How to identify the proper fire extinguisher?
How to use a portable fire extinguisher? How to extinguish small fires? How to inspect your fire extinguishers? How to create an emergency action plan? How to evacuate a burning building? What to do if trapped in a burning building? What to do if someone catches on fire? If you answered yes to all those questions, are you willing to take a quiz to prove it? HOW FIRES START Fire is achemical reactioninvolving rapid oxidation or burning of a fuel. It needs three elements to occur: FUEL – Fuel can be any combustible material – solid, liquid or gas. Most solids and liquids become a vapor or gas before they will burn. OXYGEN – The air we breathe is about 21 percent oxygen. fire only needs an atmosphere with at least 16 percent oxygen. HEAT – Heat is the energy necessary to increase the temperature of the fuel to a point where sufficient vapors are given off for ignition to occur. CHEMICAL REACTION- A chain reaction can occur when the three elements of fire are present in the proper conditio
