<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi everyone, thanks for your feedback, I can see that the topic is much more complicated than I expected.<br><br></div>Let's sum up our proposals:<br></div><ol><li>Describe the classes <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher_class=A</tt></li><li>Describe the local classes <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher_class:uk=</tt><tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">8A 55B 75F</tt></li><li>Describe the combustible <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher_class=</tt><tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">ordinary_combustibles<br></tt></li><li>Describe the kind of combustible <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher:electrical=yes</tt><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> or </span><tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher=electrical<br></tt></li><li>Describe the type of powder <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher_class=water</tt><tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr"><br></tt></li><li>Describe the written label <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher:label=black</tt></li></ol></div><div><div><div></div>What I think of them:<br><ol><li>Describe the classes: they are not standard internationally and I think we should avoid them</li><li>Describe the local classes: not suitable worldwide<br></li><li>Describe the combustible: it requires to understand the kind of fire that is suitable for an extinguisher : It can be subjective as the brakets denote in the table here <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher#United_Kingdom">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher#United_Kingdom</a><br>Also we would potentially have multiple keys e.g. <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher_class=</tt><tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">ordinary_combustibles;flammable liquid;electricity</tt></li><li>Describe the kind of combustible: again it requires to understand the kind of fire that is suitable for an extinguisher<br></li><li>Describe the type of powder: could be a good solution but the bad think is that we would potentially have multiple keys e.g. <tt style="background-color:rgb(221,221,238);white-space:pre-wrap" dir="ltr">fire_extinguisher_class=water;foam;dry_powder</tt></li><li>Describe the written label: difficult to standardise<br></li></ol><div>It seems that none of these solutions is perfect, which one do you think would be the best as an international standard?<br><br>My choice would be "5. Describe the type of powder" with the following keys:<br><ul><li>water</li><li>foam</li><li>dry_powder</li><li>co2</li><li>wet_chemical</li><li>class_D</li><li>halon<br></li></ul></div><div>Again, it's the only tag that describes the object itself without interpretation and that can be standardised. Of course it would require a conversion table, but either way I guess we'll have to go through this process.<br></div><div>Have a good day<br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-04-24 8:34 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
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> Am 24.04.2015 um 01:46 schrieb Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> Extinguishers are placed by the requirements of possible fires in that location. So if you find one local to the fire it should be suitable for use there. Thus added tagging should serve little to no purpose.<br>
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</span>yes, it is clear that for extinguishing a fire you would rather look on the text on the extinguisher than on OSM. This thread is not about extinguishing fires but how to describe these objects if you want to<br>
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