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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:01:23 -0700
Reply-To: Teresa Arnold <tarnold**At_Symbol_Here**GEORGEFOX.EDU>
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From: Teresa Arnold <tarnold**At_Symbol_Here**GEORGEFOX.EDU>
Subject: Re: [NAOSMM] Need your opinion on fire procedures
Comments: To: "Bradley, Shelly"
LABSAFETY-L**At_Symbol_Here**LISTSERV.SIU.EDU, NAOSMM
In-Reply-To: <3EAD758F6CF7C846B45502483F2CA2BE07C14562**At_Symbol_Here**BOBCAT.jungle.usip.edu>
We have to do the incident report as well, but if we handle it, we don't
even have to call Security or sound the alarm.
Teresa Arnold
Biology-Chemistry Lab Coordinator
503.554.2724
tarnold**At_Symbol_Here**georgefox.edu
> From: Vinette Achtert
> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:38:35 -0400
> To: "Bradley, Shelly" , ,
> ,
> Conversation: [NAOSMM] Need your opinion on fire procedures
> Subject: RE: [NAOSMM] Need your opinion on fire procedures
>
> If the fire is small and contained, or if we have any small
> incident/spill, the lab instructor will handle the problem. We have an
> incident report to fill out for our Safety dept. but often Security is
> called so they have a report on record but we would not sound the fire
> alarm to evacuate the building in this case.
>
> Vinette Achtert
> Central Stockroom Manager
> University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
> 600 S. 43rd Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
> 215.596.8843 (P)
> 215.596.7449 (F)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: naosmm-bounces**At_Symbol_Here**mailman.rice.edu
> [mailto:naosmm-bounces**At_Symbol_Here**mailman.rice.edu] On Behalf Of Bradley, Shelly
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:33 PM
> To: LABSAFETY-L**At_Symbol_Here**LISTSERV.SIU.EDU; naosmm**At_Symbol_Here**mailman.rice.edu;
> DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: [NAOSMM] Need your opinion on fire procedures
>
> What is your standard procedure for a fire?
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> Scenario:
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> There was a small fire in a 4" diameter oil bath contained in a hood.
> The fire was put out with a fire extinguisher and public safety was
> notified. The integrity of the vessel being heated was not compromised
> and there were no toxic chemicals involved. The department has been
> criticized for not sounding the fire alarm.
>
> Immediate evacuation would have left ~50 experiments unsupervised in
> multiple labs.
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> What do you think should have been done?
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>
>
> Shelly Bradley
>
> Laboratory Coordinator
>
> Chemistry Department
>
> Campus Chemical Compliance
>
> Hendrix College
>
> 1600 Washington Ave.
>
> Conway, AR 72032
>
> bradley**At_Symbol_Here**hendrix.edu
>
> Phone: (501) 450-3812
>
> Fax: (501) 450-3829
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