September 25, 2002—UK building consultant, BRE, has recently released, “Your Office Fire,” a training video demonstrating the speed at which a fire can destroy an office as well as advising workers on the simple precautions that they can take to avoid this disaster.
The video is aimed at fire safety trainers, fire professionals and health and safety managers. The video will help organizations to meet current legislation that calls for specific fire training in the workplace.
It records the progress of a fire in an office, built for this purpose by Underwriters Laboratories, in real time from ignition to flashover – just four minutes. All of the furniture used in the office met current regulations. The ignition source was a chemical igniter designed to simulate an overloaded electrical socket that ignites a nearby plastic waste bin full of waste paper.
“Your Office Fire” is available for 48 (plus VAT), from BREs on-line bookshop http://www.brebookshop.com.
