Fire Safety Cabinets

Fire safety cabinet: Industries and laboratories use chemicals which are highly flammable and/or combustible. Improper handling/ Storing of these can lead to explosion, fire or generation of toxic gasses. The World Health Organization (WHO) in its Laboratory Biosafety manual and the Indian National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) recommends the use of fire safety measures. A fire safety cabinet is a specially designed cabinet for storing Flammable liquids. Flammable liquids are to be kept in an environment which will not allow these liquids reach its Flash Point and cause auto ignition, and resist the chemical property of the solvents to become a rich flammable mixture. These environments are normally attained by making a strong Brick wall, with Proper ventilation for air exchange, and automatic door closure during the fire, a centralized storage facility. Fire safety cabinet is a prototype of the Centralized storage facility to avoid logistical accidents while transporting the flammable liquids from the central storage to their working place, the cabinets replicate the same property to resist fire by self-door closing mechanism, proper ventilation through exhaust ports for proper air exchange. While storing flammable liquids in Fire resistance cabinets one should measure the distance from the nearest fire brigade to extinguish an ongoing fire, the nearest exit for the working people to evacuate, the damage which can cause to the nearest building due to the fire. Therefore according to EN Standard 14470, Fire resistance cabinets should be able to resist fire for minimum 30 minutes and maximum 90 minutes. These cabinets are made up of multiple layers of self-insulating material covered with stainless steel. All Industry working with Flammable liquid store their flammable solvents in these Fire-resistant cabinets. Ideal for • Industrial use (General industry, Construction industry, automobiles, Coal and Petroleum and Shipyard industry etc.) • Science Laboratories • Hospitals and Healthcare and Medical Institutions Things to take care of while designing a storage system • Flashpoint of the liquid. Liquids with flash point at or below 93 °C are categorized as flammables • Ignition temperature. Temperature at which the liquid will ignite by itself (Auto ignition)