Winter Fire Prevention, Zero Negligence: Factories and Warehouses Must Implement Fire Safety Measures

Factories and warehouses are sites where materials are stored in concentrated quantities. Once a fire breaks out, the economic losses and the impact on all aspects of society are enormous, and the consequences are very serious. Therefore, doing a good job in warehouse fire safety, ensuring the safety of stored materials, and reducing fire hazards are of great significance. Warehouses are a key focus of fire safety management. Once a fire occurs, losses are often heavy and the impact is wide-ranging. Therefore, great importance must be attached to warehouse fire safety management measures, and they must never be neglected. How to prevent fires? Changjian Heavy Industry offers you some tips: Let us first look at the main factors that cause warehouse fires: 1. Chaotic personnel management: Some warehouses have problems such as unauthorized construction, unauthorized building, and privately changing fire compartments and fire separation distances. In some cases, staff even eat and live in the warehouse area. These are all hidden dangers that can easily cause fires. 2. Lax control of ignition sources: Some warehouse managers fail to strictly enforce hot work regulations, such as illegal cutting, hot work without a license, and operations that violate regulations. These behaviors plant hidden ignition sources in the warehouse. 3. Improper management of dangerous goods: Due to poor ventilation and heat dissipation conditions, ineffective fire prevention and cooling measures, and a lack of professional knowledge, stored items may undergo chemical reactions that cause spontaneous combustion, burning, or explosion. So how should warehouses prevent fires? To ensure the normal operation of the warehouse, guarantee the safety of warehouse equipment and stored goods, and strengthen safety and fire prevention, the following safety and fire prevention measures are specially formulated: First, the warehouse shall designate one principal leader among the legal representative and administrative leaders as the person responsible for fire prevention. National reserve warehouses and specialized warehouses shall be equipped with full-time fire management personnel, who shall be fully responsible for warehouse fire safety management, organize the study of fire regulations, conduct fire publicity and professional training for employees, improve employees' safety quality, and carry out regular fire prevention inspections to eliminate fire hazards. Warehouse custodians shall receive training in warehousing operations and fire knowledge, become familiar with the classification and properties of stored items, custody operations, and fire safety systems, and master the operation, use, and maintenance methods of fire equipment. New employees may only take up their posts after passing an examination. Regularly inspect firefighting tools to ensure they can be used normally. Fire extinguishers must be ensured to have pressure within the normal range. Each fire extinguisher should have an inspection label and must be placed in a fixed position. Fire water pressure must be sufficient, and fire hoses should be neatly placed in fire cabinets. After each use, fire hoses need to be ventilated and dried. Set aside fire access routes and mark them clearly. Firefighting equipment and tools must be fully equipped. Supporting equipment such as firefighting apparatus and fire hydrants must be complete. "No Smoking" signs should be hung in obvious positions. The installation and use of all firefighting equipment and apparatus must comply with the regulations of the fire department. All equipment and apparatus must be inspected regularly to ensure they are in good condition. Personnel using open flames need to complete the relevant procedures with the safety department before they may operate. Category A and B items, general items, and items that easily undergo chemical reactions with each other or require different fire extinguishing methods must be stored in separate rooms and separate warehouses, and the names, properties, and fire extinguishing methods of the stored items must be marked in prominent places. Electrical equipment inside the warehouse must be installed, inspected, and repaired by electricians holding valid certificates. Electricians must strictly abide by all electrical operation specifications when carrying out work. All motor vehicles entering the warehouse area must be equipped with spark arresters. When steam locomotives enter the warehouse area, the ash box and blower must be closed, and furnace cleaning must not be carried out in the warehouse area. The warehouse shall assign dedicated personnel to supervise. Automobiles and tractors are not allowed to enter Category A, B, and C item warehouses. After all kinds of motor vehicles finish loading or unloading goods, they are not allowed to park or undergo maintenance inside the warehouse. Private wiring connections are not allowed, and illegal use of electricity is not allowed. Lighting equipment must comply with warehouse safety regulations, and high-power electrical appliances must not be used. Before leaving work, doors and windows must be closed in a timely manner, as well as all available power sources, and strict inspections must be carried out to check whether other fire hazards exist. When a fire breaks out in a warehouse, do not panic. Call the fire alarm number immediately to reduce fire losses to a minimum. Extinguishing an incipient fire: At the initial stage of a fire, warehouse managers need to immediately organize firefighting forces to extinguish the fire and organize personnel evacuation and escape. When the fire is relatively large and cannot be extinguished, they must immediately evacuate the site and wait for rescue. Promptly extinguishing incipient warehouse fires is a fundamental measure to reduce losses of stored materials and fire casualties. Because the physical and chemical properties of materials stored in various types of warehouses differ, the extinguishing methods also vary. Therefore, when extinguishing warehouse fires, correct and appropriate extinguishing media and measures must be adopted according to the materials stored in the warehouse. You are welcome to call +8615065751292