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JMC Member Since: 01 Feb 2009 Location: Aberdeen-Angus Posts: 754 |
I once had to be assigned a 'buddy' on an oil platform, just to go out on deck. When I asked the OIM what the script was, I was told that if my buddy dropped to the floor, I should run like f**k. Nothing surprises me where corporate H&S is concerned. The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom |
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28th Jul 2023 10:02pm |
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AJGalaxy2012 Member Since: 11 Jun 2018 Location: Gainsborough Posts: 1464 |
Fleetnews reports:- Vehicle fire data Data obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that in 2019 the London Fire Brigade dealt with 54 electric vehicle fires compared with 1,898 petrol and diesel fires. Vehicle registration numbers from the Department for Transport (DfT) show there are 50,000-plus plug-in cars licensed in the capital out of a total 4.63 million licensed cars. Looking at the London Fire Brigade data, that would suggest an incident rate of 0.04% for petrol and diesel car fires, while the rate for plug-in vehicle is more than double at 0.1%. So far this year, there have been 1,021 petrol and diesel fires and 27 EV fires in the capital. Of course you would expect more ICE vehicle fires due to the greater numbers but with this in mind, you rarely see an ICE vehicle fire reported even though theres a lot more of them.
Have a look at this for an explanation: BMW i3 Electric Car 2012 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8 (now gone) 2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6 |
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30th Jul 2023 9:16am |
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AJGalaxy2012 Member Since: 11 Jun 2018 Location: Gainsborough Posts: 1464 |
That sounds about right. BMW i3 Electric Car 2012 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8 (now gone) 2006 VW Touareg 3.0 TDi V6 |
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30th Jul 2023 9:19am |
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