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Basics of Fire Fighting

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Classroom SafetyClassroom Safety Medical Emergency Response Medical Emergency Response

FireFire General InformationGeneral Information

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Classroom SafetyClassroom Safety• Tripping HazardsTripping Hazards– Power cordsPower cords

– CablesCables

– StairsStairs

• ChairsChairs– Do not lean back in your Do not lean back in your

chairs chairs

– Look before you sitLook before you sit

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Medical Emergency ResponseMedical Emergency Response

Call for helpCall for help To call CTJV Paramedics and report To call CTJV Paramedics and report

information provided to respondersinformation provided to responders

474 1453474 1453 oror 474 1455474 1455 Wait at outside location to direct Wait at outside location to direct

emergency responders to classroomemergency responders to classroom

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Emergency CallEmergency Call

You are located in the MTSF HSE BlockYou are located in the MTSF HSE Block

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Fire EmergencyFire Emergency

If There is a fire:If There is a fire: Raise the alarm immediatelyRaise the alarm immediately Shout Shout “Fire, Fire, Fire”“Fire, Fire, Fire” Evacuate the building to Evacuate the building to

Muster PointMuster Point (ZONE 5)(ZONE 5) Conduct accountability of all personnelConduct accountability of all personnel Direct fire servicesDirect fire services

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General Information Toilet BlockToilet Block Drinking waterDrinking water No SmokingNo Smoking No cell phone usageNo cell phone usage Ask questionsAsk questions

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Class RulesClass Rules

• No sleeping in classNo sleeping in class• Police up your own trashPolice up your own trash• Do not disrupt the classDo not disrupt the class

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CCIC HSE Safety Value moment

Hand Placement and Hand InjuriesImproper hand placement is a leading cause of Hand Injures on this project :

Always properly position your hands for the task, stop, look and think about your hand placement before conducting any task

1. First recognise the hazard ,then develop a work practice to keep hands out of “The Danger zone !”

2. The best safety device for your hands Is yours eyes and your mind

3. Stay alert and aware so you can avoid poor hand positioning and keep them out of “The Danger Zone”

Always Protect Your Hands

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• Every year hundreds of thousand of fires occur resulting to tens of thousand of people being killed and many other suffer horrible injuries from fires.

• Not everyone who die is killed by the flames, over 60 percent of those who die are overcome by smoke and fumes which can kill within a very short time of a fire starting.

Worldwide Statistics on Fire

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WHAT IS COMBUSTION ?

Combustion is a chemical reaction producing both heat and light

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The Fire Triangle

Oxygen

O2

Heat

°C

Combustible Material

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•Starvation•Smothering•Cooling

Methods of Extinguishing Fire

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1.By removing combustible material from the neighborhood of the fire, such as the transfer of fuel from the burning oil tank, closing the valve on the gas or fuel line.

2.By removing material on fire from the neighborhood of combustible material, e.g. isolating the burning material from the one safe nearby.

3.To subdivide the burning material to small- sized isolated fires to break continuity.

3 ways of Extinguishing Fire by Starvation

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Class - A (fires involving “solid

material” normally of an organic nature

like wood, paper, cloth, rubber and some

plastics). Class – B (fires involving flammable

liquids). Class – C (Gases like gasoline, butane and

propane). Class - D (fires that occur in

combustible metals like magnesium,

titanium and sodium). Class F: Cooking Fats and Hot oils (Catering

Equipment).

THERE ARE FIVE CLASSES OF FIRE:

THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF FIRE

D

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COLOR CONTENTSRED WATER/CO2

CREAM OR WHITE

FOAM

BLUE DRY CHEMICAL POWDER

BLACK CARBON DIOXIDE

Color Coding and Identification

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•Size : 9 liters (2 gal)

•Duration : 60-90 sec

•Range : 8 ft (max) or 2.5 m (max)

Water Fire Extinguisher

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Size : ranging from 4.5 – 13.5 kg.

•Duration : 15- 40 sec

•Range : 3 to 4 meters

Dry Chemical Powder

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CO2 Fire Extinguisher

•Size : 1.5 - 7.5 kg.

•Duration : 10-30 sec

•Range : 2 meters

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•Size : 9 liters (2 gal)

•Duration : 60-90 sec

•Range : 5m or 3m (max)

Foam Extinguisher

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A

B

C

D

Type

Colour

Water CO2Foam Dry

Powder

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HOW TO USE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

CHECK THE GAUGE

ACME FIREEXTINGUISHER

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HOW TO USE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

PULL THE PIN

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ACME FIREEXTINGUISHER

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HOW TO USE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER WHILE HOLDING THE EXTINGUISHER UPRIGHT.

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HOW TO USE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER

AIM THE EXTINGUISHERAT THE BASE OF THE FLAME.SWEEP SIDE TO SIDE.

IMPORTANT

Never put yourself in any danger.

Maintain a distance from the

fire.

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Practical Demonstration

AT

Fire Ground