Do you know what to do if a fire erupts? Nearly 1,000 fires erupted in the UAE from January to June that left 115 injured and 12 people dead. Knowing what to do and doing it when there’s a fire can save a lot of lives.
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00:00Fire safety training is very important for the whole family because a fire can happen
00:28everywhere and every time. This means it should be a training for all people, starting already
00:34with children in the school to show them what to do in case of a fire. Fire safety, and
00:40here really I talk about fire safety, not only firefighting, first to, for fire prevention,
00:46that it will not happen that there is a fire, and in case of fire that they know what to
00:51do. This will save a lot of life. In case of a fire, the first important is to inform others
00:58and other people. This is the first important point. Second point, check what has happened.
01:04Maybe you can find on the fire. Before you start extinguishing the fire outside of the
01:09building, you need to know first where is the wind direction. If the wind direction
01:15is on the right side, you must be on the windward side. So if it's going there, your position
01:21should be on this side, on the windward side. Are we clear? Before you start using fire
01:26extinguishers, you need to know first, or you need to hold the neck of the fire extinguisher
01:31first to make it stable, and then just follow the procedure, pull, aim, squeeze, and sweep.
01:41Pull the pin, aim the hose or the nozzle, fire extinguisher. Very good.
01:52Open, or pull the pin, aim the hose or the nozzle, and then drag it.
02:00And then press it. Then walk back, drag it again.
02:09If the fire extinguisher is going to empty, that's the time that you will use the fight
02:15and flight approach. That's the time that you will go on flight, meaning you need to
02:19go to the assembly point. It's always good that we know how to use the fire extinguishers,
02:24the different types of fire extinguishers. And not only that, in using the fire extinguishers,
02:29you need also to know the safe distance because there are dangers or hazards, especially the
02:35wind direction. We cannot determine the characteristics of wind. If suddenly the wind changes or the
02:42direction changes, it can harm us, like we can lead to burns. Now if we have one choice,
02:49we prefer that you use or buy a powder fire extinguisher because it is a multi-purpose
02:57and you can use it in any type of fire, like class A fire, class B fire, class C fire.
03:05If you can't fight on the fire, the most important point, evacuate yourself and help
03:11other people to evacuate your villa, your apartment, or your office.
03:16Go out of the building and go to the assembly point.
03:31Which office?
03:33How many people are in the office?
03:35Four, okay.
03:36All people left the building?
03:37Yeah.
03:39In case of fire in your work area or your home, generally smoke is one of the byproducts
03:44that is produced due to fire. This smoke rises up and it occupies the top layer. It
03:49will be occupying the top layer. The bottom layer, from one to three feet, is where you
03:55can get fresh air, which means oxygen. Oxygen is really important for survival. So during
04:00case of fire, if there is too much of smoke covering your area, how will you evacuate
04:05this building? I'm going to demonstrate it now.
04:07If you are able to find a handkerchief, take a handkerchief, dip it in water and cover
04:12your nostrils. That is the first thing. If you are not able to find a handkerchief, next
04:16thing is that, take your T-shirt, cover your face totally. And after that, you need to
04:22lie down and put it on.
04:27Now, when Fernando is on fire, so what he will do? First he will stop. Next, he needs
04:32to drop, cover your face and roll to one's throat, mostly. You need to cover to one's
04:39throat, so that your total body is touching the ground and the total fire is getting extinguished.
04:45In each case of fire, there is always a point of carelessness involved. So I will give you
04:51an example. We talk about kitchen fires, so if you are not attentive on the cooking all
04:57the time, the chance is very high that you have a kitchen fire.
05:01When we are using this kind of aluminium, which is not allowed, accidentally, by mistake
05:06we place inside and we heat something, we close and we heat something, it catches fire.
05:14Don't get panic, immediately switch it off, the main and leave it for 15 minutes. Do not
05:22try to open or pour water. Otherwise what happens, when you open the door, the oxygen
05:29enters inside. So the fire will be more and the fire, it can cause more fire.
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