Our policy for a fire in a teaching lab is that students should be respond by evacuating the room & the TA/Instructor should be concerned with directing the evacuation & assuring that everyone is out safely. Who is left to think about turning off the fume hood? Besides, our hoods don't have 'off' switches. Sheila -- Sheila M. Kennedy, CHO Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Teaching Labs University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093-0303 (858) 534-0221 Kelleigh McCutcheon wrote: > Hello all, > > Does anyone know whether or not a fume hood should be turned off or left on if fire breaks out in the fume hood? > > We have always assumed that one would turn the fume hood off as not to provide oxygen to the fire; unless noxious fumes are produced by the fire in which case the fume hood would be left on until fire personnel get to the scene. > > Thanks, > Kelleigh McCutcheon > Chemistry and Biology Laboratory Technician > Keyano College > Fort McMurray, Alberta
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