Health and Safety 201-8\11

If you discover a fire, which of the following would you do?

• Wait to see if someone had summoned the fire service

• Raise the alarm, close doors and windows and evacuate the area

• Fight the fire with an extinguisher until the fire service arrived

• Leave the building immediately and let someone else raise the alarm

You should not continue to fight a fire if

• The fire spreads and becomes out of control possibly cutting off your escape route

• You think the fire extinguisher is too heavy and your arm begins to ache

• There is a chance the fire alarm is false and there is no fire

• It is getting dark and you cannot see where to aim the extinguisher

Classification of fires are generally depicted with

• A letter

• An image

• An image and a letter

• A number

What type of fire does this symbol refer to?

• Fires involving paper and wood

• Electrical fires

• Fires involving cooking fat and oils

• Fires involving flammable gases

Why are fire extinguishers colour coded?

• To make them look nicer

• For easy recognition

• The fire service insist they are colour coded

• So they can be seen from a long distance away

What type of fire would you use a wet chemical type extinguisher on?

• Petrol

• Chemicals

• Textiles

• Cooking oils

What colour code is used on a water fire extinguisher?

• Yellow

• Cream

• Red

• Blue

What colour code is used on a dry powder fire extinguisher?

• Cream

• Blue

• Red

• Black

What colour code is used on a foam fire extinguisher?

• Blue

• Red

• Yellow

• Cream

What colour code is used on a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher?

• Blue

• Black

• Red

• Yellow