Housekeeping
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Preventing Losses in the Furniture/Woodworking Industry
An occupancy with inherent hazards is wood processing. With flammable liquids, wood dust and heavy combustible loading it is imperative to adhere to strict property loss prevention standards. In a...
Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) - Part 2
In our April 2000 article, we detailed what microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is and what it can do to fire protection system (FPS) piping. This is a continuation of our previous...
Back to Basics
"Back to Basics." It may be cliché, but with respect to property conservation, it could be the difference between a fire being controlled or one that completely destroys a building. When a fire...
Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC)
In 1996 the NFPA began receiving inquiries about MIC. What is MIC? It is a corrosion problem characterized by pinhole leaks in metallic piping systems often after only a few years of service. MIC is...