DIW TEAM to combat fire incidents in plants

BANGKOK, 9 April 2015 (NNT) - In addition to promoting its measures on fire-prevention in industrial plants, the Department of Industrial Works has introduced a DIW TEAM, that is a team to inspect contamination in air and water at the scene of fires in manufacturing plants, to search for and identify dangerous chemicals that might cause an explosion and damage buildings and the environment.

Dr. Pasu Loharjun, Director-General of the Department says that the Team will be sent to a factory where there is a fire alert, to look for contamination in the air and in the water supply. Within three hours substances will be collected and analyzed.
The Teams are on stand-by in Bangkok and its vicinity, to give assistance when called on by the Provincial Branches of the Ministry of Industry. Information about proper machinery and chemical use will also be provided, as well as a survey of the operational plant to prevent a possible fire incident in the future.

The Department has warned factories of fire danger and has asked for cooperation to install fire prevention systems according to the Announcement on Fire Prevention and Discontinuance in Plants, implemented by the Ministry of Industry in 1999.

The Announcement contains three main points: automatic fire-prevention devices and fire alarm installations are required in those areas which have no regular human workforce, and where flammable objects are kept (1,000 sqm. onward) as well as an installation of alarms in spaces over 14-square-meters where flammable materials are stored.


-- NNT 2015-04-09

My plants don't burn, i water them every day

God let's hope not the same team I saw last year trying to defuse a WW2 bomb with a ball pein hammer. Of course he did have ear plugs safety first right?

My plants don't burn, i water them every day

Oh crap you beat me to it. The only fire incidents in my plants is the weed I grow specifically for lighting and causing smoke.