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    This document discusses fire safety and fire extinguisher use. It explains the combustion process and the different classes of fires. It also describes the different types of portable fire extinguishers - pressurized water, carbon dioxide, and multipurpose dry chemical - and how each works to extinguish fires. The document concludes by covering the basic firefighting technique of P.A.S.S. (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) and answering multiple choice questions to test understanding.

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    This document discusses fire safety and fire extinguisher use. It explains the combustion process and the different classes of fires. It also describes the different types of portable fire extinguishers - pressurized water, carbon dioxide, and multipurpose dry chemical - and how each works to extinguish fires. The document concludes by covering the basic firefighting technique of P.A.S.S. (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) and answering multiple choice questions to test understanding.

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    This document discusses fire safety and fire extinguisher use. It explains the combustion process and the different classes of fires. It also describes the different types of portable fire extinguishers - pressurized water, carbon dioxide, and multipurpose dry chemical - and how each works to extinguish fires. The document concludes by covering the basic firefighting technique of P.A.S.S. (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) and answering multiple choice questions to test understanding.

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    This document discusses fire safety and fire extinguisher use. It explains the combustion process and the different classes of fires. It also describes the different types of portable fire extinguishers - pressurized water, carbon dioxide, and multipurpose dry chemical - and how each works to extinguish fires. The document concludes by covering the basic firefighting technique of P.A.S.S. (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) and answering multiple choice questions to test understanding.

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    Fire Safety &

    Fire Extinguisher Use


    Fire Safety & Fire Extinguisher Use

    OBJECTIVES
     Understand the combustion process and
    different fire classes

     Understand fire extinguisher types, operating


    procedures

     Understand basic firefighting concepts:


     P.A.S.S.
    Fire Safety & Fire Extinguisher Use

    • Three components
    • Need all three
    components to start a
    fire
    • Fire extinguishers
    remove one or more of
    the components.
    A Trash Wood Paper B Liquids Grease

     wood • gasoline
     paper • oil
     cloth • grease
     etc. • other solvents

    C Electrical Equipment • magnesium


    COMBUSTIBLE
    • sodium
    • computers
    • potassium
    • fax machine
    D • titanium
    • other energized
    • other
    electrical equip.
    flammable
    METALS
    metals
    PRESSURE GAUGE
    DISCHARGE LEVER (not found on CO2
    extinguishers)

    DISCHARGE LOCKING PIN CARRYING


    AND SEAL HANDLE

    DISCHARGE HOSE

    DATA PLATE

    DISCHARGE NOZZLE BODY

    DISCHARGE ORIFICE
    A Trash Wood Paper
    A Trash Wood Paper
    PRESSURIZED WATER
     Class “A” fires only
     2.5 gal. water
    (up to 1 minute discharge time)
    B Liquids Grease
    B Liquids Grease
     Has pressure gauge to allow visual
    capacity check
     30-40 ft. maximum effective range
     Can be started and stopped as
    C Electrical Equipment
    necessary
    C Electrical Equipment
     Extinguishes by cooling burning
    material below the ignition point.
    CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
    A Trash Wood Paper
    A Trash Wood Paper

     Class “B” or “C” fires


     2.5-100 lb. of CO2
    (8-30 seconds discharge time)
    B Liquids Grease
    B Liquids Grease
     Has NO pressure gauge--capacity
    verified by weight
     3-8 ft. maximum effective range
     Extinguishes by smothering burning
    C Electrical Equipment
    materials
    C Electrical Equipment
     Effectiveness decreases as
    temperature of burning material
    increases.
    MULTIPURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL
    A Trash Wood Paper
    A Trash Wood Paper

     Class “A”, “B”, or “C” fires


     2.5-20 lb. dry chemical
    (ammonium phosphate)
    8-25 seconds discharge
    B Liquids Grease
    B Liquids Grease time)
     Has pressure gauge to allow
    visual capacity check
     5-20 ft. maximum effective
    C Electrical Equipment
    range
    C Electrical Equipment
     Extinguishes by smothering
    burning materials.
    EXTINGUISHER TYPE WORKS BY EFFECTIVE AGAINST

    PRESSURIZED
    COOLING
    WATER

    CARBON
    SMOTHERING
    DIOXIDE

    MULTIPURPOSE
    SMOTHERING
    DRY CHEMICAL
    P Pull the pin

    Aim low at
    A the base of flames

    S Squeeze the handle

    S Sweep side to side


    Fire Safety & Fire Extinguisher Use

     Combustion Process (Fire Triangle)


     Class A, B, C, D fires
     Types of portable fire extinguishers:

     Operating procedures
     Basic firefighting concept: P.A.S.S.
     Fire extinguisher marked with an A is used on:

     A) oil fires
     B) Electrical fires
     C) paper material fires
     D) none of the above
     Fire extinguishers marked with a B can be used
    on:

     A) Paper, trash
     B) Oil or Grease
     C) Electrical
     D) Non of the above
     How else you can kill a grease fire?

    A) Smother
    B) Baking Soda
    C) A&B
     Fire extinguisher marked ABC can be used on:

     A) Wood, Paper
     B) Electrical
     C) Liquids and grease
     D) All of the above
     Fire Extinguishers marked with D are used for

     A) Combustible chemicals
     B) Magnesium
     C) Potassium
     D) other flammable metals
     E) all of the above
     What are the Types of Fire?

     A Class
     B Class
     C Class
     D Class
    THANK YOU

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