Fire Safety Training

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Fire Safety Training
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Staff must know how to respond to a Fire Emergency

• Actions to take upon hearing the fire alarm
• Actions to take upon discovering a fire
• How to control the spread of smoke and fire
• Techniques for the evacuation of endangered
  occupants
• Emergency evacuation procedures
• Fire suppression techniques

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The Fire Alarm System

• The Fire Alarm is a TWO stage alarm the First
  Stage of the alarm consists of an alert /warning
  alarm (1 tone) and the Second Stage of the alarm
  is the evacuation alarm (3 tone)
• Upon hearing evacuation alarm, exit building
  immediately
• There is no overhead paging system

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Upon Hearing the Fire Alarm

• Check your area for smoke conditions
• Close all doors
• Prepare important items for evacuation, eg. coat,
  car keys, wallet
• Follow your Code Captains instructions

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Upon Hearing the Fire Alarm

• Staff attending meetings will accompany DBCVSRI
  staff
• Confine compartmental movement to a minimum
• Stay put unless you hear the evacuation alarm
• Stand by and await instructions from Code
  Captains

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Fire and SmokeSpread Quickly

• REACT Promptly

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Upon Discovering a FireREACT

• R emove persons in immediate danger if possible
• E nsure ALL departmental doors are closed
• A activate the fire alarm system using the
  nearest pull station
• C all 9-911 and report Fire and give the exact
  location
• T ry to extinguish the fire or concentration on
  further evacuation

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SMOKE

• Extremely Toxic
• Spreads Rapidly
• Displaces Oxygen
• People Become
• disoriented
• impaired
• blinded
• confused

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Smell of Smoke

• Call ext. 40300 and report all unidentifiable and
  untraceable smells of smoke
• If you discover visible smoke or flame this is a
  fire
• REACT promptly

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ACTIVATE THE FIRE ALARM

• Pull the fire alarm
• If the alarm does not activate, go to the next
  fire alarm pull and pull that one
• Most important, get the fire alarm activated

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When the Fire Alarm System Activates

• Locking devices on exit doors release
  automatically
• Air handling systems shut down to control smoke
  movement
• A signal is sent to the Fire Department and
  Onsite Fire Response Team

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Alert Colleagues Fire in Progress

• Shout out Code Red and location of fire

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Upon Discovering a Fire 1) People FiresPeople
Fires call 9-9112) Small Fires After fire is
out - remember to report accident to FMO ext.
40300 and toHS Coordinator ext. 40329
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PEOPLE FIRESStop, Drop and Roll

• If you wear glasses, take them off your face
• Cover your face with your hands (if possible)
• If you are on fire, stop, drop and roll, OTHERS
  should extinguish fire with blanket and cool
  person with water

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The Fire Triangle

• All three elements are needed to start a fire.
  To extinguish a fire, one side must be removed.

Oxygen
Heat
Chemical Reaction
Fuel
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Types of Fuel

• Regular Flammables paper, wood
• Liquid Flammables Gasoline, paint
  thinner
• Electrical Anything that is plugged
  in
• Metals Potassium, sodium.
  Typically found in a lab setting.

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Types of Extinguishers

• Three main types
• Water (APW) Class A fires only

CO2 Class B and C fires only
Dry Chemical - For ABC or BC fires
D class extinguishers are typically specific to
the fuel
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Using the Extinguisher

• P.A.S.S.
• P
• A
• S
• S

ull the pin
im at the base
queeze the lever
weep from side to side
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EVACUATION- CODE GREEN

• Leave the building immediately! Shut your office
  door and take car keys and wallet if possible.
  Follow Emergency Evacuation Procedures
• Follow Code Captains Instructions identified by a
  bright orange vest. Follow their direction and
  report any pertinent information. Meet at
  identified evacuation area and report to your
  Code Captain.
• Evacuation location Birge Street
• Re-Entry is authorized by the Fire Department
  only and you will hear 3 horn blasts sounding
  the all clear and re-entry to the building may
  proceed.

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Questions ?

• Contact DBCVSRI HS Coordinator at ext. 40329
• HHS Intranet Departments Security and Fire
  Safety
• McMaster Website http//fhs.mcmaster.ca/safetyoffi
  ce/video/fire_safety_training_video.html