[NHCOLL-L:889] fire-resistant cabinets

[Jeff N. Davis]

Dear all --

Our campus fire chief has just informed me that our collections of
fluid-preserved herps and fishes need to be stored in flammables cabinets.
It is apparently a violation of fire safety (and possibly OSHA) standards
to store more than 10 gallons of 70% ethanol in a non-fire-resistant
cabinet.  Has anyone else encountered this problem and do you know of a
source of flammables cabinets that aren't brilliant yellow?

Best,

Jeff

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Jeff N. Davis, Curator
Museum of Natural History Collections
Department of Environmental Studies
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064  USA
Phone: (831) 459-4763, Fax: (831) 459-4015
Email: jndavis at cats.ucsc.edu
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