You might agree on the fact that the most crucial aspect of fire safety is how it protects people. For a safety professional, fire responsibilities appear to correlate with the safety professional’s basic safety-related duties.
But still, the duties remain intact. Reason, fire safety remains paramount in each and every organization. If adequate time and effort is given in educating about the fire-related activities, one can definitely pay dividends in preventing fires or reducing potentially devastating effects that fire can have, on most of our operations.
ASK-EHS presents a video - quick awareness on fire safety for everyone who is watching out. As simple as the learning might seem, training, along with basic knowledge of different types of fires (chemical, electrical, etc.) and a skill base in firefighting, is a must, especially for a safe response to the incident.
Post hazard identification, the video educates you on the types of fires - that are Class A, B, C, D or K types of fires. It further talks about the special precautions to be taken into consideration when one approaches to extinguish a fire.
Thankfully, most of you haven’t had to contain a fire. But take a moment and imagine what if you had to? Would you know what to do? Via this video, learn to operate a fire extinguisher. Because, if you are present in case of a fire emergency, it could mean world of a difference between minor damage and a full-scale disaster.
Also, human behavior remains unpredictable when put under extreme stress such as a fire onset, a life-threatening event. Fire alarms, smoke detectors, emergency lighting, fire exits and escape routes - you need to be proactive in managing all of them to minimize the damage of fires when they occur.
Watch this video and learn your first response in case of a fire emergency
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