Fire Safety and Utility Controls CERT Basic Training Unit 2 2017-c Edition

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Review: Unit Topics Fire and utility hazards in the home, workplace, and neighborhood CERT sizeup Hazardous materials Fire chemistry Fire sizeup considerations Firefighting resources Fire suppression safety CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Hands-on exercises today What we’re going to practice: Getting acquainted with your PPE & kit Shutting off utilities (gas & electric) P.A.S.S. method Buddy system for fire suppression Extinguishing small fires CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Scope of Class Assume you’ve read the chapter Answer your questions about the reading Review only select topics Lot of hands-on exercises CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Unit 2 Reading Questions/Ideas/ Complaints/Tips: bit.ly/certforum 30 minutes CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Fitting & labeling gear Hands-on: PPE & Gear Fitting & labeling gear CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Hands-on: PPE & Gear Why Name Labels? CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Take care of others AND yourself Also: Write your name on everything! PPE & Gear Take care of others AND yourself Also: Write your name on everything! CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls PPE & Gear CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Review: CERT Priorities Help in emergencies before professional responders arrive Rescuer safety is number one priority Always work with a buddy Always wear safety equipment CERT Goal: Do the greatest good for the greatest number CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Review: Utility Shutoff Procedures Fuse box with shutoff Circuit box with shutoff Guideline: Baby steps CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Review: Natural Gas Hazards “Simple asphyxiant” Suffocates, not poisonous Explosive Can easily ignite Why you don’t turn gas back on by yourself CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

In Depth: Natural Gas Shutoff “Why can’t I turn the gas back on myself?” The valve can break if turned the wrong way Electronic shutoff: Gas company enables Gas appliances need to be off first Can damage the diaphragm (>60psi- ¼psi) Air in pipes s/b safely vented first Pilot lights may need to be re-lit before use “Call the pros or call the news” CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Provo: Gas Explosion CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Provo: Gas Explosion CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Videos: Gas Explosions CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Videos: Gas Explosions CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Videos: Gas Explosions CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Videos: Gas Explosions 0:56 1:31 Gas Leak—GB Gas Leak—NJ 0:52 Gas Leak—IN CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Review and Hands-On: Gas Shutoff CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls BREAK TIME! Break at about the 50-minute mark, resume at 60-minute mark CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Hazardous Materials Corrode other materials Explode or are easily ignited React strongly with water Are unstable when exposed to heat or shock Are otherwise toxic to humans, animals, or the environment through absorption, inhalation, injection, or ingestion CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Identifying Stored Hazmats NFPA 704 Diamond Remember! All hazardous material placards are a stop sign for CERTs At 60 min CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Hazmat in Transit Orange Red White Red & Blue Yellow Yellow & Black & Remember! All hazardous material placards are a stop sign for CERTs CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

UN and NA Placards Remember! All hazardous material placards are a stop sign for CERTs CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls STOP! 1 hr 10 min (and report) CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Video: Why You Should Stay Away 1 hr 15 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Video: Why You Should Stay Away 4:35 1 hr 15 Officer approaches tanker CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Review and Demo: The Fire Triangle The fire “food pyramid:” Heat Fuel Oxygen CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Review: The Four Fire “Don’ts” Get too close. Try to fight a fire alone. Try to suppress large fires. Enter smoke-filled areas. CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Videos: Fire Flare-ups 1:30 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Videos: Fire Flare-ups 1:30 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Videos: Fire Flare-ups 1:30 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Video: Fire Flare-up 3:40 Today: New vs. old 0:56 1:30 Xmas Tree Flashover 1:36 New room vs. old CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Fire Suppression Safety (p. 2-27) Use safety equipment at all times Work with a buddy Have a backup team Always have two ways to exit fire Look at the door 1:40 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Fire Suppression Safety (p. 2-27) Feel closed doors with back of hand Confine the fire Stay low to the ground Maintain a safe distance Never turn your back on a fire when backing out Overhaul the fire 1:40 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

(Who can remember all nine?) Review: CERT Sizeup Nine CERT Sizeup Steps (Who can remember all nine?) 1:50 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Review: CERT Sizeup Nine CERT Sizeup Steps Gather facts. Assess and communicate the damage. Consider probabilities. Assess your own situation. Establish priorities. Make decisions. Develop a plan of action. Take action. Evaluate progress. CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

CERT Sizeup (simplified) Facts (Gather facts) Anticipate (Consider facts, guess future) Plan (“Direction before velocity”) Act (Less talking, more doing) Review (Continuously re-evaluate) CERT Basic Training: Orem/Provo Extra Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

CERT Sizeup (simplified) Facts (Gather the facts of the situation) Events & environment: What has happened, and what is the current situation? People: How many people are affected, and how many can help? Property: What is damaged and how severely? Yourself: Are you in immediate danger? Do you have the training and equipment that you need? CERT Basic Training: Orem/Provo Extra Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

CERT Sizeup (simplified) Anticipate (Consider the facts you’ve gathered) Events & environment: What could happen in the near future? People: How many more people could be affected? How many can help? Property: What more could be damaged? Yourself: Will food and other supplies last? How long will you be able to help? CERT Basic Training: Orem/Provo Extra Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

CERT Sizeup (simplified) Plan (Direction before velocity) Establish priorities. Are lives at risk, and can you help? (Life safety=#1 priority) Define objectives. Base your objectives on the answers to the previous steps and aligned with the priorities you established. Make an action plan. The plan must meet your objectives while maintaining priorities and safety. Simple plans verbal, more complex plans written or diagramed. Maps are especially useful.

CERT Sizeup (simplified) Act (Less talking, more doing) Communicate the plan to the team. Execute the plan. Document any deviations and status changes so that you can report accurately to first responders. CERT Basic Training: Orem/Provo Extra Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

CERT Sizeup (simplified) Review (Continuously) At intervals, evaluate your progress in accomplishing the plan’s objectives. What is working? What is not? What changes should immediately be made to make to stabilize the situation?

Sizeup Special: CERT Fire Sizeup Helps responders decide: Whether to attempt to suppress a fire A plan of action Answers these questions: Do my buddy and I have the right equipment? Are there other hazards? Is the building structurally damaged? Can my buddy and I escape? Can my buddy and I fight the fire safely? Remember: The safety of individual CERT members is always the top priority CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls BREAK TIME! CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Review: Firefighting Resources Portable fire extinguishers Wet standpipes Confinement “Creative” resources Like what? CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Interior Wet Standpipes Class 2 standpipe for 1-person operation Book instruction not current RackHoseTraining.com CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Interior Wet Standpipes Class 2 standpipe: 1. Open valve 2. Pull hose off rack 3. Open nozzle RackHoseTraining.com CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Fire & Extinguisher Types: Mnemonic CERT Basic Training: Orem/Provo Extra Unit 2: Utility Shutoffs and Fire Safety

Simpified: Extinguisher Rating There’s no formula for capacity vs. fire size—there are too many variables. So: Small extinguisher for small fire Big extinguisher for big fire CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Simplified: What Size Extinguisher? CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Video: Kitchen Fire CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Video: Kitchen Fire 3:22 Kitchen Fire CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Deciding to Use a Fire Extinguisher CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Test the extinguisher after pulling the pin Review: P.A.S.S. 1:06 P.A.S.S System Test the extinguisher after pulling the pin CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Review: P.A.S.S. CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Fire Attack (p. 2-29) BUDDY SYSTEM Buddy 1: Puts out fire Buddy 2: Ensures safety CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Fire Attack (p. 2-29) Even the pros have buddies CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Fire Attack (p. 2-29) Ready position, pull pin, safe distance “Ready!” (“Ready!”) “Going in!” (“Going in!”), stay in reach Safely approach w/hand on shoulder [Done] “Backing out!” (“Backing out!”) Retreat, Buddy 2 leading CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Hands-on: Fire Attack (Buddy + PASS) CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls EXERCISE Lets put out a fire!!!! 2:15 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Homework Assignment Read unit 3 and do homework handout Take a look at bit.ly/certforum Bring PPE gear (to every class) Wear loose, comfortable clothing CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls Unit 2 Reading Questions/Ideas/ Complaints/Tips: bit.ly/certforum 30 minutes CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls