SW09 – More on Dust

I was just flicking through some of the other articles written for safety week, and I came across a little gem on John Brien’s site.
The concept is incredibly simple. Your dust extractor is useful for more than just pulling generated shavings and dust from the machine in use. Even if you are not actively generating [...]

SW09 – Fire in the Galley

Fire in the Galley. A short slideshow video of the result of a simple fire, and the resulting damage (in a very short space of time).
I attended this fire after the actual incident (we were on the ship next door) to document the situation. Note the result from the heat that quickly resulted – [...]

SW09 – Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting in a Shed

So what is the best way to fight a fire?  No to start one of course.  Bloody obvious huh, but when was the last time you really looked at your shed, and the degree of fire risk out there?
Fire requires 3 things to exist: heat, fuel, oxygen. Remove one of these three factors, and fire [...]