Fire Safety in the Lab

[charlie1218]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Ok, that's quite a bit different from one extinguisher per 100 square feet...100 square feet is a 10' x 10' area.

I have 3 extinguishers in the 30' x 44' shop, by each of the doors. Although they're getting old, should they be replaced periodically or inspected or what? the gages all show pressure, and there is no fire suppression company in our small city.

Is this in the school? If so, you are required to have them proffesionally inspected yearly.

[MrForbes]

No, it's my home shop. There is no workshop for the students at school....the FRC build happens on Fort Huachuca, and they are pretty good about fire safety there. We built the underwater robot at my house over the summer, and a promotional robot here this fall.

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

I expect that most teams did that last year. The Kit of Parts included a plastic bag containing the components and instructions for doing it.

As stated here last years KOP had the item just described, a battery charger modification kit. This item was manufactured by Kell Robotics, Team #1311.

This item will not be in this years KOP but available for sale from the team website. 100% of the net proceeds go to a humanitarian fundraiser.

Funds raised will be used to bring safe drinking water to a school in Namibia. Your kit will help make your team safer. Safe Water - Safe Electrical practices. win-win.

A lot of people, including Dean have been working to find ways to bring safe water to the world. You can help too.

Go here to buy your kit:
http://www.kellrobotics.org/index.ph...=com_microshop

[MTS]

Wowzers splended topic Chuck! This Charlie fellah knows what he is talking about...he is a fire safety fanatic if I say so myself! And a swell guy to boot! This is definatly an important topic to cover and it doesn't get the attention it deserves. Good luck to everyone this year and for Pete's sake...be safe out there roboteers! Kick some bot!

[gerv 15]

Originally Posted by jakflyer

hi, i was wondering something....today we were in the lab after school and i decided to hang my blazer and tie on the fire extinguisher on the wall.....our safety captain took it off and told me not to put it there for safety reasons....now what would you do in that situation? would you consider that a fire hazard or would you just let it be

idk jack that sounds pretty safe 2 mee

[gerv 15]

that sounds safe 2 me

[gerv 15]

im just kidding and seriously it is dangerous to leave your jacket on the fire extinguisher
and if it did happen to leave the sotoring iorn on for a weekend