Do you know what to do if a fire erupts?

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Do you know what to do if a fire erupts? Nearly 1,000 fires erupted in the UAE from January to June that left 115 injured and 12 people dead. Knowing what to do and doing it when there’s a fire can save a lot of lives.    Read the full Gulf News article: http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/how-to-survive-in-case-of-a-fire-1.2055152  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Fire safety training is very important for the whole family because a fire can happen

00:28everywhere and every time. This means it should be a training for all people, starting already

00:34with children in the school to show them what to do in case of a fire. Fire safety, and

00:40here really I talk about fire safety, not only firefighting, first to, for fire prevention,

00:46that it will not happen that there is a fire, and in case of fire that they know what to

00:51do. This will save a lot of life. In case of a fire, the first important is to inform others

00:58and other people. This is the first important point. Second point, check what has happened.

01:04Maybe you can find on the fire. Before you start extinguishing the fire outside of the

01:09building, you need to know first where is the wind direction. If the wind direction

01:15is on the right side, you must be on the windward side. So if it's going there, your position

01:21should be on this side, on the windward side. Are we clear? Before you start using fire

01:26extinguishers, you need to know first, or you need to hold the neck of the fire extinguisher

01:31first to make it stable, and then just follow the procedure, pull, aim, squeeze, and sweep.

01:41Pull the pin, aim the hose or the nozzle, fire extinguisher. Very good.

01:52Open, or pull the pin, aim the hose or the nozzle, and then drag it.

02:00And then press it. Then walk back, drag it again.

02:09If the fire extinguisher is going to empty, that's the time that you will use the fight

02:15and flight approach. That's the time that you will go on flight, meaning you need to

02:19go to the assembly point. It's always good that we know how to use the fire extinguishers,

02:24the different types of fire extinguishers. And not only that, in using the fire extinguishers,

02:29you need also to know the safe distance because there are dangers or hazards, especially the

02:35wind direction. We cannot determine the characteristics of wind. If suddenly the wind changes or the

02:42direction changes, it can harm us, like we can lead to burns. Now if we have one choice,

02:49we prefer that you use or buy a powder fire extinguisher because it is a multi-purpose

02:57and you can use it in any type of fire, like class A fire, class B fire, class C fire.

03:05If you can't fight on the fire, the most important point, evacuate yourself and help

03:11other people to evacuate your villa, your apartment, or your office.

03:16Go out of the building and go to the assembly point.

03:31Which office?

03:33How many people are in the office?

03:35Four, okay.

03:36All people left the building?

03:37Yeah.

03:39In case of fire in your work area or your home, generally smoke is one of the byproducts

03:44that is produced due to fire. This smoke rises up and it occupies the top layer. It

03:49will be occupying the top layer. The bottom layer, from one to three feet, is where you

03:55can get fresh air, which means oxygen. Oxygen is really important for survival. So during

04:00case of fire, if there is too much of smoke covering your area, how will you evacuate

04:05this building? I'm going to demonstrate it now.

04:07If you are able to find a handkerchief, take a handkerchief, dip it in water and cover

04:12your nostrils. That is the first thing. If you are not able to find a handkerchief, next

04:16thing is that, take your T-shirt, cover your face totally. And after that, you need to

04:22lie down and put it on.

04:27Now, when Fernando is on fire, so what he will do? First he will stop. Next, he needs

04:32to drop, cover your face and roll to one's throat, mostly. You need to cover to one's

04:39throat, so that your total body is touching the ground and the total fire is getting extinguished.

04:45In each case of fire, there is always a point of carelessness involved. So I will give you

04:51an example. We talk about kitchen fires, so if you are not attentive on the cooking all

04:57the time, the chance is very high that you have a kitchen fire.

05:01When we are using this kind of aluminium, which is not allowed, accidentally, by mistake

05:06we place inside and we heat something, we close and we heat something, it catches fire.

05:14Don't get panic, immediately switch it off, the main and leave it for 15 minutes. Do not

05:22try to open or pour water. Otherwise what happens, when you open the door, the oxygen

05:29enters inside. So the fire will be more and the fire, it can cause more fire.

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