Art School fire caused by projector.

[psydii]

Great news everyone is safe and that they were able to save the structure and most of the contents. The root cause though is something we need to keep an eye on.

BBC News - Glasgow School of Art: Fire crews save most of building

[timbo343]

It probably over heated or a surge went through it. How else could it explode? Wonder if the filters hadnt been clean for ages.

[cctvfitter]

Doesn't surprise me one bit. I do risk assessments and fire safety checks for about 100 schools .

 

Schools are the worst offenders by a country mile, caretakers face a constant battle with Teachers apathetic attitude to fire safety.

 

Equipment left on all the time (including projectors) ,fire doors wedged open , rubbish left in stairwells,tea towels left on hobs in staff room to dry,pictures stuck up over MCP's . The list goes on !

 

Teachers go straight from School , to Uni, then back to School again , 90% of them have got 0% common sense !

 

Reminded a head teacher the other day of his responsibilities under RRO , and the possibilities of him being bumped in Strangeways for several years, which seemed to concentrate his mind a little !

Edited May 24, 2014 by Dos_Box
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[FN-GM]

I might send that article around on the email. Reminding people not to leave them switched on unattended. Hopefully will save a few bulbs.

[cctvfitter]

I might send that article around on the email. Reminding people not to leave them switched on unattended. Hopefully will save a few bulbs.

 

 

Staff also just pull the plug on em sometimes , without going through the correct shut down procedure which keeps the fan on to cool the lamp down.

[newpersn]

Staff also just pull the plug on em sometimes , without going through the correct shut down procedure which keeps the fan on to cool the lamp down.

 

Some Epsons just turn off after you shut them down. No cooling time

[GeekyPete]

Sounds like a faulty projector to me. Even with clogged filters or if the unit was covered in a pile of paper, the thermal cut out should have powered it off long before it reached ignition temp. Art student use projectors to create large pieces of work. It's quiet possible this wasn't ceiling mounted.

[localzuk]

If it was being used in an art piece, it could well have been altered also... Or contained in some way which is unsafe (ie. hidden in the body of a piece of art).

[synaesthesia]

I'm sending that email now. Will serve as a very useful reminder. One of our worst offenders is an, er, department particularly close to this article!

[F3000]

It doesn't actually say what type of projector it was, so may not have been the data projection type you initially think about.

[FN-GM]

Staff also just pull the plug on em sometimes , without going through the correct shut down procedure which keeps the fan on to cool the lamp down.

 

Here its impossible for them to do so, unless they get up and pull the kettle lead from the back of it.

[mthomas08]

Just goes to show what electrical equipment can cause, regardless if it was a data projector or not its still electrical. Requires maintenance, looking after or even common sense to use.

 

Turning things off isn't something people do enough, our projectors (newish ones) are all set to auto turn off. The School also has a new fire alarm system. Both the Schools I have worked at have had the safety officers on site pretty much throwing the book, cost has been high but same thing has been implemented at the Schools.

[arwen]

Sort of glad I didn't get the job in their IT department now! But it is pretty horrible. it was a lovely old building, inside and out. Hoping they can reconstruct that of it they could not save.

[witch]

the news today said it was a film projector and it set light to some foam, so the IT department might not have anything to worry about!

[Andrew_C]

I know someone in an AV hire company. They won't hire out projectors to Art Students. And that pre-dates this incident.

[Nibiru]

Update on this - the flammable propellant from a can of expanding foam was drawn into the projector

 

Sounds like some serious lapses in common sense & basic fire prevention by whoever was involved in the Studio 19 exhibition setup.

 

 

BBC News - Glasgow School of Art blaze: Report says foam canister caused fire