildings, petrol stations, even on lorries and trucks.
Now it never really occurred to me that one would need a fire extinguisher on a lorry. [...]
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Fire extinguishers
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Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire safety equipment by Hannah
Check out this fabulous piccie. This is a very old fire extinguisher. As you can see, time has taken its toll on the poor thing, and I’m fairly sure it would pass any of the British kitemarking standards, but it is pretty cool.
My husband, my father and my mother all work at a miniature steam [...]
So, last month I was telling you all about fire extinguishers that you can use in your car. Or your van. Or Lorry. Or boat. Or even in your multi-million pound luxury yacht. Now this is all well and good, but fire extinguishers are heavy things. And if you lay them on their sides, they [...]
Exam season is fast approaching, and for any of you who have contact with GCSE, AS and A-Level students, you will know that they are firmly in the throes of revision. So, to show some solidarity, here’s a little bit of revision for you.
A foam fire extinguisher is capable of controlling flammable solid fires – [...]
Now, you may remember than back in the dim and distant past of November, I was lucky enough to interview Sarah Beeny. She bought some products from Fire Protection Online when she was restoring a 96 room house (no that wasn’t a typo, I did mean 96!). This restoration project also formed the basis of [...]
Wheeled fire extinguishers. Now, these do exactly what it says on the tin – they are fire extinguishers on wheels. They are on wheels because they are heavy, and hold a up to a whopping 100 litre volume of content. Pretty impressive.
Now wheeled extinguishers are designed to be moved and operated by one person. If [...]
Two hundred years ago, everything in a rich man’s house would have had a lock on it, to prevent petty theft. And I mean everything. Not just doors to rooms, but chests of drawers, tea caddies, clocks, everything. People were very security-conscious.
Nowadays, we are not as careful with the little things, as the stationary cupboard [...]
Do you use vehicles at your workplace? For a lot of people and employers, the answer to this question may well be ‘Yes’. So, if this is the case, had you thought about whether you should have fire extinguishers in your vehicles?
I have talked about car fire extinguishers before, and how it is a good [...]
Today’s subject – the automatic fire extinguisher. What is it, why do you need one, and how does it work? Well, fear not. As ever, I am here to entertain and inform. I have my topic and I am raring to go!
So, first of all what is it? Well, in the classic Ronseal style, it [...]
You think of fire extinguishers, and which company (other than Fire Protection Online, of course!) do you think of? Well, I reckon that most of you will say Chubb. Yes, Chubb fire extinguishers have become synonymous with fire safety, and I am here to tell you a wee bit more about them.
Chubb were originally a [...]