Surveyor Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Not sure if right place for this. Just seen this post on Facebook saying all canvas tents are to be withdrawn as fire hazard https://www.facebook.com/groups/1962090757143609/permalink/6648452685174036/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Yes, I heard last night abut the M0D talking abut Tentage being withdrawn 0ver health & Safety concern's! Tents have been fine for MANY Years in service!...But suddenly, they are N0T 'Safe'!...... The 0pti0ns available are. Replacment with tent material that is suitable. 0r C0mplete new tent systems. 0r S0me kind 0f 'Pr00fing'. Either way, 'S0ME0NE' stands T0 make a L0T 0f M0ney 0ut 0f this!... Hark! is that the sound 0f Bleating. That the M0D havent got any Money?.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Will be plastic next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad dan eccles Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 This is genuine news, there's been an official notice put out tri-service that all Mk.1 and Mk.2 canvas tents are to be withdrawn as soon as practicably possible and swapped out with the Mk.3 and Mk.4 PVC tents due to the fabric no longer meeting the regulations on being fire retardant. Until such time as units get the replacement tents in they can continue to use them for activities provided they adhere to various stipulations such as not using them for housing troops unless absolutely no other means of doing so can be found, no single occupancy of tents if that is the case and unless the weather is gipping doors are to be kept open and fire extinguishers placed inside the tent, no mixing of canvas tent parts with PVC tent parts and so on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonb Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Sounds like a typical knee-jerk reaction to some one-off event somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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