Fire at Gardner Aerospace, Consett (Number One Industrial Estate) 1 st November 2018
Incident location Location of premises Location of initial fire
Make up of fire appliances Initial call 14:14 (2 pumps mobilised) Make pumps 8 Make pumps 3 15:02 14:16 48 minutes from initial call to • Stop message - 20:34 make pumps 8 • Crew re-visits – 23:30/ 06:00 • Incident handover – 07:30 Make pumps 6 Make pumps 5 14:39 14:19
Additional resources/ external support CDDFRS additional resources Partner agency support
Key points • CAV aerospace taken over by Gardener aerospace – 15 th October 2018 • Primary employer/ local impact • BA teams re-committed to incident several times • In excess of 20 BA cylinders used during incident • Operational Risk Information/ on-site specialist available • Crew rotation/ reliefs • Multi agency working • Media interest
Fire Investigation/ Post incident considerations • Contractors working on tanks used to acid strip aircraft wings • Sparks from angle grinder entered extraction system • Oil and dust build up in extraction • Crew welfare system • Internal level 2 & 3 de-brief • Sparks may have ignited the oil soaked • Operational learning fibres/ dust • Fire drawn along extraction system • Business fire safety inspection causing it to spread
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