Fire Safety Quiz
TRUE or FALSE
1. Fire requires fuel, oxygen and heat for ignition to occur. Taken any one away and the fire cannot occur.
2. Class A fires are fueled by ordinary combustible or fibrous material, such as wood, paper, cloth and some plastics.
3. Class B fires include flammable or combustible liquids, greases and gases, such as gasoline, paint and propane.
4. Class C fires include electrical equipment, such as motors and heaters that are not connected to a power source.
5. Combustible metals (Class D) are difficult to extinguish, because once ignited, they give off sufficient oxygen to support combustion.
6. Class D fires can be extinguished with water.
7. You should occasionally pull the pin and briefly squirt all fire extinguishers to ensure they are properly charged and in good working order.
8. As soon as you evacuate a burning building, go home. No need to hang around.
9. Combustible metals (Class D) are difficult to extinguish, because once ignited, they give off sufficient oxygen to support combustion.
10. When using an extinguisher to put out a fire, start at the outside edge and work toward the center of the fire.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
11. How many classes of fire are recognized by the National Fire Protection Association (NAPA)?
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six
12. In the event of an uncontrolled fire in your facility, your first course of action should be to:
a. get a fire extinguisher.
b. run out of the building.
c. activate the fire alarm.
d. ask your boss what to do.
9. All portable fire extinguishers in use today are operated in the upright position. To operate the fire extinguisher, the acronym P.A.S.S. is often used to help us to remember to ______.
a. pull the pin, aim at the base of the fire, squeeze the handle, and sweep at the base of the fire.
b. pass by the fire, activate the fire alarm, select the proper extinguisher, shoot at the base of the fire.
c. pull the alarm, alert the response team, shut down the power sources, secure the area.
d. pass by the fire, activate the sprinkler system, seal fire area from oxygen, stop unauthorized entry.
Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep. A good company policy is to have the employee(s) sound the fire alarm before any attempt is made to fight a fire with a portable fire extinguisher. This alerts everyone in the building and generally summons local fire department in the event that the fire extinguisher doesn't do the trick.