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Know your liquids and materials: It is important to examine your items, determine their flash point and boiling point. It will help you to segregate the liquids and materials. As per Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), it is allowed only certain amounts of liquids to be stored in a single cabinet. Safety cabinets also aid in the organisation of chemicals in businesses. Storing incompatible materials in separate cabinets prevents them from mixing and lowers the risk of undesirable reactions. A visible warning label on safety cabinets reads, Flammable Caninets - Keep Fire Away. The highly visible label alerts first responders or employees to the presence of hazardous chemicals when illuminated by a flashlight. Check the cabinet’s approval rating: Flammable safety cabinets are tested to meet various standard. One must organize them based on following acronyms:   FM (Factory Mutual tested and approved) DOT (Department of Transportation) N (National Fire Prot