Fire Safety
Fire Safety
OBJECTIVES
1) COMBUSTION PROCESS.
2) MAJOR CAUSES OF FIRE.
3) TYPE OF FIRE CLASSES.
4) DIFFERENT TYPE OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
5) HOW TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
6) HOW FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WORK.
7) UNDERSTAND BASIC FIRE FIGHTING CONCEPTS.
I) RACE
II) PASS
8) PREVENTION AND PRECAUTION FROM FIRES.
UNDERSTAND OF COMBUSTION PROCESS.
Three things must be present at the
same time to produce fire:
1. Enough OXYGEN to sustain
combustion.
2. Enough HEAT to reach ignition
temperature.
3. Some FUEL or combustible
material.
Together, they produce the
CHEMICAL REACTION that is fire.
• computers • magnesium
• fax machine • sodium
• other D • potassium
energized • titanium
electrical METALS • other
equip. flammable
metals
TYPE OF FIRE CLASSES
CLASS K FIRES
This will
allow you to
discharge
the
extinguisher
HOW TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
This depresses
a button that
releases the
pressurized
extinguishing
agent.
HOW TO USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
TYPE-A (Water)
TYPE- A (Water) extinguish fire by taking
away the “ heat” element of the Fire
Triangle.
TYPE-BC
TYPE-BC GAS Carbon d(ioG
xidA
e eS
xti)nguishes work by displacing
oxygen and taking away the oxygen element of the fire triangle.
RACE
upon discovery of fire or smoke
STOP
DO NOT RUN, STOP
WHERE YOU ARE.
DROP
DROP TO THE GROUND.
ROLL
COVER YOUR FACE WITH
YOUR HAND AND ROLL
OVER AND OVER UNTIL
THE FIRE IS OUT.
FIRE FIGHTING DECISION CRETERIA
KNOW: YOUR DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND
EVACAUTION ROUTES.
KNOW: LOCATIONS OF EXTINGUISHERS IN YOUR AREA AND
HOW TO USE THEM.
ALWAYS: SOUND THE ALARM REGARDLESS OF FIRE SIZE.
However . .
..
RULES FOR FIGHTING FIRES.
. . . before deciding to fight the fire, keep these
things in mind:
1. Know what is burning. If you don’t know what’s burning, you won’t know
what kind of extinguisher to use.
2. Even if you have an ABC fire extinguisher, there may be something in the fire
that is going to explode or produce toxic fumes.