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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Community Fire Safety => Topic started by: ps on July 16, 2009, 04:44:25 PM

Title: play surface tiles
Post by: ps on July 16, 2009, 04:44:25 PM

Anyone ever heard of external play matting (fitted) being involved in a fire? Is it easy to set fire to with a careless or deliberate match would anybody know?

Thanks if anyone's come across

PS

Title: Re: play surface tiles
Post by: ps on July 16, 2009, 04:52:00 PM

sorry should have said - its old stuff so no BS1177 certs or anything like that available...

Title: Re: play surface tiles
Post by: John Webb on July 19, 2009, 02:24:41 PM

A couple of incidents I've heard about in my locality the surface was set alight by the collapse of the burning wood play equipment rather than catching fire directly. But no information as to the type of surface or its age.

Title: Re: play surface tiles
Post by: Owen66 on July 20, 2009, 11:38:15 AM

We used to have a problem with the recycled rubber tyre stuff in playgrounds being set alight by placing traffic cones on it then igniting those  >:(

Owen

Title: Re: play surface tiles
Post by: ps on July 20, 2009, 04:42:01 PM

Thanks guys really useful stuff!

PS