Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

Fire Prevention in Healthcare Facilities: How Fires Burn

• What a fire needs in order to burn.
  
• The potential sources of ignition in healthcare environments.
  
• The different types of fuels that can feed a fire.
  
• The role that oxygen plays in the burning process.
  

Fire Prevention in Healthcare Facilities: Four Classes of Fires

• The hazards that can be involved with using the wrong type of "retardant" on a fire.
  
• The four classes of fires that you are most likely to encounter and what makes them different from each other.
  
• How various classes of fires should be extinguished.
  

Fire Prevention in Healthcare Facilities: Dealing With an Emergency

• The purpose and content of your employer's Emergency Action Plan.
  
• How to use the acronym "R.A.C.E." to help yourself act quickly and safely in a fire emergency.
  
• What to do if a fire occurs in your workplace.
  

Fire Prevention in Healthcare Facilities: Patient Safety and Evacuation Procedures

• Why patient safety must be a priority when "evacuating" a healthcare facility.
  
• When patients should be rescued, defended in place or sent to a safe refuge.
  
• What should be done to safely evacuate people from a building in a fire emergency.
  

Fire Prevention in Healthcare Facilities: Fire Hazards in Healthcare Environments

• The purpose and content of an employer's Fire Prevention Plan.
  
• Common fire hazards that can be encountered in healthcare facilities.
  
• The policies and practices that can be used to control or eliminate these types of hazards.
  

Fire Prevention in Healthcare Facilities: Controlling Electrical Hazards

• How electricity can become a fire's source of ignition.
  
• Common electrical fire hazards that can be encountered in healthcare facilities.
  
• The safe practices that can be used to help control or eliminate these types of hazards.