It is about time that before the woke agenda takes hold on vehicle fuel takes place that a robust review of options and risks are appropriately evaluated from mining to delivery to consumption to environmental short and long-term impact not forgetting the social and health and wellbeing of the workers involved.
Spring is in full bloom and pedestrians are enjoying all spring has to offer! As the weather warms up, let's remember to drive carefully and watch out for those enjoying the weather. Be a safe driver by:
✔️Driving the speed limit
✔️Avoiding distractions
✔️Paying attention in high-traffic areas
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It’s simple: follow the rules of the road. When you see flashing lights and a lowered gate, stop and wait for the train to pass. 🛑
#STOPTrackTragedies#RailSafetyEducation
The risk of fire caused inside venues due to electric cars has been a challenge we’ve been working hard to resolve.
We have developed a series of preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of car fires, but we were struggling with the reactive measures of fighting the fire if the worst happens.
Placing an electric vehicle in a skip of water is just not a viable option in the west end of London!
Following some research, we have invested in fire blankets for cars. These are now available for hire at events and venues, along with our trained firefighters, to allow suitable mitigation should a fire occur with an electric vehicle (or any vehicle, in fact!!).
Email us at hire@number8events.com if you would like to learn more.
#eventhire#firesafety#eventplanning
According to the London Fire Brigade website, E Scooter and E Bikes are becoming an ever-growing fire risk in the capital.
In 2021, Transport for London (TfL) banned e-scooters from London's transport network, due to several fires on the network involving these vehicles.
In 2022, LFB attended 87 e-bike and 29 e-scooter fires, a total of 116 fires.
In 2023 The LFB were called out, on average, to an e-bike or e-scooter fire once every two days. A total of 170 fires.
The initial risk being that damaged batteries occasionally fail and can lead to challenging fires, that spread quickly out of control, and within minutes have started a large fire.
The added risk is, when charging takes place in communal areas or escape routes, that a fire could put people’s lives at risk.
With the #Government contemplating the doubling of charge capacities for these vehicles, the potential for associated fire risk could increase.
Contact #A3Relocation at a3rs@lsh.co.uk to find out how we can help you to mitigate these risks in your building.
Pierre Craddock | Carole Wingrove#EScooters#InsuranceClaims
Because Britain's railway has an enviable safety reputation around the world, occasionally one might be forgiven for thinking that the railway environment itself is now a place of safety. This would be a mistake. The operational railway is a hazardous environment and when some of those hazards interact with public spaces, great care must be taken.
Arguably nowhere is this more the case than with level crossings. No matter how much one seeks to educate people, from time to time, the general public exhibit behaviours that can leave one perplexed (or in the case of what we discuss on Green Signals Productions Ltd in this week's show), downright terrified.
Network Rail Southern Region have published a series of video images showing level crossing behaviour misuse and they are not for the faint hearted. The first one shown on the video will have every parent wondering what their reaction would be if they saw it was their child escaping death by inches.
One must also think of the poor driver of the train in question. The sheer horror of heading towards this crossing at speed only to see a couple still on it will have been deeply traumatic.
Bravo Network Rail for making these images public. They aren't an easy watch but it is vital we continue to teach and educate - and if some frightening images can help drive the message home and save a life, it's worth it.
On this episode of Green Signals, Nigel Harris also chat about the first couple of weeks of the Labour Government and what it means for rail, we look at the various rail bills included in the King's Speech (spoiler alert - there's more than one) and we have a back and forth on a whole series of other bits of railway news.
But it's level crossings that are front and centre this week. Let's hope that as many as possible are able to benefit from being educated that travelling by train is very safe - but the operational railway environment can be very hazardous when care is not taken.
#networkrail#levelcrossing#levelcrossingsafety#dft#railways#transport#trains#flyingscotsman#transpennineupgrade#HS2#oldoakcommon
My own thoughts include that we must review fire safety in buildings, moving on from the triangle of fire, which is what I was taught on the firefighting course I attended, before I was fighting fires in Central London, 47 years ago, to legislation which is based upon eliminating the elements in the tetrahedron of fire, and in particular preventing the lethal toxic products of combustion from passing freely in a building. Chemical reactions in a fire might also include the production of inflammable gases. I know that there are well versed, but few compelling arguments in favour of insisting that fire doors should not close to form an airtight seal. I do understand and accept that a fire might create air pressure differentials in a building making it harder to open a fire door, but there are plenty of other solutions to cater for this problem. My question is, surely all fire doors, to include all notional and nominal fire doors, must close to form an airtight seal? I believe that fire doors must be an effective barrier to the often lethal and mostly toxic products of combustion and I welcome being challenged on this vital point.
Low / Zero Carbon Building Designer | Architect | Chartered Engineer | Lecturer | Client Advisor on Sustainability, Passivhaus, Retrofit & Net Zero
Fully support moves to improve laws on e-bikes and e-scooters, due to their fire risk potential.
London Fire Brigade warns e-bikes and e-scooters are now the fastest growing fire risk in the capital, with 149 e-bike fires in 2023, up from 87 in 2022.
The 11 deaths from people killed in fires caused by e-bikes in the UK last year, is a reminder that we need holistic view to improving fire safety in buildings, with better fire detection and suppression, together with safe escape routes but we also need to avoid / minimise risk of fires starting with buildings too.
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