FIRE SAFETY 101

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FIRE SAFETY 101!

• The basics of fire safety

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What is fire?

• Fire is an equal balance between fuel, heat, and
  oxygen.
• If you remove or add to much of the three main
  needs of a fire, it will go out.

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How hot is fire?

• Paper- around 450 deg.
• Log- around 1,800 deg.
• Blow torch- around 2,400 deg.
• Candle- around 2,600 deg.
• Bunsen burner- around 2,400 to 3,000 deg.
• Gas- 5,500 deg. plus

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What puts out a fire?

• Not all fires go out when you spray water on it.
  In fact, some fires get hotter and spread if you
  put water on them.
• The four main ways to put out a fire are water,
  smother, foam, or a burn out.

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What puts out a fire?

• If you put water on a oil, grease, or car fire it
  wont help. It makes it worse.
• To put out the fires above you would use foam.
  Its not just soap foam its a special substance
  made just for fires.
• All other fires get water unless large wild fires
  you would just build a perimeter to stop the
  flames and let it burn until the fire has no more
  fuel left to burn.

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Different types of fires

• A few of the types of fires are structural, car,
  brush, and wildfire.

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Burn laws of Indiana!

• It is illegal to a have a burn of any kind other
  than a cooking fire.
• Burning brush, trash, or anything is illegal even
  if you are next to it with a house and a fire
  extinguisher.
• You can be fined up to 500 per emergency vehicle
  on scene. That includes POV, fire trucks,
  ambulances, and police cars.
• To have a legal controlled burn you must first
  get the okay from Harrison County Dispatch. You
  must call them and they will notify the fire
  department that you have the okay to burn or not.
  
• To burn a structure you must remove the shingles
  and vinyl siding and then a officer will come out
  and okay to burn or tell you other wise.

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Harrison County Fire Departments

• There are seven fire departments in Harrison
  county.
• Ramsey Fire Dept.
• Palmyra Fire Dept.
• Harrison Twp. Fire Dept.
• Boone Twp. Fire Dept.
• Elizabeth Fire Dept.
• Lanesville Fire Dept.
• Heth Twp. Fire Dept.

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S.I.D.S.

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• The sudden and unexplained death of a child
  younger than 1 year old.
• It usually strikes without warning, usually in a
  seemingly health infant.
• Most S.I.D.S. deaths relate to sleep (crib death)
  because they show no signs of suffering.
• Usually occurs during the colder months.

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S.I.D.S.

• Some risk factors include
• Smoking, drinking, or drug use during pregnancy
• Poor prenatal care
• Prematurely or low birth-weight
• Mothers younger than 20
• Smoke exposure following birth
• Overheated from excessive sleepwear and bedding
• stomach sleeping