Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fire sand bucket

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fire sand bucket

I'm not entirely sure what to make of this. Some of this article is clearly nonsense, and as far as I can tell anything which isn't prima facie false is trivial. Deville (Talk) 07:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete. Almost a G1. Almost. --Dennis The TIger 08:03, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong and Speedy Keep This is still used in Decveloping countries. It is mandatory to have fixed number of buckets with sand, painted in red (in addition to extinguishers) in theatres, hotels, hospitals, auditoriums, colleges, schools etc. Only when there are enought buckets with sand (number depending upon the capacity of the theatre, strength of the school etc) the Department of Fire Fighting will give clearence for the building and then only the school can get approval from the government. The rules are very stringent after the Kumbakonam School Tragedy _Doctor Bruno__Talk_/E Mail 08:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Very strong keep, add sources, and cleanup per Doctorbruno. Used in some countries as a alternative to the fire extinguisher to this day, although it's been a long time since I saw one. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 09:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per the above two people. Existing method of fire extinguishing. If it contains suspected nonsense, move it to the talk page for discussion. We can at least have a reasonable stub on this. - Mgm|(talk) 10:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • I saw one a week ago. It's not far away from where I'm sitting right now, as a matter of fact. This is a real item of firefighting equipment, as can be seen by these guidelines published by the government of Western Australia for concerts, events, and organized gatherings, which require a sand bucket, fire blanket, and pair of fire retardant gloves at the front of stage, for example. Sourcing and potential inaccuracy is a matter for cleanup. Keep. Uncle G 11:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - it currently violates WP:OR and WP:V and interestingly Uncle G's link is the only verification I can find of its existence even though they are commonplace (just proves Google isn't all encompassing). I've alerted the author, so hopefully they will provide some sources. Yomanganitalk 13:34, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Google Web turns up a fair amount. In the U.K. during World War 2, people were instructed on the use of sand buckets by the Fire Service as air raid precautions, for example. The trick is to not to look for the entire phrase, because on safety equipment lists and suchlike it is simply known as a sand bucket. ☺ Uncle G 15:34, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
      • Ah, I tried "fire bucket", but not "sand bucket". Unfortunately, that still doesn't provide sources for the history or safety precautions. I'll see if the author comes back with anything before attempting to rewrite it.Yomanganitalk 16:04, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - per Uncle G. I found another page here which is a uk government guideline on barbecue fire safety. There is another article called Fire bucket. Either one should be a redirect to the other. Also, I could not find anything on the web for the History section. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 14:13, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
    I redirected Fire bucket as it was a stub that mentioned it was another name for fire sand bucket. Yomanganitalk 16:04, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Uncle G. Buckets of sand are commonplace at gas stations. wikipediatrix 15:54, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per above. I see one whenever I go into a petrol station. Thε Halo Θ 16:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Reads a bit like an instruction manual, suffers from an odd-sounding title and needs to be referenced, but I think this is notable. Irongargoyle 00:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per the above comments. RFerreira 05:19, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.