BASIC FIRE SAFETY PROCEDURES AND OPERATION OF FIRE … · Carbon dioxide and dry chemical fire...
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NY NJ CT FL CA MO OH MA Licensed & Bonded Investigation and Security Specialists This business is licensed by the NY Dept. of State, Division of Licensing 1 March 15, 2016 Security Staff Training Memo RE: BASIC FIRE SAFETY PROCEDURES AND OPERATION OF FIRE EQUIPMENT Dear Staff Officers: As part of your daily rounds, security officers must look out for any unsafe conditions or hazards particularly in garage areas, corridors, mechanical rooms, elevator lobbies or service elevator lobbies. Observations should be documented and brought to the immediate attention of the Building/Facility Manager. Security officers must also acquaint themselves with the location of all emergency fire stairwells, life safety panel, emergency PA system, smoke detectors, manual pull stations, sprinklers, standpipe outlets and fire extinguishers. When an alarm sounds, the Fire Safety Director will trigger the life safety panel to call the Fire Department at 911. If a fire panel does not exist at your job site, you may be the one tasked with calling 911. Once an alarm is activated, only the Fire Department may reset the system. When the Fire Safety Team member identifies the source of the alarm, the Fire Safety Director will attempt to obtain details from the Floor Warden as to the cause of the alarm in order to communicate to the 911 operator or Fire Department personal present on the scene. Once the Fire Department arrives, the Fire Safety Director and the members of the Fire Safety Team will follow instructions from the officer in charge. From the moment the Fire Department arrives on site, they are fully in charge and are to be given complete cooperation.
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March15,2016SecurityStaffTrainingMemoRE:BASICFIRESAFETYPROCEDURESANDOPERATIONOFFIREEQUIPMENTDearStaffOfficers:Aspartofyourdailyrounds,securityofficersmustlookoutforanyunsafeconditionsorhazardsparticularly ingarageareas, corridors,mechanical rooms,elevator lobbiesor serviceelevatorlobbies.Observations shouldbedocumentedandbrought to the immediateattentionof theBuilding/FacilityManager.Securityofficersmustalsoacquaintthemselveswiththelocationofallemergencyfirestairwells,lifesafetypanel,emergencyPAsystem,smokedetectors,manualpullstations,sprinklers,standpipeoutletsandfireextinguishers.Whenanalarmsounds,theFireSafetyDirectorwilltriggerthelifesafetypaneltocalltheFireDepartmentat911. Ifa firepaneldoesnotexistatyour jobsite,youmaybetheonetaskedwithcalling911.Onceanalarmisactivated,onlytheFireDepartmentmayresetthesystem. WhentheFireSafetyTeammemberidentifiesthesourceofthealarm,theFireSafetyDirectorwillattempttoobtaindetailsfromtheFloorWardenastothecauseofthealarminordertocommunicatetothe911operatororFireDepartmentpersonalpresentonthescene.OncetheFireDepartmentarrives,theFireSafetyDirectorandthemembersoftheFireSafetyTeamwillfollowinstructionsfromtheofficerincharge.FromthemomenttheFireDepartmentarrivesonsite,theyarefullyinchargeandaretobegivencompletecooperation.
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BasicWhattoDo’sinCaseofaFire
1. Immediatelypullthenearestfirealarmpullstationasyouexitthebuilding.2. Ifsearchingforindividualsorevacuatingabuilding,besuretofeeldoorsforheatbefore
openingthemtobesurethereisnofiredangerontheotherside.3. Donotopendoorsorwindowsinareaswherethefireisburningand/orcontained.4. Ifthereissmokeintheair,staylowtothegroundandadviseotherstodothesameto
reduceinhalationexposure.Keeponehandonthewalltopreventdisorientationandcrawltothenearestexit.
5. Onceawayandclearfromdanger,takecontroloftheotheroccupantsevacuating.6. Gotothedesignatedstagingareaandawaitfurtherinstructionsfromemergency
personnel.
WhotoContactinCaseofaFire
Inordertoensurethattheproperauthoritiesarenotifiedofafire,whentheopportunityarisesonceyouaresafefromimminentdanger,callanyofthefollowing:
EmergencyNotificationSystem 911ChiefEngineer
FacilityDirector
ISSProjectManager [212]808-4153
Dotreateveryfirealarmasanemergency.Ifthealarmsounds,bepreparedexitthebuildingimmediately.
EmergencyFlashLightsThis istheonepieceofequipmentthat isnotoptionalonanyshift.Allofficersmustcarryontheirpersonaworkingflashlight.AdditionalEmergencyflashlightsshouldbelocatedin
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closeproximity to theSecurityDeskorotherdesignatedcommandpost. If therearenoneatyour job site be sure to bring this to the attention to the facility or operationsmanager incharge.
FireExtinguishersEachpropertyisdifferent,butfireextinguishersshouldbelocatedthroughoutthepropertyyouareassignedto.Mostfiredepartmentsdeterminewherefireextinguisherswillbeplacesbasedonhowthepropertyisbeingusedandtheirlocationtocriticalmechanicalareasandrooms.
FireExtinguisherPolicyIntegratedSecuritydoesnotencouragepeopletobeheroesduringafire.ThatjobistheresponsibilityoftheFireDepartmentandrequiresveryspecifictraining.Incertaincaseshowever,youmustbepreparedtoextinguishsmallfiresand/orsafelyevacuatethosepresentatyourworksite.Personswhoneedtooperatefireextinguishersmustknowhowtooperatethemproperly.Beforeyouuseafireextinguisher,youfirsthavetoidentifythetypeoffireyouaregoingtoextinguish.Therearethreetypesoffires:
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Class“A”Fires-Occurwhenordinarycombustiblematerialsareignited.Forexample:Woodandpaperfiresareclass“A”fires.Watertypefireextinguisherscanbeusedorcarbondioxidecanalsobeused.
Class“B”Fires-Occurwhenflammableliquids,gasesorgreaseareignited.Thesefiresmustbeextinguishedbysmotheringtheflame.Usingcarbondioxide,drychemical,orfoamfireextinguisherswillsmothertheflame.Watertypefireextinguisherswillnoteffectivelyextinguishclass“B”fires.
Class“C”Fires-Occurwhenelectricalequipmentcatchesfire.Thesefiresmustbefoughtwithfire extinguishers that do not conduct electricity. Carbon dioxide and dry chemical fireextinguishersmust be used to extinguish electrical fires. Water and foam fire extinguishersmustneverbeusedtofightelectricalfires.I. LOCATIONANDOPERATIONOFFIREEQUIPMENT
OPERATIONOFFIREEXTINGUISHERS:Therearestandardfireprocedurescommontoallfireextinguishescurrentlyinuse.Theyare:
1. Carryingtheextinguishershouldbedonecautiouslyonthewaytotheemergencysite.Ifacarryinghandleisprovidedwiththeextinguisher,itshouldbecarriedwithonehandonthehandleandonehandonthebottomlipforstability.Topreventaccidentalorprematuredischarge,safetypinsshouldalwaysbeleftonuntiltheoperatorispreparedtousetheextinguisher.
2. Gettingwithinrangeofthefiremaybedifficultwithsomeextinguishersduetotheintenseheatgeneratedbythefire.Ifthefirepersonnelcannotgetwithinan
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effectiverangeofthefire,extinguisherscannotbeusedandanotherwayofattackingthefiremustbedecidedon.
3. Withaclass“A”firethatistravelingvertically,theextinguishershouldbeaimedatthebaseofthefireworkingupwardswithasweepingside-to-sidemonition.Withafireonahorizontalsurface,theextinguishingagentistobeappliedtothebaseofthefire,workingfromfronttorear.Therapidmovementofthenozzlewillspreadtheextinguishingagentmoreevenlyoverthesurfacesothatthefirewillbecontrolledmorerapidly.Ifthereisawindorstrongcurrentofair,theextinguishershouldbedischargedwiththewindtotheoperator’sback.
4. Ifonepersoncannotextinguishthefirewithoneextinguisher,attemptsshouldbemadetoapplytwoormoreextinguisherstothefire.Fireshavebeencontrolledwithtwoextinguishersappliedsimultaneouslyaftertwoextinguishersusedoneaftertheotherhadfailedtocontrolthefire.Ifthefireisrapidlyspreadingoutofcontrol,firepersonnelshouldimmediatelybackawayandevacuate.Afterthefireisextinguished,onepersonfromthefireteamcanpokethroughtheburntoutmaterialandseparatethematerialbeforeremovingtheextinguisher(s)fromthefirescene.
5. WithClass“B”fires,attemptsshouldbemadetosmothertheburningliquidwiththeextinguisheragent.Becarefulduringthedischargingoftheextinguisher.Ifthenozzleistooclosetothesurfaceoftheflammableliquid,theliquidmaysplatterandcausethefiretospread.
6. WithClass“C”firestheextinguishingagentshouldbeapplieddirectlyontotheflames.Firepersonnelmustbecautiousnottoallowanypartoftheextinguishertocomeincontactwithenergizedwiresorequipment,especiallyifthefirehastobeextinguishedbeforetheelectricalpowercanbeturnedoff.
Yourimmediatecomplianceisrequested.
Preparedby,AlanSchissel
