Unqualified Safety Practitioners

The cost of unqualified safety practitioners being recognised as competent by the Safety Institute of Australia continues to soar! Simple things like chemical fires would not occur if these people had the committment to safety to get themselves educated and qualified.

But becuase of the Safety Institute of Australia not requiring members to be professional enough to get a qualification we see incidents occuring that would be simple to control and prevent with a tiny little bit of education. But then I suppose they wouldn't ban those with qualifications and dedication to protect those unqualified people that stop safety being recognised as a profession.


Chemical factory catches fire

October 31, 2006 11:13pm
Article from: AAP

A BLAZE last night at a chemical factory north of Melbourne has been brought under control.

About 60 firefighters took about an hour-and-a-half to bring the blaze at JAL Chemicals in Raglan Street, Preston, under control.

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) was called to the fire at the two-storey factory at 9.50pm (AEDT).

An MFB spokesman said crews were supported by aerial appliances, including ladder platforms, to attack the flames from above.

The fire was contained to the rear section of the factory, he said.

The spokesman said it was believed some people were in the factory at the time but no-one were injured.

Fire investigators were on their way to the scene to determine the cause but at this stage it is not deemed suspicious.

The cost of the damage is not yet known.