Where is Fire Bucket used?

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30 November 2022

What is Fire Bucket? Where is Fire Bucket used?

In today's post, we will tell you about Fire Buckets, what is Fire Bucket, and where is Fire Bucket used. You must have seen red-colored buckets hanging at many places and seeing them the question must have arisen in your mind what are they, you must have been asked about Fire Bucket somewhere in the interview. So to know the answers to all these questions, read this post of ours from beginning to end and get complete information about it.

Whenever it comes to Fire and Safety, everyone first mentions things like Fire Fighting Equipment and Fire Extinguisher, but you rarely hear about Fire Bucket. It has often been seen that when big officers or firemen come somewhere for fire or similar inspection, they also rarely mention the Fire Bucket.

In a way, we can also call Fire Bucket the best Fire Extinguisher. Because if it becomes empty then we do not need to refill it, we can use ordinary sand to refill it. It does not have any expiry date, nor does it require any hydraulic or any other test. Along with this, Fire Bucket is also very cheap, and we can use or install it anywhere, anytime.

Benefit

First of all, the question will come to your mind when we use types A, B, ABC, etc. Fire Extinguisher then why do we need Fire Bucket?

So let us tell you for this when any fire accident happens, it does not give us even a little chance to think about anything. So in such a situation, you all know that there are different types of fire, so different types of Fire extinguishers are used for them. So in such a situation, when a fire breaks out, a stampede starts immediately and the first priority is to extinguish the fire.

So there may be no trained or trained fireman or firefighter there. So, in such a situation, if an unknown person was wrong or uses any other type of fire extinguisher, then the fire will not be able to extinguish there and may flare up more. So in such a situation, without thinking anything, we have to extinguish the fire very quickly, so in such a situation, we can use the Fire Bucket immediately on any kind of fire.

So this is one of the biggest advantages of using Fire Bucket. Also, as we told you earlier that it would neither need refilling nor would it be in danger of expiring. So these are some such advantages because of which we use Fire Bucket.

Sand is used inside the Fire Bucket, as we just told you, whenever there is a fire, you can lift the Fire Bucket and throw it directly on top of the fire and extinguish the fire. This is a very direct, simple, and easy way to extinguish you.

You must have seen a petrol pump or somewhere else, there is a red colored bucket, inside which sand is filled, any type of fire like Electrical Fire, A Type, B Type, C Type, etc. Even if there is a fire, you can extinguish the fire by lifting the Fire Bucket directly and throwing sand on it. In this way, extinguishing fire with Fire Bucket is a very good way, for which no special training or course is required.

As you may know, in order to operate the Fire Extinguisher, we must first know how to operate it, that is, we need its testing and training. Also, if the Fire Extinguisher is not used properly, then the Fire Extinguisher can also cause harm. Many times the Fire Extinguisher also cheats, that is, when there is a fire and we use the Fire Extinguisher, it does not work at all. Not so with Fire Bucket it can never cheat provided it is not empty. Even if the Fire Bucket is empty, we can put ordinary sand inside it and throw it directly over the fire.

Design of Fire Bucket

Now let's talk about its design, as you would see inside your house, where the bucket is completely flat from the bottom, and we can easily keep it on the ground, but Fire Bucket is not like that. It is completely round from the bottom, if we put it on the ground, it will roll immediately.

Its design is made so that we cannot use the Fire Bucket for any other purpose. For this reason, the Fire Bucket is hung on its stand or by placing its hanger on the wall.

Fire Bucket Color

Now talk about its color, the color inside the Fire Bucket should be white and the color outside should be red. Now two handles are also given in it, one handle which is the main handle, with the help of this handle the Fire Bucket is hung on the stand. And there is another handle, by holding which we throw sand over the fire and kill it, if we talk about the color of both of them, then both of them should be of black i.e. black.

You must have seen that the words 'FIRE' and 'Aag' are also written on the top of the Fire Bucket, these words should be written with white paint only and if we talk about its size, then its size should be 75 mm and it should be of half an inch. It should also be approximately 12 mm thick.

So these were some of the things keeping in mind that Fire Bucket is made.

Where is Fire Bucket used?

Fire Bucket can be used or you can apply it in such a place where there is a danger of fire in oil or there is a danger of fire in gas, such as where small cylinders are kept, you can use it there...

Or you can put it where there can be an electrical fire. Simply speaking, you can use it everywhere.

To install it, you have to install a stand and these Fire Buckets are hung in that stand so that whenever a fire breaks out, the fire can be easily extinguished using the Fire Bucket.

While keeping it in the fire, you have to take care of one thing the most, not that you keep the Fire Bucket anywhere, it does not happen. As you know there is sand inside the Fire Bucket, so in this case, we need to protect the Fire Bucket from water.

If water gets inside the fire bucket, the sand can become solid. So whenever we need Fire Bucket in case of fire, then Fire Bucket will not work. In such a situation, the Fire Bucket should be installed where there is a sand or roof above it.

If we want to install Fire Bucket in the open, then along with its stand, we can use a small fiber seat or an iron seat on top of it, so that the Fire Bucket can be saved from the coming rain or any kind of water. Can go

Also, nowadays you must have seen that everywhere people keep spitting here and there after eating gutkha, pan masala, so we have to take care that no one spits inside it after eating gutkha, pan masala or any other garbage. Don't go inside it. It is also the responsibility of a fireman or firefighter to maintain the fire bucket from time to time and keep checking from time to time that there is no garbage lying in it.

Maintenance of Fire Bucket

Like all other equipment, we also have to maintain the Fire Bucket. For this, we should inspect the Fire Bucket at least once a month. Whether the fire bucket is correct or not, whether water or any garbage has entered it.

First of all, we have to check its sand that this sand is not frozen. If the sand has frozen due to water, then we have to bring the frozen sand back to the same position with some sharp object.

Along with this, we also have to see that there is no rust in the Fire Bucket. Many times due to rusting in the fire bucket, especially its lower surface gets rusted.

And when you use it, due to rust, its part becomes weak from below and it comes out. Due to this, all the sand falls down, and nothing falls on the fire. Due to this the fire cannot be extinguished. So you have to take special care of this too.

If you find rust in the Fire Bucket, you can remove it and paint it. If the Fire Bucket is lightly damaged, then you can paint it after welding it. If your Fire Bucket has been heavily damaged due to rust, then clouding it is the best solution.

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