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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Tom W on January 10, 2013, 04:19:19 PM
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Seen any good ones recently?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAQsnVhCAAAiWlF.jpg)
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Was doing an FRA in a care home today. Picked up a 2kg CO2 that was in one of those pod type floor stands. Cradled it like a baby to read the service details.... put it back... realise my hand was wet.... smelled said hand.... hand smelled of urine... washed hands.... still smelled urine.... realised jumper was covered in it also. :-X Just got out of the shower now.
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Was doing an FRA in a care home today. Picked up a 2kg CO2 that was in one of those pod type floor stands. Cradled it like a baby to read the service details.... put it back... realise my hand was wet.... smelled said hand.... hand smelled of urine... washed hands.... still smelled urine.... realised jumper was covered in it also. :-X Just got out of the shower now.
Grim! haha sorry to hear that. The perils of care homes hey
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Seen any good ones recently?
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAQsnVhCAAAiWlF.jpg)
Looks to tick most of the boxes.
Highly visable
Adequate instructions on method of operation
Easily operated
Limited training requirement
All in all nice piece of kit. 8)
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Hey Nearlythere I'd be sorely tempted to "borrow" this idea, improve it a little, and take it to the Dragons Den.
Nice little earner if you can get Hillary, Duncan or Theo on board to flog these old pal.
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Hey Nearlythere I'd be sorely tempted to "borrow" this idea, improve it a little, and take it to the Dragons Den.
Nice little earner if you can get Hillary, Duncan or Theo on board to flog these old pal.
Tell you what Maniac. We'll both go on. You can present the case for investment and I'll just stand there fluttering my eyes at Hill and look pretty. I could do the presentation but don't think you could do the other.
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No you're absolutely right there NT old chap, I'm very poor at fluttering my eyes since my eye lids fell off with age.
The first thing I'll do is put me thumb up to Duncan Ballantyne and do my best scottish accent as taught me by Laird Colin Todd. I'll say something like " Dis ye wanny invest in a few wee wedgies laddy (or Jimmy) ?" ....He'll love that !
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Hmmm. On second thoughts perhaps if we trowelled on the makeup and provided you with a flashy eye patch just like that singer girl you could just stand there and point to bits as I explained them.
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You're on to a winner there
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Is the wedge made of wood? If so it will automaticly release when it burns - Brilliant!
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All the best products are those that need replacing regularly to provide an on-going revenue stream.
With this in mind, could the wedge be made of cheese instead?
Obviously, it might have to be Red Leicester to keep the 'high visibility' aspect.
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One of my favourite ones I have found was a 2kg CO2 extinguisher marked " To be used as door stop only".
Unfortunately I cant upload the photo for some reason.
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One of my favourite ones I have found was a 2kg CO2 extinguisher marked " To be used as door stop only".
Unfortunately I cant upload the photo for some reason.
Well in these days of austerity we can only admire the way some are saving money by getting the most out of everything by improvisation.
Wouldn't a block of ice make a great HOD?
Would it not allow the door to close in the event of a fire in the immediate vicinity?
Still working on the smoke bit. Anyone help?
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One of my favourite ones I have found was a 2kg CO2 extinguisher marked " To be used as door stop only".
Unfortunately I cant upload the photo for some reason.
Well in these days of austerity we can only admire the way some are saving money by getting the most out of everything by improvisation.
Wouldn't a block of ice make a great HOD?
Would it not allow the door to close in the event of a fire in the immediate vicinity?
Still working on the smoke bit. Anyone help?
Genius, N.T.!
Forget the smoke detection, it will suffer from unwanted alarms. The heat detection element of your proposal is surely enough!
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Am I the only one that removes any wooden wedges I find holding back fire doors and takes them away with me?
Is this actually theft? ???
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Am I the only one that removes any wooden wedges I find holding back fire doors and takes them away with me?
Is this actually theft? ???
Probably. Check out the Theft Act 1968.
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As a BCO some decades ago, I was walking a recently refurbed building with the new office manager. We found a wedged door, I removed the wedge and handed it to him (with a bit of a telling off).
As we spoke one of the office staff came along and, having found the door shut, wedged it open again with a bit of folded card.
Its fair to say that the office manager was less than chuffed to have another offence commited whilst the inspector was watching. That's life I guess.
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As an in-experienced fire safety adviser working at a local University years back I used to take pleasure in walking around my little empire, with my clipboard, telling off all the naughty professors, academics, and students who propped open fire doors.
One day I removed a wedge from one professor's door - As the Uni was such a big place and i hadn't met this particular professor before.
He was most annoyed at my removing his wedge and snatched it off me, inserting it back under the door. He then drilled me down for daring to remove the wedge.
Not to be intimidated I quoted chapter and verse about fire safety legislation at him, and waggled my finger alot.
What I didn't expect in response was a damning fifty mintue lecture on fire behaviour, physics, chemistry, and every reason under the sun why that particular fire door wasn't a fire door and was not required for MOE purposes.......
You see because his door was propped open I had failed to see the sign declaring him to be head of the health and safety school within the Uni. It turns out that he was an expert in Physics, H&S, H&S Law,fire safety, and was a respected expert witness.
There is a moral behind that story - not sure what it is though!.
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As an in-experienced fire safety adviser working at a local University years back I used to take pleasure in walking around my little empire, with my clipboard, telling off all the naughty professors, academics, and students who propped open fire doors.
One day I removed a wedge from one professor's door - As the Uni was such a big place and i hadn't met this particular professor before.
He was most annoyed at my removing his wedge and snatched it off me, inserting it back under the door. He then drilled me down for daring to remove the wedge.
Not to be intimidated I quoted chapter and verse about fire safety legislation at him, and waggled my finger alot.
What I didn't expect in response was a damning fifty mintue lecture on fire behaviour, physics, chemistry, and every reason under the sun why that particular fire door wasn't a fire door and was not required for MOE purposes.......
You see because his door was propped open I had failed to see the sign declaring him to be head of the health and safety school within the Uni. It turns out that he was an expert in Physics, H&S, H&S Law,fire safety, and was a respected expert witness.
There is a moral behind that story - not sure what it is though!.
You should have told him a wedge under a door was a trip hazard