Bioburner
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Far worse to have anyone injured or killed. Amazed more rural depts. don't have more problems with lax training.
Fire in vent pipe from bees nest
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hmm, so obviously bees do burn, and they kind of do look a little like pellets...
anyone know the btu content of a bee?
anyone know the btu content of a bee?
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alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
If it's anything like here on Cape Cod Ma. they probably noticed it on investigation. Then ordered the owners to have it inspected before re start up, to which the FD will have to sign off on. Having it inspected should get the type of pipe corrected. I doubt it would have passed inspection the first time around and so probably wasn't inspected. But that's more citified up there, they might get much more official about it up that way.
My son in law is a 20 year full time EMT on the fire dept in the lower mid cape area and he just got accepted for the inspectors/investigators job down there, FWIW. He's going to be a stickler, I know his nature. He's been carting people from crisis situations for 20 years, now he will be on the preventative side of things and will make full use of it..
Bioburner
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Once of prevention is worth a pound of cure. My biggest peeve on inspections was blocking or chaining of fire exits.
Bet the offending flying pest in this case was not a bee but a wasp.
Bet the offending flying pest in this case was not a bee but a wasp.
TonyVideo
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alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
Lake Girl
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Hubby had a running battle with one of the schools and wood wedges to prop open doors. Can't remember the highest total but walked the principal around collecting them to underscore the problem and the impact on fire separation.
Prevention #1, suppression last resort.
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
Hmmm, at work ( when I was still there ) we had a pass door marked Exit that was made to not function because of a defective latch. So the door would swing open at night and the alarm company, then the police would call the manager in charge. He got very irritated but he was not the top guy.. It was deemed too expensive to repair by the GM, so made non functional but also was a very low traffic area. Great until the inspector came through. Still nothing done about it. Then we had an annual inspection by the safety committee, not us locally, we had no power, but the corporate people. It was deemed to take down the Exit sign and put up "This Is Not An Exit" sign.. Purely a matter of stubbornness is what this was all about. But it lasted literally for years and the latch to my knowledge to this day was never repaired, the sign is still there. So we wonder what happens in some cases when we read or see articles of disaster. There had to be be at a minimum 18 people involved in this choice. 18 -20 between committees, officials and a final command from corporate over a friggin door knob basically.
TonyVideo
Feeling the Heat
Corporate BS. Where I work we are getting ready to junk 4 million in products if not sold before the end of the year because it is 12 months old and there is nothing wrong with it. My argument was for backup to existing customers on failures. The comment from above is we will make more if needed. Some bean counter wanted it off the books before the end of the year. Total waste. The last week of the year I am going to offer pennies on the dollar and sell it on Ebay. They said they would consider it over getting nothing and they didn't have to pay to have it hauled away. They would not be able to keep it or sell it after the first of the year. Amazing to me. I spend $100 on 100k of stuff and I can sell it to move fast for easily 5k. They didn't want to put forth the effort before the end of the year. I may buy more but storage is my problem.
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
With us everything was marketing and sales. That department was like talking to God himself. Anything they wanted was had. But not a door latch. Not defective heaters in the warehouse, they got shut down till out of six two worked. Good enough I guess. Somehow this all makes perfect sense to somebody. Probably just as that aluminum pipe on the pellet stove did once. Bet its not so popular at the moment though.
I wonder how many bees were flying around outside. Must have been a large nest.
Just before dawn, I watch for bees flying into my stove pipe for a few minutes at least twice each summer. Never had a problem so far with my stove pipe. I did have a very large bee hive in the wall of my house that filled the area between two wall studs. There was a steady stream of bees flying into the wall just before dawn.
Just before dawn, I watch for bees flying into my stove pipe for a few minutes at least twice each summer. Never had a problem so far with my stove pipe. I did have a very large bee hive in the wall of my house that filled the area between two wall studs. There was a steady stream of bees flying into the wall just before dawn.
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