one challenge with fire extinguishers is --they don't have a stellar success
rate.
a lot are just small single-shot, if we even got someone available.
Britain is considering doing away with fire extinguishers in some office
buildings,
but that is another issue, and for another root cause that I won't
divert to here; I doubt the issue will be adopted either.
what happens if there is a fire, and no one is around?
can we tolerate having the fire burn through plastic seals, or wires that
controls dampers, fans, door locks, etc. and thus possibly
lose negative pressurization and disperse room contents with the smoke?
maybe there is simply not enough to burn in the laboratory to begin with,
for instance, are all containers glassware or metal? Are there no ketone
or
alcohol solvents and disinfectants? Are there no incubation, evaporation
or fermentation operations? Does the vivarium contain non-combustible
caging? Maybe too much to consider, but someone (perhaps at a higher
level)
needs to be given notice as to whether release of pathogenic aerosols
because
of insufficient fire protection is a tolerable risk. Included in that
consideration
is the crass realization that a fire in such a facility will not draw the
scrutiny
or publicity that a nuclear accident will, as long as the collateral
damage or kill
is low enough -- or no nexus is made as to the origin of the stuff.
scot deal
excelsior fire
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