Conference Week

This past week and weekend was hectic. Monday started off with a bang when a group of 48 people showed up for a conference which lasted the whole week. They had breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday day which we had to set up, on Tuesday another conference group showed up consisting of 18 people they were here for a day... conference and just joined us for lunch and tea breaks.

After a very hard working week and late nights and our weekend kicked off by welcoming the RCI group. We've heard rumors about this weekend and all of them were absolutely true. What a group, we welcomed them with a shot of mampoer and a cocktail. Friday night they ate dinner in the boma, and after that it was party party party. Saturday morning they had team building which followed by all the activities on the farm. I ran the cash bar at the adventure centre until 4. Saturday night we had a soccer theme all the students and the staff had to wear a soccer jersey. In the hall we set up a buffet for the guests. We watched rugby and after that blue hat started with the music. All the students had to clear tables and serve drinks. None the less it was a hard week but it was fun

Types of fires

Combustible materials - Wood, paper, linen, table cloths

Extinguisher - Water

Method -Cooling

Flammable liquids - Petrol, diesel, spirt lamps

Extinguisher - Foam, co2, fire blanket

Method - Smothering

Live electricity - Computers, generators, music systems

Extinguisher - co2, powder

Method - Smothering

Flammable metals - Magnesium, sodium

Extinguisher - dry sand, powder

Method - Smothering

Flammable gasses - Methane, propane

Extinguisher - Water, foam, co2

Method - Cut off main power supply

Possible causes of fire - Reception

Maintenance - Shortages, open wires, open plugs, damage equipment, faulty equipment
Electrical - wrong connections, faulty wires, rolled up cables
Overload - multi plugs
Human error - Cigarettes, incents, candles
Cleaning - Mixing of wrong chemicals, spirt jelly's, spirt

Always be on the look out for hazards, the smallest hazard can cause the biggest fire. Repair broken/damaged wires/plugs