Topline Consult

12/09/2017

12/09/2017

Hi Everyone,
Today’s topic is “Mobile phones usage (making a call) causes explosion when it comes close to Petrol fumes”
Most of us know that we do not use mobile phones when we are at the fuel station, but do we know why that is so?
The popular reason given is, the radiation emitted by the phone would cause a spark! Hmmmm let see!

Studies sponsored by the Institute of Petroleum now Energy Institute, (professional organization dedicated to those working in and studying the oil and gas industry based in London), showed that wireless phones operated at a power of 0.6 Watts which are too weak to cause fire.
So, what factors could have caused the fires? 1. STATIC ENERGY

Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. A static electric charge can be created whenever two surfaces contact and separate, thereby transferring electrons. So, for example if you walk across a carpet, electrons move from the rug to you. Now you have extra electrons. Touch a door k**b and ZAP! The electrons move from you to the k**b. You get a shock. Guess you have had that experience!

Now to fires at the filling station with regards to phone calls-
“Mobile phone” accidents usually occurred when a person was fueling up and had returned to the interior of the car to make a call. When inside, their bodies rub against the seat, creating static electricity and charging the body.
“So they’re sitting in the car, they generate static, they pop out again, they haven’t dissipated their static, and they touch the pump nozzle. Now with ignition source (charged hands) present, and petrol vapours, you are sure to know what would be next, EXPLOSION!!!
Examples of activities showing presence of static energy in our everyday lives;
• Clothes stuck to one another after being in the dryer is another example of static electricity
• Or when your trousers keep sticking to your legs
• Rubbing a plastic comb through your hair and bringing it close to pieces of papers, one would notice, the pieces of papers getting stuck to the comb.

A short video attached would throw more light on this topic.
So it is advisable to be careful the type of clothes we wear near flammable vapours
In our next topics we would see the various clothes and other objects that increases the chances of building up static energy, (Triboelectric series) and what exactly is with mobile phones that can indeed cause a fire at the fuel station!!.
Until our next topic , do stay safe!!!

26/07/2017

Hi Everyone, believe we are all doing well. For our next topic, we would be discussing how fires occur when we use our mobile phones especially when we want to turn on/off our Gen sets. Watch this space............

01/03/2017

Most homes use the traditional Gas cylinder and Stove, connected together with hose/tube. After cooking, people either leave the regulator still activated (on the ON position) or switch off the burner of the stove before going to the regulator of the gas cylinder.

The correct way to ensure you rid your kitchen off fires after cooking is to turn off the regulator of the gas cylinder FIRST, then finish off with that of the stove.

When this is done, the gas (fuel) in the tube would have been used up by the burner, until it dies off. By this action you are sure there is no free gas anywhere in the hose.

So the next time you are done cooking, TURN OFF THE REGULATOR AND REMOVE FROM THE HEAD OF THE CYLINDER, THEN PROCEED TO THE STOVE.

Watch the short video and learn.

Until we come your way with another topic, stay SAFE.

28/02/2017

Hi Guys,
Welcome back.
Today's Topic : What is the correct way to turn of the stove after cooking? Is it stove first or regulator of the gas cylinder first!!.

FIND OUT VERY SOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!

16/11/2016

15/11/2016

Hi Everyone,
I hope the month is going on well.

A couple of weeks ago, a company along the Accra Spintex Road, Ghana had fire destroying some of their properties. Upon investigation, we noticed that someone threw a fire extinguisher into the fire trying to put out the fire!!

Yes you read right! The company had invested in procuring extinguishers without any form of education. The fire could have been quenched at the incipient stage when it was very small. Ghana Fire Service had to come in at the end of the day. And you can imagine the cost of the accident.

So in today's class we would learn How to use a fire extinguisher.

It comes with a simple acronym PASS, where

P means Pull the Pin
A means Aim at the base of the fire
S means squeeze the handle of the fire extinguisher
S means sweep from left to right until the fire is out completely.

Until we come again with the next topic, remember it is better to be safe than sorry.
BYE