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Posted by Pete C. on May 15, 2008, 9:30 pm
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Hank wrote:
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> > Had a bit of excitment today. Photos at:
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> > http://neme-s.org/Fire/a_hot_time_in_the_old_town_tonig.htm
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> > Mower for sale, cheap. Handyman special.
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> > Errol Groff
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> > Instructor, Machine Tool Department
> > H.H. Ellis Technical High School
> > Danielson, CT
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> A highly respected teacher in my area ( Charlotte, NC ) was killed not to
> long ago in a similar incident when he attempted to refuel a hot mower.
How on earth do you get killed doing that? Worst I can see is a *boom*,
drop, roll, *expletive*, "do I have any hair left?" sequence.
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Posted by Rex on May 16, 2008, 11:31 am
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Pete C. wrote:
> Hank wrote:
>>> Had a bit of excitment today. Photos at:
>>>
>>> http://neme-s.org/Fire/a_hot_time_in_the_old_town_tonig.htm
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>>> Mower for sale, cheap. Handyman special.
>>>
>>> Errol Groff
>>>
>>> Instructor, Machine Tool Department
>>> H.H. Ellis Technical High School
>>> Danielson, CT
>>>
>> A highly respected teacher in my area ( Charlotte, NC ) was killed not to
>> long ago in a similar incident when he attempted to refuel a hot mower.
>
> How on earth do you get killed doing that? Worst I can see is a *boom*,
> drop, roll, *expletive*, "do I have any hair left?" sequence.
The usual sequence:
Fire flashes right in front of you.
Startled intake of breath, consisting of vaporized burning gasoline
blistered lungs
death within hours or days.
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Posted by Bruce L. Bergman on May 15, 2008, 11:34 pm
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>Had a bit of excitment today. Photos at:
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>http://neme-s.org/Fire/a_hot_time_in_the_old_town_tonig.htm
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>Mower for sale, cheap. Handyman special.
And people looked at me funny when I bolted a bracket and a 1A-10BC
Dry Chem Extinguisher on the back fender of our old riding mower.
If I had a nickel for every brush fire, building fire and forest
fire that could have been stopped small if only the person running the
power equipment or welding torch had been a little prepared for it...
One squirt at the beginning, and you wouldn't have to A) wait for
the FD to put it out and B) buy a new mower. Stop it fast, and
repairs are simple. But wash off the ABC powder (Ammonium Phosphate)
fast, it's corrosive as heck - BC powder (Bicarbonate of Soda) is
fairly benign, but less useful.
Note: Conditions have to be perfect to get gasoline to go BOOM!
Worst that can happen is the tank melts and dumps it all out at once
and you get a WHOOSH! as the little fire gets big in a hurry.
You can safely get into extinguisher range from upwind, and if it
does go WHOOSH! on you just slam the handle and dump the whole
extinguisher in a cloud in front of you, then retreat fast - the cloud
of powder blocks the radiant heat amazingly well.
If you have time, a second extinguisher, and a second body that
knows how this works, use teamwork. You go in to put out the fire,
and the Safety Person stands by one or two steps behind you with a
fresh extinguisher, ready to do the 'cloud cover' if needed.
--<< Bruce >>--
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Posted by Carl Boyd on May 15, 2008, 11:35 pm
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> Had a bit of excitment today. Photos at:
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> http://neme-s.org/Fire/a_hot_time_in_the_old_town_tonig.htm
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> Mower for sale, cheap. Handyman special.
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> Errol Groff
>
> Instructor, Machine Tool Department
> H.H. Ellis Technical High School
> Danielson, CT
>
The same thing happened with my mower when I had a nephew down visiting
using it. He was about 13 and had been in Cub/Boy scouts for several years
and
handled it very well. Ran to the house and told my wife to call the fire
department
ad then went back and shoveled dirt on it and put it out.
Carl Boyd
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Posted by Martin H. Eastburn on May 16, 2008, 12:16 am
Please log in for more thread options Dang the bad luck. Just when the 3 day weekend sales are about to start!!
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
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Errol Groff wrote:
> Had a bit of excitment today. Photos at:
>
> http://neme-s.org/Fire/a_hot_time_in_the_old_town_tonig.htm
>
> Mower for sale, cheap. Handyman special.
>
> Errol Groff
>
> Instructor, Machine Tool Department
> H.H. Ellis Technical High School
> Danielson, CT
>
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