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My name is Ann Kristin Solberg and I´m a student in my 3rd year bachelor degree in Equine studies and business management at Writtle College.

I hope you will answer my questionnaire for my dissertation about fire safety and fire prevention in the equine industry, which is an important topic to always be aware of.

If you are involved with more than one yard, please base your answers on the one with the highest number of horses, and only takes about 10 minutes

Thank you very much!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C8MZBSP
 
Done and when you get a minute you could take a look at the Friends of the Hampshire Animal Rescue Team Facebook page - we've got notes about fire safety on there. Your questions are very appropriate to that advice.
 
OrangePepper said:
Suggest you read the book 'Guidelines for Fire Safety in Equine and Agricultural Premises' by Harry Paviour. ISBN 0-900226-69-2
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Hi! Thanks for the advice! I have asked the college library if they would like to have this book in their stock, and they will have it in by monday. If I like it, i´ll probably by it my self for any future references. :)
 
equi said:
I think i will get a smoke detector.
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Same! We used to have a fire alarm with a direct line to the fire brigade.... It was accidently set off one time by exhaust fumes and the fire brigade got there before me :o It was disconnected so should get something else.
 
Question 23 is extremely vague. And the answer can vary widely. But have seen (and almost got caught in ) a seven bay dutch barn full of straw flash over an a very hot summer day .It took less than 5 seconds for the ignition source to enter the barn (a trail of straw leading to a bonfire where someone decided to burn old straw)and the flames to flash over the full length of the building . I saw what was happening and tried to drive the telehandler out of the barn . I saw the flame come round the tin sheeting at the far end and within a moment the fireball went over the telehandler .Fortunately for me I had got it started and was already moving and had the door shut. I was totaly unprepared for how fast the fire moved.
 
Done and got me thinking, I don't live on site so especially important to make sure as many risks are removed as poss, thankfully have no mains electricity, but need to re site the generator ! Thank you for making me think more
 
Done. No I'm worried. Our hay/straw barn is attached to the stable barn... God, I don't want to imagine anything happening to them :( We don't have any fire equipment I don't think. This has made me think a lot, will be suggesting it to the YO.
 
Im lucky to have fire extinguishers and a fire hose in my stable block, i only store tack in the same building in the tack room but its got a heater in it, i think i might be investing in some smoke detectors
 
Done but it wouldn't let me rank the causes of fire (using google chrome?).

The head collar question is an interesting one. I know we're all taught to leave head collars outside stables in case of fire, but we had a large stable fire and if I'd faffed around putting head collars on 40 horses and leading them to the field I wouldn't have got them all out in time. I probably couldn't even have got head collars on them, they just wanted out!

Something else to consider is leaving field gates open when horses are stabled at night. I was able to release all our horses from their stables and they pretty much ended up in their correct turn out groups in the right fields. Had the gates have been shut there would have been 40 horses charging round the yard and driveway in the dark hampering the police, fire engines and ambulance.
 
Mike007 said:
Question 23 is extremely vague. And the answer can vary widely. But have seen (and almost got caught in ) a seven bay dutch barn full of straw flash over an a very hot summer day .It took less than 5 seconds for the ignition source to enter the barn (a trail of straw leading to a bonfire where someone decided to burn old straw)and the flames to flash over the full length of the building . I saw what was happening and tried to drive the telehandler out of the barn . I saw the flame come round the tin sheeting at the far end and within a moment the fireball went over the telehandler .Fortunately for me I had got it started and was already moving and had the door shut. I was totaly unprepared for how fast the fire moved.
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Yes I do realise that the question is not very specific. I wanted to ask to se if people are aware of how fast fire can spread. And when the flames are present it becomes extremely dangerous and unpredictable. My reference for this question is from the book "Horse Stable and Riding Arena Design" by Eileen Fabian Wheeler.
It all depends on the fuel source and the ventilation. Bottom line, it´s spreads fast. Scary reading...

I´m even more sure that my horse will live 24/7 outside in the future as a result of this dissertation. :p

Have you heard about "HIT- active stable" ? My future yard!

http://www.aktivstall.de/english
 
Hi RobinHood

I have got some feedback about the ranking of the fire causes, but i don´t know what is wrong. When u change one of them to number 1, the rest are suppose to follow, and you have to change them. They will automatically change order from top to bottom. Will have to see if the result is more or less the same order that was originally in the survey when i analyse the result.

I did read in last months horse and hound a letter from somebody that said that there is no use in having the headcollars outside the stable doors. The best is to have some ready in the car or in the main house, or by the exit.

Having a routine when turning the horses out and keeping the gates open is something i would mention in my dissertation. Thanks for the feedback.
 
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