Health and Safety Revision 16th December

Which fire extinguisher can be used on electrical fires besides carbon dioxide?

• Sand
• Foam
• Water
• Powder

What is an accident

• Someone else fault

• An unplanned event that leads to injury or damage

• Something that went wrong

• Something that was Badly planned

Water Fire extinguisher is suitable for

• Wood, paper, clothes, and solids
• Flammable liquids such as petrol
• Fires in Electrical Equipments
• Cooking oils & FATS

The three elements of the fire triangle are

• Fats – Water – Heat
• Fuel – Oxygen – Heat
• Fuel – Oxygen  – Water
• Water – Oxygen - Heat 

What is the principle piece of Health and Safety

legislation?

• Healthy at work act 1974

• Health

  and Safety at Work Act 1928

• Health

  and Safety at Work Act 1974

• Health and safety at work acting 1973

Which regulation states the employer has to provide suitable and sufficient protective clothing and equipment for all employees to use and use it?

• The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE)

• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations

• Health & Safety at Work Act

• The Electricity at Work Regulations

What does COSHH stand for?

• Control of Situations Hazardous to Health

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Hair

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

• Control of Substances Horrendous to Health

What is a red labeled extinguisher used for?

• Used on clothes fires

• Used on paper, wood and hair fires.

• Used on liquid fires ie, petrol,

• Used on electrical and burning liquid fires.

What is the Carbon dioxide CO2 – Black extinguisher used for?

• Used on paper, wood and hair fires.

• Used on liquid fires ie, petrol, can be used on small paper, wood and hair fires

• Used on clothing fires

• Used on electrical and burning liquid fires.

What is the Powder – Blue extinguisher used for?

• Used on electrical and burning liquid fires

• Used on paper, wood and hair fires.

• Used on liquid fires ie, petrol, can be used on small paper, wood and hair fires.

• Used on clothing and material fires