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FIRE AND SAFETY

INTRODUCTION

Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of alltechnical endeavor; never forget this in the midst of your diagram and equation.

Albert Einstein

NEED FOR SAFETY

To increase the production and to reduce the cost of the product by avoiding the

unnecessary overhead. To eliminate the waste of labour resources so as to

conserve and make the best use of skilled labour available.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Danger of Electricity

Shock

Burn

Eye flash

MATERIAL HANDLING SAFETY

Material handling contributes 20 to 30% accident in all industries and normally 20

to 80% of labour cost. It is concerned with:

Fixing

Positioning

Placing

SAFETY AGAINST FIRE

In thermal power plant fire hazard is a common phenomenon. Several accidents

may occur due to quick spreading nature of fire. Due to this it is necessary to take

safety against fire.

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TYPE OF FIRE

Flaming type(including explosion)

Flameless surface type(including glowing)

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

To extinguish fire water is widely used, but for some kinds of fire e.g. fire in

electrical equipments water can not be used so depending upon different kinds of

fire different fire extinguishers are used.