Workplace Safety & Health

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Safety Topic: Fire Safety

Propping open doors can provide convenience, but there are very important reasons to keep them closed. In the event of a fire, closed doors can:

1. Slow the spread of the fire.
2. Reduce toxic smoke levels.
3. Improve oxygen levels.
4. Decrease temperatures.

It is important to leave the building as quickly as possible; modern building materials and furnishings have reduced the time to escape a fire from 17 minutes to less than 3 minutes.* Grabbing your personal belongings and closing doors will slow you down – instead, doors should already be closed and you will need to leave your items behind.

Underwriters Laboratory Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) established the “Close Your Door” safety initiative in an effort to educate the importance of closing your door at home. This information can be applied in the workplace as well.

Take a few minutes to watch the following video.

See the Dramatic Difference a Door Can Make (YouTube)

For more information, visit Close Before You Doze from UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute.

*Source: Underwriters Laboratory

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