Hello everyone, Dave here again!
Hope you have been enjoying the somewhat changeable weather
we have been having. Coat on, coat off, coat on, coat off… who knows what the weather's going to bring to us next!?
Bad weather doesn't help when working at the roadside but even when it's a nice day, working in this environment is still one of the most dangerous places to drain the wrong fuel from a car - we have had some hair raising moments (due to other drivers!).
In 1998 6 vehicle recovery workers were killed on motorways and hard shoulders so SURVIVE was created to establish a level of safety amongst vehicle breakdown and recovery operations.
AFS has achieved their PAS 43 accreditation and therefore we know how to set up our safe working zone correctly to protect us and our customers.
When a customer has accidentally put the wrong fuel in their car, we can typically be there for around an hour so safety needs to be implemented effectively.
We carry 3 different types of fire extinguishers on board
and there's always a CO2 one on hand whenever we work on cases where the wrong fuel has been accidentally pumped into the car. Be
prepared is always our motto!
All
AFS staff obtain an ADR licence which covers us for driving vehicles that carry
dangerous goods. It is basically 5 days
of complete hell!Like going back to school really – lots of people sat around in a room being hit over the head with health and safety legislation again and again. However, we do learn a lot about how to protect ourselves, how to handle dangerous substances correctly and what to do in an emergency situation.
Another licence we need is the Safety Pass
Alliance Petrol Passport.
This focuses on petrol forecourts. Although this is another 2 days of having health and safety drilled into your skull, it really is imperative in our line of work.
Most call outs where people accidentally put the wrong fuel in the car in Edinburgh are to petrol forecourts and the draining process needs to be carried out there.
When you put petrol in a diesel car in Edinburgh, you shouldn’t start it and drive it away so we need to get to work immediately. Although there is no real safe place on a forecourt to work, some places are safer than others.
When you put the wrong fuel in your car in Scotland, we aim to get it out in the fastest, safest manner possible.
This focuses on petrol forecourts. Although this is another 2 days of having health and safety drilled into your skull, it really is imperative in our line of work.
Most call outs where people accidentally put the wrong fuel in the car in Edinburgh are to petrol forecourts and the draining process needs to be carried out there.
When you put petrol in a diesel car in Edinburgh, you shouldn’t start it and drive it away so we need to get to work immediately. Although there is no real safe place on a forecourt to work, some places are safer than others.
When you put the wrong fuel in your car in Scotland, we aim to get it out in the fastest, safest manner possible.
As we're always obsessed about the weather in Scotland, it can affect the number of people who accidentally put wrong fuel in their car. The hot weather can make people lethargic and prone to mistakes, whilst cold weather makes people rush to get back inside their warm cars – leading to mistakes putting the wrong fuel in the car in Scotland and across the UK.
This is where Accidental Fuelling Solutions comes to the rescue and safety is always at the heart of what we do – we are the reputable knights in shining armour, coming out to save you when you put petrol in a diesel car in Scotland. But rest assured, not only will we try and be with you in under an hour and then drain the petrol in your diesel car in Edinburgh within 45 minutes but we are all fully trained. Safety is essential when you are dealing with dangerous substances and AFS take it very seriously.
So that's a little insight into our serious health and safety side!
Catch you all later folks.
Dave Mc
Director (AFS24/7)
