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Every documented failure mode in one setting
Wedding tents, dry grass and a can of alcohol gel
A marquee is fabric, a lawn is fuel, the guests are children and the service runs five hours. Here is the venue checklist that follows.
Outdoor weddings gather every risk of canned fuel into one afternoon. The flame is invisible in sunlight. Wind pushes it sideways into a tablecloth. The tent walls are flammable. Children reach the buffet at flame height. And the cans are refueled mid-service by a hired server who was shown once, verbally, how to do it.
What the record says
Safety guidance identifies mid-service refueling and guest contact as the most severe accident types. The CPSC's 2011 recall documented what happens when gel meets a flame the user could not see. The NTSB traced a $3.1 million fire to one dropped can.
The checklist a venue should demand
Written open-flame procedure. Named person responsible for extinguishing. No refueling while lit. Fuel stock stored outside the tent. Extinguisher within reach of the line, rated for flammable liquids. Fire marshal sign-off where required.
Or none of it
A water-activated pack or a cordless cell produces no flame and needs no fuel stock. The checklist collapses to a line about charging.