General Safety Instructions
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Building Technologies
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Fire Safety
01.2018
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General Safety Instructions
1.1
General information
Danger to life!
If there is a fire, and the extinguisher system is triggered, you must immediately leave the
room, or must keep at least 5 metres away from the area! Carbon dioxide (CO
2
) flows out of
the installation, and you must therefore protect yourselves and other persons, as this is
deadly in high doses!
Keep the area to be protected closed for the time being. Where necessary, hold a suitable
fire extinguisher ready for extinguishing any remaining fires, and call the fire brigade.
Always ventilate the rooms thoroughly after the extinguisher system has been tripped! You
should ventilate lower lying rooms also, as carbon dioxide is heavier than air and will flow
downwards.
Before you or any other person enter the protected area of the machine tool to carry out
maintenance work, the extinguisher system must first be
de
activated by authorised
personnel! If the detection tube is accidentally damaged, carbon dioxide (CO
2
) will flow out
of the extinguisher system, and you must then protect yourself and other persons, as this is
deadly in high doses!
Warning!
The pneumatic detection tube Lifdes
TM
must not be damaged under any circumstances! It
must not be kinked or crushed! If this happens, the extinguisher system may not switch on in
case of fire, which could lead to serious damage to property and injury to persons.
Do not expose the pneumatic detection tube Lifdes
TM
within the machine tool to any direct
source of heat!
The activation and deactivation of the extinguisher system may only be carried out by
authorised personnel. After deactivation, these persons will be responsible for ensuring that
the extinguisher system is reactivated once again before the start of production
(see Chapter
„3.3 Deactivating / Activating the system “)
.
Once the extinguisher system has been activated, no second fire will be able to be
extinguished in the same machine tool until the extinguisher system has been serviced
again. This servicing may only be carried out by
Siemens
or by one of the partners
authorised by
Siemens
.
The valve protection cap must
always
be fitted when transporting or storing extinguisher
cylinders
. In general, the directives regarding the „Use and Storage of Gas Cylinders“ will
apply.
Never store extinguisher cylinders without the valve sealing nut!
Work on the extinguisher lines may only be carried out when the extinguisher cylinders are
firmly mounted. The extinguisher system must be deactivated before the extinguisher line is
disconnected from the valve, and the valve sealing nut must be fitted immediately after
disconnection from the extinguisher line. On the other hand, the valve sealing nut should
only be removed immediately before connecting to the extinguisher line. The valve sealing
nut is secured to the valve with a retention chain, and is therefore always available.
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