SS1 Catering Craft Practices Lesson Note on Fire Fighting Equipment and Uses

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FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND USES

Fire Fighting Equipment

Firefighting affords the protection of lives and properties, ensure security and stand as an insurance in times of fire accidents. Firefighting prevents avoidable fire, guarantee customers of their safety and security. It assists the fire service officials in doing their work.

For fire to start three things are present and come together. They are 1) a source of ignition (heat); 2) fuel; 3) Oxygen. The source of ignition could be hot surfaces, electrical equipment, static electricity, smoking or naked flames. The fuel could flammable gases, flammable liquid or flammable solid while oxygen which is always present in the air or available through additional sources like oxidizing substances. In cognizance of this firefighting equipment are made to prevent fire hazards.

Means of fighting fire: Equipment is highly needed to extinguish fire at its early stages. The equipment must be suitable to the risks and appropriate staff trained to properly use it. In small premises, having one or two portable extinguishers in an obvious location may be all that is required.

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

Fires  are classified as: Class A; Class B; Class C; Class D; Class F

Class A:- Fires involving solid materials where combustion normally takes place with the formation of glowing embers

Class B:- Fires involving liquids or liquefiable solids.

Class C:- Fires involving gases

Class D:- Fires involving metals

Class F:-Fires involving cooking oils or fats.

Generally, portable fire extinguishers can be divided into five categories according to the extinguishing medium they contain.

• Water 2) Foam  3) Power  4) Carbon dioxide  5) Vaporizing liquids, including halons

The firefighting equipment include:

1. Fire extinguishers
2. Red fire buckets of sands
3. Fire blankets
4. Fire alarm detector

Uses of Fire Fighting Equipment

1. A fire extinguisher is a cylindrical metal equipment that contains various materials that extinguishes fire. Instruction for use is on the body.
2. Red bucket of sand- This is a bucket painted red and filled with sand. The sand is used to douse the fire at source.
3. Fire blankets: The equipment is used to mask or cover fire at source to deprive it of oxygen and put it off.
4. Fire Alarm Detector: It is an installation in which the glass is broken the moment anyone around notices fire burning. ‘Break glass in case of fire’ is written on the body.

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