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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">might be worth if you would call me -
we just going through the renovation work of our climate control
system, and fire safety was a major issue.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The answers to your questions depend
on how your systems will be set up, as this determines potential
fire risks in your fluid storage. The main question and concern
should be potential ignition sources. E.g. during the renovation
works here, they intended to install a 380v power connection for
a flow-type heater just behind my alcohol supply for the
collection ...</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">So there are different items to
consider, eg. air exchange rates, planned temperatures in the
storage area, location of switches, power sockets .... etc.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 22.10.2020 um 15:17 schrieb Lennart
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear all!<br>
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I have urgent question about fire safety in fluid-preserved
collections.<br>
We are planning new building for Estonian Museum of Natural
History and until last week it was not considering the
potential danger of ca 15 cubic meters of fluid-preserved
specimens, speaking of 12 tonnes of 70-75 % ethanol.<br>
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I need some examples from the best of this world. We had
meeting last week with our fire-safety specialist but he
seemed to have no knowledge or skill to deal with such
amount of ethanol.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Most important questions
are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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case of fire, how to exit? Sprinklers and gas extinguishing
are out of question. But then, if I spill a jar full of
something toxic or poisonous and some fire gets loose, what
then?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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you handle your fluid-preserved collectins as an explosion
hazard? How do you mitigate the risks? How do you lead out
the heat from collection in case of fire?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I think a pressure
valve, which just flies away in case of overpressure, would
mitigate some risk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We already have planned
the ventilation to near-floor, ideally separate from rest of
the building.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">An alternative is to put
all fluid-preserved vessels to the flammable liquid safety
cabinets but this may be more expensive than secure the
whole room.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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So far I have checked NPS, ConserveOGram, <span
style="color:black">Collection Forum,
</span>spnhc wiki and STASHC but have not find any specific
information about that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%" lang="EN-GB">1.
Simmons, John E.
<i>Fluid Preservation</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%" lang="EN-GB">2.
? Storage Concerns For Fluid-Preserved Collections.
<i>Conserve O Gram</i> <b>11</b>, 1–4 (1999).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%" lang="EN-GB">3.
Marte, F. & Solazzo, C. The Stability of Natural History
Specimens In Fluid-preserved Collections. 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%" lang="EN-GB">4.
Neumann, D. & Carter, J. Baseline Standards for Fluid
Collections. 47.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBibliography"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%" lang="EN-GB">5.
MacLeod, I. D. Conservation of a museum megamouth shark
specimen by changing its preservative from aqueous ethanol
to aqueous glycerol.
<i>Collection Forum</i> <b>29</b>, 73–89 (2015).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Best
regards!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Lennart
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<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Head of
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<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Estonian
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