power cable fire fighting methods

time2011/11/28

  Power cable once the fire should be extinguished using the following methods:
  (1) Turn off the power cable fire. Cable ignited, regardless of what causes, should be immediately cut off the power, then, according to the path through which the cable and features, careful examination, to find the cable fault, who should also be quickly organized to fight the blaze.
  (2) cable trench fire cut off the power supply non-faulty cable. When the cable channel in the cable on fire, if laid side by side with the cable channel with a significant possibility of fire, they should be cut off the power supply cables. If the hierarchical arrangement of the cable, the first cable fire power cut above the heating cable, and then the cable side by side with the fire power off the cable, and finally fire the following cable power cable cut.
  (3) Close the power cable groove or blocked fire doors at both ends of the cable trench. Cable when the cable trench fire, in order to avoid air circulation, to facilitate the rapid fire, should the cable trench or fire doors closed at both ends blocked, using the method of suffocation fire. (4) do a good job of fire fighting personal protective cable. As the cable will have a lot of fire burning smoke and toxic gases, fire fighting cable, fighting personnel should wear gas masks. In order to prevent fighting in the process of personal electric shock, fire fighting personnel should wear rubber gloves and wear insulated boots, high voltage cable a phase if found, the fighting should observe: Interior shall not enter less than 4m from the point of failure, can not enter from the outside point of failure 8m or less, so as not to step voltage and touch voltage wounding. Ambulance unless injured, but should take protective measures.
  (5) extinguish the fire using fire-fighting equipment cables. Cable fire extinguisher should be used to extinguish the fire, such as dry powder fire extinguisher, "1211" fire extinguisher, carbon dioxide fire extinguisher, etc.; can also use dry sand or loess cover; if no water is best to use the spray gun; if the fire is very intense, and impossible to use other means to fight the blaze, until the power is cut off, can the cable trench irrigation, fire fighting water to seal failure.
  (6) Power cable fire fighting, ban touch it directly with cable and mobile armor steel cable.