Fire Safety Awareness Programme

Course Outline
 Understanding Fire
 Causes of Fire
 Responsibilities – Fire safety is everyone’s responsibility
 Risk assessment – Generic & Dynamic
 Human Behaviour
 Fire Drills, Evacuation & Fire Wardens
 Fire Detection & Fire Fighting
 Definition

 Fire-: A Process in which substance combine chemically

with Oxygen from the air and typically give our bright light,
heat, and smoke, combustion or burning.
Composition of Fire :-
O2, Heat, Fuel.

Hot surfaces
Electrical equipment
Static electricity
Flammable gases, Fuel Chemical Chain Reaction Heat
Smoking materials
liquids, solids Naked flame

Oxygen

From the air Oxidising

substances
 Fire science
Fuel can be
 Liquid Fire Grease, Oil, Fuel;
 Electricity Fire Short Circuit
 Gas Natural Gas, Propane, Acetylene.
 Solid Fire Wood, Paper, Metal
 Fire Safety Equipments and devices

 Smoke & heat detectors

 Fire and emergency alarms (switched on by emergency
buttons or handles)
 Fire and emergency lights(red)
 Water sprinklers (usually in the ceiling)
 Water hydrants with attached hose
 Fire extinguisher (various types according to class of
fire)
 Classes of Fires:-

Class A Ordinary combustibles:

wood, paper, rubber, fabrics and plastic.
Class B Flammable liquids & gases:
Gasoline, oils, paint, lacquer and tar
Class C Fires involving live electrical
equipment
CLASS “A” FIRES - Ordinary combustibles such as
wood, paper, cloth, rubber, plastic.
CLASS “B” FIRES - Flammable liquids such as oil, grease
CLASS “C” FIRES - Energized electrical equipment
CLASS “D” FIRES - Flammable Metals
Fire science
 Fire evacuation plan

What to do if you should become trapped in a

building

• Don’t panic, be calm but act seriously

• Try to find a secondary exit
• Feel doors for heat with your hand
• If the door is hot, don’t open it!
• If you can’t find another exit, stay where
you are
 Fire evacuation plan

• Call “201,202” and report your exact location.

• Stay low to avoid smoke and heat.
 Fire extinguishers

 Know where fire extinguishers are located in your

workplace
 Learn how to use them effectively

 Never leave an extinguished fire unattended

 Fire extinguishers
Inspection procedures

•Extinguisher located in designated place?

•Obstructions to access or visibility?
•Operating Instructions on nameplate legible & facing
outward?
•Seals & tamper indicators in place & intact?
 Types of Extinguisher
 Cooling
 Foam
 Dry Powder
 Carbon Dioxide (Co2)
 Our Hospital & Fire
Types of Fire Probability
 Solid
 Liquid
 Electrical
 Gasoline
 Types of Fire
 As far as safety is concerned , there are two types of
fire:-
 Controlled (safe) fire
 Uncontrolled (dangerous) fire
 Fire extinguishers
 Types of extinguishers:

Carbon Dioxide
(CO2)
 Fire extinguishers
 Types of extinguishers

Stored pressure
dry powder
(ABC)
 Other features of fire protection
Sprinklers
Sprinklers
 Gastro Liver Hospital
Location of fire extinguisher
 DG Set Room
 Oxygen Plant Chamber
 Basement
 Ground Floor
 First Floor
 Second Floor
 Top Roof
DG Set Room
Oxygen Plant Chamber
Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Top Roof
Ground Floor:-
First Floor :-
Second Floor:-
Basement :-
Top Roof
• Know where fire extinguishers are located in your
workplace
• Learn how to use them effectively

• Never leave an extinguished fire unattended

 Fire Extinguisher Anatomy
PRESSURE GAUGE
DISCHARGE LEVER (not found on CO2
extinguishers
DISCHARGE LOCKING PIN
AND SEAL CARRYING HANDLE

DISCHARGE HOSE

DATA PLATE

DISCHARGE NOZZLE
BODY

DISCHARGE ORIFICE