🔥 Fire Safety & Emergency Preparedness

Understand how fire ignites, grows and spreads; the chemistry of the fire tetrahedron; the classes of fire and the correct extinguisher for each; how to use a portable extinguisher with the PASS technique; how smoke and flashover kill; fire prevention through housekeeping, hot-work control and flammable storage; detection, alarms and the emergency action plan; and how to evacuate safely with fire wardens, drills and assembly points. It maps to Fire safety & evacuation (NFPA 10, OSHA 1910.38/157). The course is organized into 7 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is free awareness-level training designed for anyone who needs a practical, working understanding of the topic.

What you'll learn

• The fire tetrahedron: how fire starts and how it stops
• Fire growth, smoke behaviour and flashover
• Classes of fire and the matching extinguishers
• Using an extinguisher: the PASS technique
• Fire prevention: removing the causes
• Detection, alarms and the emergency action plan
• Safe evacuation, fire wardens and drills

Learning objectives

• Explain the fire tetrahedron and apply it: remove heat, fuel, oxygen or the chain reaction to stop a fire
• Describe the stages of fire growth (incipient, growth, flashover, fully developed, decay) and why smoke is the main killer
• Match each fire class (A, B, C, D, electrical, F/K) to the correct extinguishing agent and avoid dangerous mismatches
• Operate a portable extinguisher correctly with the PASS technique and know when NOT to fight a fire
• Prevent fires through housekeeping, hot-work permits, electrical safety and proper flammable storage
• State the required content of an OSHA 1910.38 emergency action plan and the role of fire wardens
• React correctly on discovery: raise the alarm, evacuate by the nearest safe route, close doors, assemble and account for everyone