Fire Safety and Contraband

1. Fire Safety and Contraband

2. The IATG and Fire Fighting • Fire-fighters shall only risk their lives, and only after appropriate risk analysis, to save saveable lives • Fire-fighters shall only risk their lives, and only after appropriate risk analysis, to save saveable property • Fire-fighters shall not risk their lives for lives and property that are already lost

3. Fire Safety Plan

4. Measures to Reduce the Fire Risk • Ban smoking materials, lighters, matches and other means of ignition • Ban lighting of fires • In special circumstances, fire must be authorised by Head of Establishment under strict safety controls

5. Fire Alarm Systems

6. Fire Practices • Allows the Fire Safety Officer to assess and improve the Fire Safety Plan • Allows staff the opportunity to learn their roles and actions • At least every 2 months – at irregular intervals • Include the local fire authority and rescue service • Keep a record of fire practices

7. Evacuation of Personnel • Means of escape • Fire access • Emergency lighting • Luminous guidelines (if underground) • Good equipment husbandry and routine ‘house keeping’ are essential to keeping the exit routes and doors clear and free from obstacles and combustible materials

8. Fire Breaks and Vegetation The Threat is real! “The grass surrounding the depot ought to have been trimmed on a regular basis” Major General (Retired) Ashok K Metha, Indian Army • Bharatpur Ammunition Depot, India • Fire on 28 April 2000 resulted in: • 5 Fatalities • Evacuation of 10,000 people • US$ 90M of stock was destroyed • The grass had not been cut for 2 years as a cost saving measure!

9. Immediate Fire Fighting and Appliances

10. Immediate Fire Fighting and Appliances (IFFA) • Inside and outside Primary Explosion Sites (PES) • Type/quantity determined by SFO – see IATG • Determined by building type

11. Major Fire Fighting Appliances

12. Unit Immediate Actions • Immediate fire fighting by unit personnel • Major fire fighting

13. Contraband C10 Slide 13

15. Questions? C10 Slide 15