This training includes basic firefighting, handling fire extinguishers and first aid to burn casualties.
This training includes basic firefighting, handling fire extinguishers and first aid to burn casualties.
The purpose of this basic firefighting training is to give participants skills, knowledge and expertise that will enable them to identify the conditions capable of causing fire, know how to use a fire extinguisher, respond appropriately to fire emergencies and follow the fire evacuation plan, adequately implement fire emergency procedures. Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
• Successfully extinguish fires with the use of a fire extinguisher.
• Successfully evacuate an installation on fire.
• Apply the theory of the fire triangle in preventing fires at worksites.
• Carry out a simple fire risk assessment on the premises.
• Understand and use the principles of fire suppression.
• Explain the meaning of flash point and auto ignition.
• Understand the behavior of fire during its propagation.