The importance of acquiring fire safety skills, citing timely response to fire incidences and the technical know-how from the skilled persons on combating the spread and putting off of the fire save lives and property.
Giving insights on fire hazard and safety measures, cautioned the trainees on responding to fire without establishing the class and appropriate extinguishing agent. The use of wrong extinguishing agent contributes to severity of fire incidences and accidents where properties and lives are lost, respectively.
The Trainer, further explained that only (class A) fires, caused by wood, clothes and other ordinary combustible items can be put out by water. While all other fires, caused by liquid fuel like diesel & petrol (Class B), inflammable gases like Hydrogen and Butane (Class C), Combustible metal fires like Magnesium & Titanium (Class D), Class A and B fires, are ignited by energized electrical equipment like transformers & electrical home appliances (Class E) can be extinguished by foam, dry chemical, Carbon dioxide or dry sand as appropriate. While Class F (K) fire caused by overheated cooking fats and oils can be put out by wet chemical extinguishers. Participants were also made aware of the fact that; it is a criminal offence to interfere or destroy firefighting equipment at the workplace(s).
It was noted that most fires in the residence areas are caused by assembling inflammables and fuels together in a place like kitchen where a simple mistake can cause irreversible damage.
Drive of Fire Fighters
Great firefighters and leaders have set an expectation for themselves to be the best they can be and to not leave anything in the tank. They have a personal standard that they will not compromise.
At times they get frustrated with the system or organizational flaws, but they continually meet and exceed the expectations they set for themselves.
Great firefighters always take 100 percent accountability 100 percent of the time because that is where the power is. It is where you find the power to improve and the power to adapt and overcome.
Always be prepared with a back up plan. We have pre-incident plans in the fire service for all types of scenarios. Great firefighters have plans and back-up plans for all kinds of scenarios that they are responsible for to make sure they get the job done.
What we appreciate appreciates. In other words, what we focus on and invest our time and energy in becomes more valuable to us.
2 replies on “Olam factory employees on a fire safety sensitization”
I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system
OK thank you.