How can you prevent injuries in case of a fire?

Answer 1

1.Fit smoke alarms and make sure they have a BS kitemark. Test monthly and change batteries annually.

2.Chip-pan fires are the most frequent type of fire - take care and never leave the stove unattended.

3.Always use a proper candleholder, and keep candles away from draughts, or anything flammable.

4.Keep portable heaters away from furniture, furnishings and flammable items, and switch them off every time you leave the house.

5.Buy a fixed fire guard to place around an open fire.

6.Don't use a hot or sparking power tool, and don't leave a soldering iron, or any DIY equipment on and unattended.

7.At night, before you go to bed, unplug all electrical items not in use.

8.Always use correctly rated fuses in all electrical appliances.

9.Avoid using multi-way plug socket adapters, if possible.

10.Never run electrical cables/leads under carpets.
Like Smokey the Bear says"Can you prevent forest fires?" Yes you can! Don't leave cigarettes on the ground, never throw a lit match on the ground, and don't light up gas. We can all do our part people!!! Do your best!!!
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Answer 2

Um... Never keep your heating on over night. Never leave your oven on when you leave the house. Basically, never leave anything hot on when your not there or your not in the particular place.

Answer 3

Step One: Identify fire hazards

Fire will only occur if these three factors are present: oxygen, fuel and a source of ignition. While we can hardly do anything about oxygen since it is already in the air that we breathe, what we can do is identify fire hazards that include the last two factors, the fuel and source of ignition.

Probable sources of ignition include naked flames, heaters, cigarettes, matches, gas welding, cookers, hot-air dryers, engine boilers, machinery, halogen lamps, electrical equipment, heating devices.

As for fuel, anything that burns in fire including paper, textile, wood, card, plastics, rubber, foam, furniture, packaging, rubbish, waste, solvents, paints, varnish, adhesives, LPG, acetylene and other flammable products are considered fuel.

Oxygen sources such as air conditioning and commercial oxygen supplies may not be significant fire hazards but they can surely intensify a fire.

Step Two: Identify people at risk

Everyone living or working in a place can be considered people at risk. However, those who are at bigger risk include people who closely work with flammable products and fire hazards, people who work alone or isolated, elderly, pregnant women, disabled, and children.

When identifying people at risk, you also need to consider the number of people in the area and if there are sufficient means of escape and clear safety signs. Escape routes should be accessible, easy to locate, have sufficient space, and are suitable even for the disabled and elderly.

Step Three: Evaluate, reduce and remove risks and hazards

After you have identified the hazards and the people at risk, the next step is to act on them. You need to undertake control measures to reduce risks to an acceptable degree. For one, you can take action to reduce the possibility of ignition.

This means responsible and careful usage of probable sources of ignition such as electrical equipment, heating devices and those other mentioned above. It would even be better if you can switch to high quality equipment such as electrical appliances so that there will be less risk of fire.

It is also necessary to diminish fuel load in the premises. If possible, get rid of waste and rubbish accumulating in the storeroom or attic. Give away paper, plastic, and other rubbish that you will not be using anymore to a local recycling station. If it is not possible to eliminate all the paper in your storage area, the least you can do is to install a water fire extinguisherin this area so that in case of a fire outbreak, it can easily be tackled.

Replacing highly flammable materials with less flammable ones is also a smart move. As much as possible, find a safe place that is far away from people to place flammable and combustible materials. Keep anything that can start a fire away from these products.

Further reduction of risks can be accomplished through an effective fire safety plan, improvement of means of escape, fire drills and safety trainings, increase of fire warning systems, and installation of high quality firefighting equipment.

Smoking, if ever cannot be stopped altogether, should at least be done in a designated area where it is not dangerous to smoke. Never allow smoking in sleeping areas, enclosed rooms, or places that have poor ventilation.

Buying of the right fire safety equipment such as extinguishers and fire hose reels is also of prime importance. For example, with fire extinguishers, you always need to buy the right kind. A car fire extinguisher is for automobiles, a CO2 fire extinguisher is for electrical fire, a dry powder fire extinguisher is for overheated flammable gases, and so on.

The above suggestions are general in nature. Different circumstances warrant different ways of reduction and removal of risks. You have to come up with solutions that will pertain to your specific situation.

This third step is probably the most important of all because your hard work in fire hazard and people at risk identification will be futile if you do not take action. It is best that you do everything to reduce or remove risks to make your home or office a safer place.

Step Four: Record your findings

In your study, you will come up with findings that will be significant and helpful in your action plan. Recording these findings as well as the control measures you intend to undertake will serve as a practical guide for your fire safety plan.

Step Five: Review and revise risk assessment

A fire risk assessment is not a one-time thing. It is an ongoing process that should be monitored and audited regularly. Existing control measures should be reviewed constantly so that they can be maintained or improved whenever necessary.

Significant changes in your home or office may increase or decrease fire hazards. Some of the possible changes that may affect fire risk assessment include new work processes that introduce additional fuels or ignition sources, change in home or office layout that may affect the escape route plan, increase of number of people, and many others.

Fire risk assessment is not only important, it is necessary to keep your homes and workplaces safe from fire hazards.

Answer 4

to protect yourself in a fire you could use a fire blanket or an fire extinguisher. if you have nothing you want to go low on the ground and try not breath in the smoke and head for the closest exit , call the fire department. if you are actually on fire you stop drop and roll.

Answer 5

Prevent injuries from fire by preventing the fire. In case you can't prevent the fire, have everyone practice what to do if there is a fire. This is called a "fire drill."