Portable Fire Extinguishers (Update Available)


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
This one-hour course is designed to protect employees and help prevent serious property loss from workplace fires. It identifies the various classes of fires, types of portable fire extinguishers, and actions to take in the event of a fire. It describes when and how to use portable fire extinguishers to put out small fires. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives for this course are to: discuss the regulatory background for portable fire extinguishers, classify types of fires, identify types of portable fire extinguishers and fire extinguishing agents, describe the proper location and use of portable fire extinguishers.

Target Audience
Employees responsible for using portable fire extinguishers in the event of a fire

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Portable Fire Extinguishers

  • cite employer responsibilities for creating educational and emergency action plans.
  • identify characteristics of fire extinguisher usage.
  • identify types of fires.
  • associate type of fire extinguishers used to different burning materials.
  • identify the symbol used for each fire class.
  • identify types of portable fire extinguishers and fire extinguishing agents.
  • indicate the proper location and use of portable fire extinguishers.
  • identify steps in the PASS method of using a fire extinguisher.

    • Course Number:
    SAH0462