Ocado warehouse fire
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boobles said:
Not sure what the rules are on this particular building as it was mainly manned by robots.
Apparently this place had recently won an award of some sort for it's sprinkler system!!A lot of scaremongering on social media late yesterday about evacuations, we live inside the zone but there was no sign
of anyone doing the rounds
B17NNS said:
wolfracesonic said:
Bloody hell, who knew quinoa burnt like car tyres!
deadly when burnt with couscous and kale. Locals are advised to keep windows and doors closed due to the acrid stench of vegans.TonyRPH said:
Are there no fire suppression systems in these warehouses?
One would have thought...
Apparently there is, and they won an award for it...One would have thought...
https://ocadoengineering.com/ocado-engineering-awa...
Gareth79 said:
Apparently there is, and they won an award for it...
https://ocadoengineering.com/ocado-engineering-awa...
Oops!https://ocadoengineering.com/ocado-engineering-awa...
Ocado Engineering is interesting - must be very unusual to do all that sort of stuff in-house.
stuntmaneddie said:
Apparently this place had recently won an award of some sort for it's sprinkler system!!
A lot of scaremongering on social media late yesterday about evacuations, we live inside the zone but there was no sign
of anyone doing the rounds
Where abouts are you. In picket Piece police came knocking around 4:30 and later around the new builds fire marshals did.A lot of scaremongering on social media late yesterday about evacuations, we live inside the zone but there was no sign
of anyone doing the rounds
Was very mixed as some people got told and others dint. Was all confusing,
Edited by Jordan210 on Thursday 7th February 14:30
Interestingly someone said the thousand robots can't see or smell when the place is on fire.
(Might be a useful upgrade for them, smoke detectors and infra red cameras)
Presumably they carried on trundling round until the fire was detected by something /someone else.
By then had taken hold and defeated the award wining sprinkler system..
(Might be a useful upgrade for them, smoke detectors and infra red cameras)
Presumably they carried on trundling round until the fire was detected by something /someone else.
By then had taken hold and defeated the award wining sprinkler system..
Sheepshanks said:
Oops!
Ocado Engineering is interesting - must be very unusual to do all that sort of stuff in-house.
Ocado has big ambitions in setting up and running the 'online shopping' capability for other retailersOcado Engineering is interesting - must be very unusual to do all that sort of stuff in-house.
e.g.
Kroger
http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/ocado/rns1/regu...
https://www.ft.com/content/7a67bfaa-dc24-11e8-9f04...
Sheepshanks said:
Gareth79 said:
Apparently there is, and they won an award for it...
https://ocadoengineering.com/ocado-engineering-awa...
Oops!https://ocadoengineering.com/ocado-engineering-awa...
Ocado Engineering is interesting - must be very unusual to do all that sort of stuff in-house.
Brooking10 said:
Interestingly the chief fire brigade officer has come out commented that the fact the DC is almost entirely autonomous and therefore not designed for humans made fighting the fire very difficult.
Theres a video of the inside of the warehouse on the link above. Imagine rows and rows of storage boxes stacked 3/4 high with robots running on rails above them. Theres no way a human can easily get in there. If fire lands on one and it carries on working, if it picks up a burning box, the fire spreads.Shame they can't fit the robots with fire extinguishers and get them to fight it.Had a walk with the dog this morning passed the building. Looks a very sorry state as you would except.
From what iv been told was a robot caught fire high up what started to burn the roof. Then the track what they sit on calapsed and that In turn made it massively difficult for fire crews.
From what iv been told was a robot caught fire high up what started to burn the roof. Then the track what they sit on calapsed and that In turn made it massively difficult for fire crews.
Had a quick check on the Ocado website, and can now book delivery slots again for my area (that was served by Andover) starting Monday.
Looking on their website, the next two nearest Ocado sites appear to be roughly 100 miles away.
Logistics of arranging fresh food deliveries that far from the nearest depot must require some head scratching. Some drivers covering a lot of mileage before reaching their first delivery, or some kind of rendezvous point half way I guess?
Looking on their website, the next two nearest Ocado sites appear to be roughly 100 miles away.
Logistics of arranging fresh food deliveries that far from the nearest depot must require some head scratching. Some drivers covering a lot of mileage before reaching their first delivery, or some kind of rendezvous point half way I guess?
stevesuk said:
Had a quick check on the Ocado website, and can now book delivery slots again for my area (that was served by Andover) starting Monday.
Looking on their website, the next two nearest Ocado sites appear to be roughly 100 miles away.
Logistics of arranging fresh food deliveries that far from the nearest depot must require some head scratching. Some drivers covering a lot of mileage before reaching their first delivery, or some kind of rendezvous point half way I guess?
Might be best to avoid ordering frozen stuff!Looking on their website, the next two nearest Ocado sites appear to be roughly 100 miles away.
Logistics of arranging fresh food deliveries that far from the nearest depot must require some head scratching. Some drivers covering a lot of mileage before reaching their first delivery, or some kind of rendezvous point half way I guess?
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