Health & Safety Manual Fire Safety

Question: Discuss about the Health Safety ManualforFire Safety. Answer: You might find yourself trapped in a very compromising situation where you will require using some fire safety techniques to save yourself and colleagues. Below are some of the tips that can be used in fighting and maintaining fire safety when it is required. Evacuation Procedures for Uncontrollable Fires Leave the area infested with fire. NEVER attempt to fight a massive fire. Rescue anyone trapped in the fire danger e.g. children or elderly. Try to get off flammable equipment near you near hot surfaces to avoid explosions (Della-Giustina, 2014). By the use of the Emergency Power Off (EPO) or circuit breaker work to get all the building power off is possible. Try to evacuate the building using the safest exit to avoid smoke suffocation. Break the alarm box glass in the hallway to alert other unaware individuals. If in story building notifies the personnel on the floor. Call the emergency department on 999. Leave for the fire assembly point using the safest point. If possible, confine the area by the closure of the doors as you move out. Get all the personnel in the fire assembly point for safety. Conduct a roll call of the members present in the building before the fire incidence. If anyone is missing, notify the fire department immediately (Kobes, Helsloot, De Vries, Post, 2010).Extinguishing a person engulfed in flames: If clothes of a significant other catches fire, DO NOT allow permit the individual to run. Running helps to fan the fire, and it will spread further. Remember! STOP, DROP, and ROLL. Cloth on fire should be extinguished Do not use bare hands to fight the fire. Roll the victim if necessary. Cover them with the fire blanket if possible. Call the emergency department on 999. If the fire is extinguished, seek medical assistance. Firefighting Procedures for Controllable Fires Transmit the alarm for all fires no matter how small it might be. As such, it ensures the emergency department response (Mnnikk, Suominen, Oksanen, 2016). Make a decision to fight the fire yourself or wait for the emergency department team. But this must be done depending on the size of the fire. Small fire in a container can is put out by putting a non-flammable cover on the container opening to extinguish the fire. Open fires far from the explosive and flammable material can be destroyed by the use of an extinguisher. When using an extinguisher, fight the flame from its base and not the top. If the flame is on flammable fluids or liquid, extinguish the fire from it first point. If the flame is primarily massive, leave it for the Fire Department. Always use an extinguish to extinguish minor fires. When the fire department arrives, leave the task to them. Emergency Procedures for Fires Caused by Explosions Transmit the alarm by breaking the protecting glass Evacuate the personnel and rescue the ones in danger. Close the doors to the fire. NEVER try to re-enter the fire Call 999 or the provided fire emergency call numbers. Give the location, possible cause, chemical name on fire (if there) building, room and any other useful information. Attend any personnel affected by the fire with the stipulated guidelines and precautions. Get all the staff on the fire assembly point and conduct a roll call (Chow, 2001). References Chow, W. K. (2001). Instant responsesOn the attack fire at World Trade Centre.International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes,3(3), 128-129. Della-Giustina, D. E. (2014).Fire Safety Management Handbook. CRC Press. Kobes, M., Helsloot, I., De Vries, B., Post, J. G. (2010). Building safety and human behaviour in fire: A literature review.Fire Safety Journal,45(1), 1-11. Mnnikk, S., Suominen, M., Oksanen, T. (2016). 50 Improving the fire safety of elderly people and reducing fire deaths.Injury Prevention,22(Suppl 2), A19-A20.