Fire Safety
Three things are needed for a fire:
- Spark or flame
- Fuel (Material that will burn)
- Oxygen
WHAT YOU MUST DO IF A FIRE STARTS
If a fire starts, you must act very fast. You must R-A-C-E and follow your fire plan. You must:
R- Rescue all the people that are in danger. The first thing you must do is rescue people that are in danger. Follow your fire plan. Get your patients and residents out of danger. Move them to a safe place inside if you can. Move them outside if there is no safe place indoors. Get them out of the area and keep them out.
A- Alarm. You must then pull the fire alarm.
C- Confine or contain the fire if you can. Close all of the doors and windows. Do NOT ever prop doors open. Fire doors must be able to freely close when there is a fire or smoke. These doors confine fires into small areas when they are free to move.
E- Extinguish the fire if you can safely do it without causing any danger to yourself and others. If the fire is a very small one that you can quickly and safely put out using water or a fire extinguisher, do it. If the fire is too big, get everyone out and pull the alarm.
All personal items should be left behind. No one should go back to get personal items. They may never get the chance to leave again.
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Every home and hospital must have fire extinguishers.
There are several kinds of fire extinguishers:
A. An A fire extinguisher can only be used to put out fires on some common things like paper, wood and cloth. They CANNOT be used on oil, grease or electrical fires.
B. A B fire extinguisher can be used to put out fires on liquids and gases like gas, oil and grease. It can be used on kitchen grease and fat fires. It CANNOT be used on electrical fires.
C. A C type fire extinguisher can be used to put out electrical fires.
AB. An AB fire extinguisher can be used for paper, wood, cloth, like the A type, as well as liquid and gas fires, including kitchen grease and fat fires, like the B type does.
BC. A BC fire extinguisher puts out electrical, liquid and gas fires, like the B and C types do.
ABC. An ABC fire extinguisher is the BEST of all. It puts out all kinds of fires. Since an ABC fire extinguisher can be used on any type of fire, it is highly recommended that these be in every hospital and home. They can be bought at almost every home improvement store for very little cost.
All fire extinguishers must be checked on a regular basis to make sure that they are fully charged and ready to use in case of an emergency.
HOW DO YOU USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER ?
