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Chapter 7 Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
Chapter 7 Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
Chapter 7 Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
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Chapter 7: Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
Objectives
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Chapter 7: Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
Introduction
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Chapter 7: Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
• Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans
• 1910.33 – 1910.39
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• 1910.35: An employer who demonstrates compliance
with the exit route provisions of NFPA 101-2000, the
Life Safety Code, will be deemed to be in compliance
with the corresponding requirements in 29 CFR
1910.34, 1910.36, and 1910.37.
• For automatic sprinkler systems, may follow NFPA
and National Board of Fire Underwriters standard
in place at the time of installation.
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Definitions
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Definitions
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• Exit routes must be permanent.
• An exit must be separated by fire resistant materials.
• Openings into an exit must be limited.
• The number of exit routes must be adequate.
• Exit discharge must lead directly outside.
• Exit doors must be unlocked from the inside.
• A side-hinged exit door must be used.
• Exit route: ceiling at least 7’6” high, 28” wide.
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• The danger to employees and patients must be
minimized.
• Must be free and unobstructed.
• Safeguards (sprinklers, alarms, exit lighting) must be
in working order at all times.
• Lighting and marking of exits must be clearly visible.
• Signs must say EXIT, at least 6” high, by ¾”.
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Escape Routes
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• (b)(1) At least two exit routes must be available in a
workplace to permit prompt evacuation during an
emergency:
• The exit routes must be located as far away as
practical from each other so that if one exit route is
blocked by fire or smoke, employees can evacuate
using the second exit route.
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•Procedures for:
* reporting a fire
* emergency evacuations
* employees who remain to operate
critical plant operations before they evacuate
* accounting for all employees and
patients after evacuation
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• (b) An emergency action plan must be EAP
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Emergency Plans
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Emergency Plans
EAP
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Chapter 7: Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
• RACE
• R: Rescue (សង្គ្រោះជួយង្ោយរួចផុតពង្ី ្រោះថ្នាក់)
• A: Alarm (ផតលសញ្ញា រដឺ ំណឹង)
• C: Contain/confine (ប្ខង ំ ហាមឃាត)
• E: Extinguish or evacuate (ការជង្មលៀស)
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Chapter 7: Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
•A fire prevention plan must include:
• list of all major fire hazards,
• proper handling and storage procedures for
hazardous materials,
• potential ignition sources and their control, and
• the type of fire protection equipment necessary to
control each major hazard.
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• Procedures to control accumulations of flammable
and combustible waste materials
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• Need to assure that an adequate number of
employees are available at all times during working
hours to act as “evacuation wardens” so that
employees can be swiftly moved from the danger
location to safe areas.
• They must know the correct place to direct
employees, trained in workplace layout and
alternative escape routes, aware of handicapped
employees who may need extra assistance, check all
rooms and enclosed spaces for employees, an
account for or verify that all employees are in the
safe areas.
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Chapter 7: Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
•This subpart contains requirements for:
•Fire brigades
•All portable and fixed fire suppression
equipment
•Fire detection systems
•Fire or employee alarm systems
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1. Oxygen source
2. Fuel source
3. Ignition mechanism
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Class of Fire
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Class of Fire
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• (a)Scope:
• The placement
• Use
• Maintenance
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Fire Extinguishers
• Employee Education
* General principles of fire extinguisher use
* Upon employment, if role or
equipment changes, and annually
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Fire Extinguishers
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• If required:
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• Visually inspected annually and tagged with date of
the inspection.
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Important!
Dates must be
recorded, and all
extinguishers
tagged.
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* Are selected and distributed based on the
classes of anticipated workplace fires and on
the size and degree of hazards affecting their
use.
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•Travel distance to extinguisher: 75 ft
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•Fires in healthcare settings are never good.
•Devastating results.
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• Building construction
• Sprinkler system
• Detection and alarm systems
• Horizontal movement to safety
• Compartmentation
• Staff training
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• April 13th, 1918: Norman, OK, State Hospital – 38
• May 15th, 1929: Cleveland Clinic – 125
• April 5th, 1949: St. Anthony’s Hospital, Illinois – 74
• July 14th, 1960: Guatemala City, Mental Hospital - 235
• December 8, 1961: Hartford Hospital, CT - 15
• May 20th, 1980: Kingston, Jamaica, Residential Care Facility –
157
• Feb 26, 2003: Hartford, CT, Nursing Home – 16
• January 31, 2009: Northwest Russia,
Nursing home – 23
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•Kitchen fires
•Electrical fires
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Fire Causes
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Smoking Related Fires
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Talking with patients and families/visitors about
fire hazards related to smoking.
Assessing smoking behaviors.
Help all staff to be alert to any obstruction to fire
exits/fire routes.
Know where the fire extinguishers are located.
Recognizing every fire drill as a learning/teaching
opportunity.
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• What can happen with simple appliances?
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Electrical Safety
• Make sure all power strips and extension cords are tested and
approved by a laboratory such as UL (Underwriter’s
Laboratories).
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• Recognize the importance of employee education.
• Special focus on use of appliances/equipment and smoking.
• Reminders.
• Debriefing after drills/events.
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If you have a fire…
Leave, close the door, and call 9-1-1 from outside.
Report ALL fires to the fire department,
even if you think you put them out!
Don’t ignore alarms!
Even if your building has frequent alarms, you need to leave
when they go off.
Once you’re out, STAY OUT!
Don’t go back inside for possessions or pets.
Notify the fire department if anyone is unaccounted for.
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Chapter 7: Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
Summary
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• Keys to success:
* a clear plan.
* employee education and practice.
* awareness of fire exits and use/location of fire
extinguishers.
* awareness/abatement of potential fire hazards.
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