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This training video covers the basics of fire size up, use of extinguishers and fire safety. Fires are dangerous and can change quickly. As in all CERT operations, the CERT members safety is always the number one priority. Safety measures presented in the video include use of protective gear and the proper equipment to extinguish small fires, working with a buddy and a team, planning for safe entry and exit, maintaining a safe distance and position from a fire and using the P.A.S.S. procedure to operate fire extinguishers. This video will support the materials presented in the CERT Basic Training course Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls.

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fires they can be volatile unpredictable and extremely dangerous they can start small and spread very quickly threatening hips and destroying property following a disaster where is my start from damaged electrical lines  natural gas or propane gas leaks the mixing of incompatible hazardous materials and the in hope we have you should candles and matches firefighters will not be able to respond immediately to all damaged areas cert team members train to shut off utilities and extinguish small fires before they spread when and how to use a fire extinguisher is an important component of cert Hands-On training the 13 is important to the community because after disaster there's times when the fire department or other emergency people are whelmed the cert people actually provide care until the professionals can arrive  following a disaster the cert team member Your Role is to size up the situation and if extinguish small fires we teach cert members how to put out small fires we specifically tell them how to use a fire extinguisher and how to put out small fires have to realize that they can do an awful lot of good without we putting the fire out by getting other people out of Harm's Way as well safety is always the number one priority for the cert team member and his your buddy and the team member must keep that in mind and everything he or she does you need to take care of yourself that's the number one rule take care of yourself and your buddy after sassy we teach him how to extinguish fires but probably most of all we teach him how to respect the fires if there's a fire in a home we don't want them to feel that they can the virtue of being a certain person can walk into a house that's on fire to look for victims with sleeve a teaching the respect the fire don't go in and become an again become victim y self  searching should never enter a smoke-filled building but if they see a fire in the building or even outside they should notify the fire department  so we try to reinforce the people not only yes you can do this you can use this fire extinguisher that you brought off the and you can pull aim squeeze and sweep but you should also know when you shouldn't or can't be there but the most important thing for any sir remember to realize is where their role ends and the fire department's kind of picks up cert team members will demonstrate the proper strategies for extinguishing a small fire get out that way and out that way overall backing out fires are dangerous because they can spread very quickly in less than 30 seconds of small flame can get completely out of control and turn into a raging fire the heat flames and smoker all deadly qualifiers heat alone can kill the smoke and toxic gases from the fire will often to Sable and kill people before the Flames do usually when fire start they may not produce much smoke but quickly they can change and produced thick black smoke that spreads from the ceiling to the floor breathing even small amounts of smoke and toxic gases can make people cough uncontrollably there's smoke and also be very disoriented because fires can be so volatile and change so quickly 13 member should only attempt to put out small fires when it is safe to extinguish them Leominster needed to create and sustain a fire they are heat  fuel and oxygen working together these three elements result in a chemical reaction that is fire  heat is required to elevate the temperature of a solid liquid or gas the fuel is what is burned and can be solid liquid or gas oxygen is needed for the fire to burn these three elements heat an oxygen create and sustain a fire  when any of these three elements are taken away and the reaction is interrupted the fire will burn  knowing what is fueling the fires is very important because it dictates how the fire can be extinct firefighters classified fires according to the kind of fuel that is burning  Class A fires are fueled by ordinary combustible it's like paper cloth and wood class B fires are fed by flammable liquids such as gasoline and combustible liquids such as charcoal lighter fluid kerosene  Class C Fires are energized electrical equipment such as wiring or Motors on the power source is cut off the are generally becomes a Class A fire  class D fires are caused by combustible Metals such as magnesium and titanium class D tires are not usually found in residential areas search team members are trained to put out small fires with portable fire extinguishers the dry chemical fire extinguisher which is the most common kind of portable fire extinguisher is to be used dry chemical extinguishers are rated for class A B and C Fires remember Class A fires involve combustible materials  Class B fires involve flammable liquids and Class C Fires involve energized electrical operating a portable fire extinguisher is easy Once you know the steps involved  a portable fire extinguisher has for component a hose or nozzle a pressure gauge a carrying handle with a trigger And the cylinder  the standard range for the dry chemical extinguisher to shoot is 8 to 12 ft  using fire extinguisher is a skill 13 members need to practice using the fire extinguisher so that they are comfortable using it  portable fire extinguisher always be operated upright  when you operate a fire extinguisher aim at the base of the fire remember the word pass it stands for pull aim squeeze and sweep  first pull the safety pin located in the handle you'll have to moist it to break the seal touch the extinguisher to make sure it works before approaching the fire  then as you move watch the fire Haim the hose or nozzle at the base of the fire  next when you were with an operating range of the extinguisher 8 to 12 feet squeeze trigger of the extinguisher  then sweep the base of the fire with a stream of dry chemical until the fire is out before the cert team member in his or her buddy decided fire extinguisher there are several questions to ask as part of the size up is the fire small enough to fight do we have the right type of fire extinguisher is the extinguisher large enough to put out the fire  can we escape quickly and safely from the area if we attempt to extinguish the fire here's the area free of other hazards such as falling debris  if you can answer yes to all of these questions you can attempt to put out the fire if you answer no to any of them leave the area immediately  if you were caught in a house when a fire has broken out leave immediately shut all the doors as you leave to slow the spread of the fire has a cert team member it's important for you to follow certain procedures whenever you're dealing with fires  first you must size up the situation patient and determine what action you want to take in every situation that means your safety and the safety of your buddy is first the size up is a process so you use to make decisions and act appropriately sized up as an ongoing process if conditions change you need to reevaluate your course of action adjust to the changing conditions  you look before you leap you don't just rush into things you go out you look you think your way through thinks you're in a nun know your environment even if it's your own backyard so you go out and you pay attention the house it looks normal you walk in but there's a hole in the floor pull up gas the sound of gas escaping into this enclosed area you walk outside to take care of utilities and you can't this is a hazard back away put some keep up there keep other people from that there are situations like with electricity people tend to believe that when the power is off from the disaster it's off everywhere we failed understand that it is the power company's mission to keep power on Nike power off remember to always ask these questions is the fire small enough to fight can my buddy and I fight the fire safely do we have the right equipment is the area free of other hazards is the bill structurally sound can my buddy and I escape  always were all of your safety equipment your helmet goggles dust mask gloves and boots where all of your gear all of the time  what's important to wear the right gear and keep it the other people tend to wear pieces of gear bathing partial ensembles you know they don't want to they don't want to wear the whole thing unfortunately when you get out is there and you cut your head open and you realize you should have had your helmet on the whole idea behind those things is a safety belt you don't know when you're going to get in an accident you don't know what's going to happen if you've got your helmet on with something falls on your head and expectedly it's going to make all the difference in the world for you  cert team members are trained to always work with a buddy if you were conducting a size up and evaluating what strategy you should take them the situation consult with your buddy and develop a plan of action  buddy system been around ever since the beginning of time you never go swimming alone you never dive alone you never do anything the whole premise is that if something happens to me I can send some play out to get help power working and we're searching a building and I go in by myself or we go in together and something happens that there's no way that anyone will know that I need help and it's really accountability and safety because we don't want to become part of the problem we want to be part of the solution fires can spread much faster than you think always have two ways to exit the fire area a second Escape Route is necessary in case your main Escape Route become block  searching members will demonstrate the proper procedures for extinguishing a small fire first they are dressed in their proper safety gear and they work together with their buddy will they notice the fire they size up the situation by gathering facts like this is it the fire the direction of the wind and how they could exit the fire grew larger  if they establish that the situation is safe they walked towards the the first team attempts to extinguish the fire while the second team member watches out for his or her buddy and then he changing conditions  II searching member serves as his or her the 13 member uses the pass method to extinguish the fire overall backing out if you were in a damaged building you should always feel the closed-door with the back of you had before opening it starting at the bottom of the door and move the back of your hand towards the top  don't touch the door handle before feeling the door the door feels hot there was a fire burning behind it don't enter the other room repeat do not enter if you open the door you were feeding the fire with oxygen  leave the building and notify the fire department whenever possible confined the fire by keeping the doors closed smoke naturally Rises if you have to get out of a building that is on fire keep low to the ground where there is less smoke remember the effective range of your fire extinguisher don't get closer than you need to 8 to 12 ft to extinguish the fire call the fire to make sure that it's extinguished and stays extinguished you overhaul of Fire by locating any potential sources of reignition such as deep-seated burning material as an ulcer to operations safety is your for one priority  to review wear protective gear work with a buddy in the team safe entry and exit  maintain a safe distance in position from a fire  extinguish small fires using the proper equipment use the pass procedure to operate fire extinguishers  and remember it is better to notify professional First Responders of the fire sea relation to risk your life or the life of your buddy attempting to extinguish a fire that is too large fires are dangerous and can change quickly the cert team member safety is always the number one priority

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