fire safety 14 Flashcards
Fire emergency response plan priorities are as followed
- Safety of human life
- Protection of property and fire control
- Identification and arrest of person if possible
Classes of fires ??
Class A - paper, wood, cloth - use water
Class B - flammable liquid - dry chemicals or foam
Class C - electrical - cutting power source
Class D - flammable metals - purple K
Class K - flammable cooking - Ansul Fire Suppression System first then K fire extinguisher as back up
Staff member locating a fire will do what??
- Announce the fire via radio
- Location
- Extent of fire
- How sever the smoke is
- How much of the area is involved
If the fire is discovered by a corrections officer…he will???
Don a SCBA and fire fighting equipment
Take charge of affected area until supervisor arrives
On scene supervisor will ensure what during a fire??
Ensure sufficient assistance is available before entering affected area
- Safety equipment is donned
- Officers don’t enter alone
- Officers will not put themselves in danger fighting fire or moving inmates
- Use buddy system to locate person in need or victims
- Buddy system to extinguish fire
The on-scene supervisor will leave the area only if what??
Life threatening conditions exists or if properly relieved by higher authority or fire department
Fire response / notification sequence
Supervisor will notify DHS
- Intake
- Officer to record events
- Assign officer to unlock doors
- Respond to area with radio, SCBA, asses the situation, decide if evacuation is needed, take charge of area
Watch admin Sgt will notify who during a fire??
- Communication Center
- Watch Lt
- Building engineers
- Security Lt
- Security Sgt
After area is deemed safe, supervisor will ???
- Visitors and inmates accounted for
- Area is cleaned
- Inmates return to assigned areas & armband check is conducted
- Inmates are re-assigned if area has extensive damage
- Equipment used is accounted for
- Cops More report is completed
All SCBA’s below how many psi will be taken for exchange ??
1500
