Fire Blankets

Extinguisher type Water Carbon dioxide Dry powder Foam Vaporizing liquicf Fire blanket Sand... 

Type 1 heavy duty fire blankets and type 2 heavy duty heat protective blankets. Superseded BS 7944 1985... 

Walls and floor openings covered with e.g. Fire Blanket... 

Portable extinguishers and fire blankets are normally provided at strategic points in the work area. See Table 5.12. 

Portable extinguishers and fire blankets are normally provided at strategic points in the work area. The range of application of portable extinguishers is summarized in Table 6.12. British Standard EN3 Part 5 requires all new extinguisher bodies to be red. A zone of colour above, or within, the section used to provide operating instructions may be used to identify the type of extinguisher. The colours used are ... 

Withdrawn) 1989 Fire extinguishing media. Part 2 Halons. Section 2.2 Code of practice for safe handling and transfer procedures. Withdrawn, superseded by BS EN 27201-2 1994 (Withdrawn) 1985 AMD 1 Fire blankets (AMD 8938) dated 15 December 1995. Withdrawn, superseded by BS 7944 1999... 

Lighting applications - Emergency lighting. Also BS 5266-7 1999 Fire blankets. Partially. Snperseded BS 6565 1985... 

Know the location of the fire extinguisher, safety shower, eyewash, fire blanket, and first-aid kit. Know how to use the safety equipment provided for you. 

Where it s at. Learn the location and proper use of the fire extinguishers, fire blankets, safety showers, and eyewashes. 

A fire blanket. This is useful for tossing onto table tops and floor fires. Even more important, it can be used to wrap around yourself or a helper who has caught fire. These blankets can be made easily and cheaply by going to fabric or upholstery stores and purchasing a generous... 

If your clothes are on fire do not run. I know this sounds stupid, but the faster you move the faster and hotter your clothes burn. Walk to your fire blanket or a nearby shower. If you were too stupid to get a blanket and there is no nearby shower, try rolling on the floor and dumping sand or baking soda on yourself If you have received a severe burn, do not touch or anoint it with anything, get medical attention at once. 

General caution and safety. The metal alkyls trimethylaluminum, trimethylgallium, trimethylindium, triethylindium, dimethylzinc, and diethyl-zinc all spontaneously inflame in air (pyrophoric) and are violently reactive toward water and carbon dioxide. Dimethylcadmium fumes upon exposure to air but does not inflame, and decomposes, sluggishly, in water. As with cadmium dichloride, and in common with all cadmium compounds, dimethylcadmium is extremely toxic. A dry powder extinguisher, sand bucket, and fire blanket should be at hand at all times. 

Accessible fully-charged fire extinguishers of the appropriate type and fire blankets must be present if a fire hazard exists. 

A fire blanket can be used to smother a fire. However, use caution when using a fire blanket on a clothing fire. Some fabrics are polymers that melt onto the skin. Stop, Drop and Roll is the best method for extinguishing clothing on fire. 

A fire blanket should not be used for clothing fires because clothes often contain polymers that melt onto the skin. Pressing these fabrics into the skin with a blanket increases burn damage. 

Regularly inspect fire blankets, if present, for rips and holes. Maintain a record of inspection. 

Each laboratory should be equipped with hoods and safety-related items such as fire extinguisher, fire blankets, safety shower, and eye wash fountain. The equipment and materials listed here for 25 students should be made available in each laboratory. 

Know where the fire extinguisher, eyewash station, and fire blankets are located. 

Just before Christmas 1933, Thompson had an accident in one of the chemistry labs. She was distilling benzene using a Bunsen burner when the benzene caught fire. She extinguished the flames and then, as she told Turner, with her clothes on fire She threw herself on the floor as this was the proper thing to do , and, owing to her prompt action and that of Miss Cook and Miss Lockhart in wrapping her up in the fire blanket which was only a few feet away, Miss Thompson was saved from a much more serious accident. 43... 

Each laboratory equipped with eye wash fountains, manual showers, fire extinguishes and fire blankets. 

All teaching and research laboratories are provided with a color-coded safety island, a highly visible, easily accessible area in which are located the emergency water sprayer, one or more CO2 extinguishers, a bucket of sand and a wall-mounted fire blanket. Dry powder extinguishers were avoided because of the destructive effect of the airborne powder on electronic instruments. 

DOT CLASSIFICATION 6.1 Label Poison SAFETY PROFILE A poison. An irritant to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes. Questionable carcinogen with experimental neoplastigenic data. Flammable liquid when exposed to heat, flame, and oxidizers. Will react with water or steam to produce toxic and corrosive fumes. To fight fire, use water as a fire blanket. When heated to decomposition or on contact with acid or acid fumes, it emits highly toxic fumes of Br. See also BROMIDES. 

Regrettably accidents are still all too common so it is vital that you know what to do if an accident does occur. You must be familiar with the fire fighting equipment in your lab (fire extinguishers, fire blankets, sand buckets) and you must know the procedures for summoning the fire... 

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