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Hydraulic fluid under pressure is a class B fire than can very quickly escalate. Sand bags aren't going to be doing much in those situations https://youtu.be/a
by olivermarks 6y ago
Hydraulic fluid under pressure is a class B fire than can very quickly escalate. Sand bags aren't going to be doing much in those situations
https://youtu.be/aj8-JlRqoWc https://youtu.be/aj8-JlRqoWc
If you have molten metals class D powder suppression is needed. I'm amazed the old NUMI plant doesn't have both ready for action.
- xxpor 6y agoAgreed. Class D extinguishers are expensive, but we're talking ~$500 instead of ~$50 for an ABC (obviously depends on size). Both costs are trivial for any manufacturing company, and frankly I'd be shocked if they both weren't required by code. The only thing that I can think of is perhaps no one noticed until it was too late? And then the employees didn't want to touch it until the fire department showed up. If there was a hydraulic leak, they used the sand bags to stop the spread of the fluid, and then used foam to actually put out the fire? No clue.