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One of our hydraulic machines caught fire .This was massive digger with hundreds of gallons of oil and diesel in itBloody hell. There’s a career I wouldn’t want to make a mistake in.
reminds me of the time I worked on an RAF base. Nothing special, still needed civvies to change a lightbulb.... but we were workingin the missile section. Every new building we worked in, we had to have an induction/ safety brief.
Fire safety in this place was: “If you discover a fire, first raise the alarm. Then see if you can run away as fast as I can!”
The banksman abandoned the machine as quick as he could and made no attempt to tackle the fire . At the enquiry he was asked what steps he should take in the event of fire. He answered "Great big fkkkrs , two at a time".