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A place for my personal thoughts/views on safety, with focus on industrial safety.

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Showing posts with label building fires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label building fires. Show all posts
Jun 26, 2012

Fire safety of the buildings

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In the aftermath of the fire in Maharashtra's Secretariat building Mantralaya last week, an article  appeared in Times of India on 24.06...
May 13, 2012

Short circuits main cause of fire - is it so?

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It is reported that 45% of the fire accidents in Hyderabad are due to short circuits and another 31% are due to lighted cigarette butts. As...
Feb 22, 2011

Emergency escape routes - not available during emergency

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Recently, a fire incident was reported in the basement  of an office building in which three persons lost their lives. The reason for the de...
Dec 14, 2008

Most cited reason for fires - Short Circuit

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Most of the times I read news papers on fire incidents, the reason told by the owner of the premises or security or fire service department ...
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V.V.Mahesh Kumar
Degree in Chemical Engineering, Diploma in Industrial Safety. Past experience - design of chemical equipment and piping for 11 yr. Working as an industrial safety professional in a government department for the last 25 years. For last four years, also engaged in advice on radiological safety.
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