Perform Basic Fire Fighting

Identify and eliminate fire hazards and ignition sources with a written workplace fire prevention plan, establish a clear evacuation plan, and implement controls to reduce fires before they start.

Identify housekeeping hazards, ensure posted evacuation plans, maintain fire safety systems, and practice your escape plan; keep exits, sprinkler heads, and extinguishers unobstructed, and safely store flammables.

Learn how carbon dioxide extinguishers smother class b fires, including live electrical equipment, with 8–30 second discharges, a 3–8 foot range, and ventilation to reduce fumes.

learn to operate a fire extinguisher using the pass method—pull, aim, squeeze, sweep—while staying safe at six to 10 feet away and sweeping until extinguished; remember race—rescue, alarm, contain, evacuate.