Fire Safety badge

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Fire Safety badge
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Aim

• To provide Fire safety advice and information for
  the Scouts fire badge.

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Objectives

• Describe how the Fire Rescue service works
• State how fires in the home start
• State where Smoke alarms should be fitted
• Describe an escape plan
• State what to do if your clothes catch fire
• List the different types of extinguisher and
  their uses.

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Fire Rescue service

• Wholetime firefighters
• Retained firefighters
• Control Operators
• Types of incidents we attend
• Fires
• Road Traffic collisions
• Chemical incidents
• Animal Rescues
• Co-Responder calls.

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Fires in the home
How and Why?

• Smoking
• Cooking
• Electrical
• Candles
• Children playing with matches.

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Smoke alarms

• Wake you up when you are asleep
• On ceiling
• In Hall/Landing areas
• Test weekly.

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Escape plan

• Work out an escape plan
• Make sure everyone knows it
• Keep your route clear of toys etc
• Get Out, Stay out, Get the Fire brigade out.

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Smoke and fire - Crawl on the floor

• If your home is smoky when you are leaving, crawl
  along the floor.
• There is less smoke down there, so it's easier to
  breathe and see where you are going.

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Can't get out

• If you cant get out, find a safe place to stay
  and wait for help
• Stay together in one room
• Make sure everyone knows which room to go to
  beforehand
• Close the door and seal the bottom with
  bedclothes
• Open the window and shout for help
• Stay by the window.

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Stop, Drop Roll

• If your clothes catch fire
• Stop running moving around fans the flames and
  makes them burn faster
• Drop to the ground this makes it harder for the
  flames to spread
• Roll around move from one side to the other to
  smother the flames.

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Extinguishers

• Water RED
• Foam - CREAM
• CO2 - BLACK
• Dry Powder - BLUE

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Use

• 5 Classes - A, B, C, D Electrical
• A Solids
• B Liquids
• C Gases
• D Metals

• WATER Class A
• FOAM - Class A, B C
• CO2 - Class A Electrical
• DRY POWDER Class A, B, C D

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Get out, Stay out, Get the Fire brigade out

• Get out as quick as possible, dont stop for
  anything, stick to escape plan
• Stay out, dont go back in for anything
• Get the Fire brigade out
• 999

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Objectives

• Describe how the Fire Rescue service works
• State how fires in the home start
• State where Smoke alarms should be fitted
• Describe an escape plan
• State what to do if your clothes catch fire
• List the different types of extinguisher and
  their uses.

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THE END