General precautions to reduce

(a)Good housekeeping means putting rubbish away rather than letting it accumulate.
(b)Read the manufacturer’s material safety data sheets so that the dangers of flammable liq- uids are known.
(c)Only take from the stores sufficient flammable material for the job in hand.
(d)Materials left over from a specific job should be put back into a labelled container so that not only you but anyone (and this may be a fire- man) can tell what the potential risk may be.
(e)Take care when welding that sparks or burning underseal do not cause a problem,especially when working in confined areas of vehicles.
(f)Be extremely careful when working close to plastic fuel lines.
(g)Petrol tanks are a potential hazard:supposedly empty tanks may be full of vapour. To give some idea of the potential problem,consider one gallon of petrol:it will evaporate into 33ft 3 of neat vapour,which will mix with air to form 2140ft 3 of flammable vapour. Thus the average petrol tank needs only a small amount of petrol to give a tank full of vapour

The key to fire safety is:
1.Take care.
2.Think.
3.Train staff in the correct procedures before things go wrong.
4.Ensure that these procedures are written down, understood and followed by all personnel within the workshop.waiting to ignite and explode.