CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety Essentials Review

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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Review: Natural Gas Hazards • “Simple asphyxiant” • Suffocates, not poisonous • Explosive • Can easily ignite • Why you don’tturn gas backon by yourself CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

13. 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

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

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

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

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

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

19. 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

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

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

22. 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

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

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

25. 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

26. STOP! (and report) CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

27. Video: Why You Should Stay Away CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

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

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

30. Review: The Four Fire “Don’ts” DON’T: • 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

31. Videos: Fire Flare-ups CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

32. Videos: Fire Flare-ups CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

33. Videos: Fire Flare-ups CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

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

35. 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 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

36. 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 CERT Basic Training Unit 2: Fire Safety and Utility Controls

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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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.

43. 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

44. 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?

45. 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

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

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

48. 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

49. 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

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