Posted By Nadine Hodgson
In the construction industry we have had some incidents where extinguishers have been used to put out smouldering caused by hot works. We have also had some incidents where smouldering was not detected and the entire building burnt down. I do not have statistics though. The main point to consider that under the general fire precautions legislation there is a duty to provide an appropriate number, as well as type of extinguishers. This would be identified within the fire risk assessment.