fire protection presentation for emergency

Emergency Response Planning

2. Define key terms in Subpart E & L.
Identify the key elements of the regulations.
Discuss the implications of these regulations for long term care
settings.

3. Exit Route: a continuous and unobstructed path
of exit travel from any point within a workplace to
a place of safety.
Exit access: that part of an exit route that leads to
an exit (a corridor that leads to a stairway(Exit).
Exit: that part of an exit route that provides a
protected way of travel to the exit discharge.
Exit Discharge: the part of the exit route that leads
directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge
area, or open area with access to the outside.
Definitions

4. 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.

5. 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”.

7. (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.

8. 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

9. (b) An emergency action plan must be in
writing, kept in the workplace, and
available to employees for review.
However, an employer with 10 or fewer
employees may communicate the plan
orally to employees.
EAP

10. Emergency Plans
Emergency care procedures.
Alarm system for employees.
Employer must designate and train employees to assist in a
safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.
Review the action plan with employees when they start their
job, when their responsibilities in the plan change, or when the
plan changes.

11. An employer must designate and train employees to assist in
a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.
EAP

12. RACE
R: Rescue
A: Alarm
C: Contain/confine
E: Extinguish or evacuate

13. Need to assure that an adequate number of
employees are available at all times during
working hours to act as “evacuation warden
s” 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.

14. This subpart contains requirements for:
Fire brigades
All portable and fixed fire suppression equipment
Fire detection systems
Fire or employee alarm systems

15. 1.Oxygen source
2.Fuel source
3.Ignition mechanism

16. "Class A fire" - involves ordinary combustible
materials such as paper, wood, cloth, and
some rubber and plastic materials.
"Class B fire" - involves flammable or
combustible liquids, flammable gases, greases
and similar materials, and some rubber and
plastic materials.
"Class C fire" – involves energized electrical
equipment where safety to the employee
requires the use of electrically nonconductive
extinguishing media.
“Class D fire” – fire involving combustible
metals such as magnesium, titanium,
zirconium, sodium, lithium, and potassium.
Definitions

17. Noted in CAMH (Jan 2009)
LS.O2.01.35
Kitchen grease and oil fires.
Significant risk area.
Avoid splashing.
Never pick up a burning pan of
grease!

18. (a)Scope:
The placement
Use
Maintenance
Testing of portable fire extinguishers provided for the
use of employees
Training and education

19. Employee Education
* General principles of fire extinguisher use
* Upon employment, if role or
equipment changes, and annually
Inspection, maintenance and testing
* Portable extinguishers: inspected every 30 days
* Annual maintenance

Fire Extinguishers

20. Always know where they are located.
To use one:
* P: Pull the pin
* A: Aim low
*S: Squeeze the lever
*S: Sweep the fire
Fire Extinguishers

21. If required:
The employer shall provide portable fire
extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify
them so that they are readily accessible to
employees without subjecting the employees to
possible injury.
Any problem here?

22. Important!
Dates must be
recorded, and all
extinguishers tagged.

23. * Are selected and distributed based on the
classes of anticipated workplace fires and on
the size and degree of hazards affecting their
use.

24. Travel distance to extinguisher: 75 ft
For Class K (grease fire areas): 30 ft

25. What we have learned…..
What we can do…..

26. Kitchen fires.
Electrical fires
Waste material fires
Fires due to smoking

27. What can happen with simple appliances?
How can we prevent this?

28. Recognize the importance of employee
education.
Special focus on use of appliances/equipment
and smoking.
Reminders.
Debriefing after drills/events.

29. 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.
Think Safety, Not Just
Compliance!