Fire Safety Training Gone Wrong: How Do We Prevent Tragedies Like This?

Team, Find the Fatality of a Fire Supervisor due to injury during Fire Demonstration in India (Tamil Nadu). M/s. Hansa, watch out (You were celebrating Fire Week, am I right?). It reminds us that even Safety Training can be dangerous!

Dear all, I have missed a lot of healthy discussions on our CITRHR EHS forum due to my studies. Hopefully, I will be back soon.

Keep on sharing. Regards

Sorry to hear about the mishap. However, as a precautionary measure, I would like to know which type of fire extinguisher was being used (whether Soda acid/Foam type/dry chemical type).

I know of at least three cases where, during training, the trainer met with an accident because of the extinguisher.

Use ABC & CO2 type fire extinguisher. In case it is not working, i.e., non-operable, then do not try to open the same; it could be dangerous. Leave that extinguisher and send it for refilling.

Regards

I would also like to know what type of fire extinguisher was being used. We use the ABC type where there is no need to pull any pin; we just press the lever.

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The magnanimity of the father is commendable.

Dear Raghu, thanks for sharing the news. It's really a painful one. Let's learn from others' mistakes to avoid the same kind in our life.

Acknowledgment of Comments

I agree with your comments. Saluting that person's parents for this commanding decision.

Regards,
@Anoop A