NOTE: Required EHS Training Weekly Team Meetings Safety Agenda – FW 10

A Roster must be completed and returned to the EHS Department.

To uses, you’ve got to PASS:

Fire Classification & Extinguisher Types
Pull the pin Extinguishers are classified by the type of fire
Aim at base of fire they can put out. Some extinguishers are
Squeeze the handle Combination types that can be used on
several different types of fires.
Sweep from side to side
Class A - Combustible material such as paper and wood
Never Fight a Fire If:
•You don’t know what is burning
Class B - Fires involving flammable liquids such as
•Fire is spreading rapidly gasoline, paint, diesel fuel or solvents
•You don’t have adequate equipment
•You might endanger yourself or others Class C - Fires started in electrical equipment by
•Your instincts tell you not to. arching or overheating
Class D - Fires involving combustible metal powders,
flakes or shavings
Air Fire Fuel
Triangle
Ignition Source Always position yourself with an exit or means of
escape at your back before you attempt to use an
extinguisher to put out a fire.
FW13 YTD Rate
RECORDABLES: 0 1 2.05 Fire extinguishers are limited supply
DAFWC: 0 0 0.00 and can be emptied in a few minutes.
 Class A - Combustible
material such as paper and
wood

Class B - Fires involving

flammable liquids such as gasoline,
paint, diesel fuel or solvents

Class C - Fires started in

electrical equipment by arching
or overheating

Class D - Fires involving

combustible metal powders,
flakes or shavings
Labeling:
• Easily seen
• Easily located in an area
Inspections:
• Monthly – Can be done in house by
qualified/knowledgeable/trained person or
by qualified 3rd party.
• Annually – Qualified 3rd party
• Hydrostatic – Done Periodically, per
manufacture specification (~6 years), by
qualified 3rd party.
(A qualified 3rd party vendor can provide all these
services including recharging when necessary to meet
your needs.)
Accessibility:
• Easily retrieved
• No obstruction or reaching over anything.
• 3 foot clearance around the extinguisher.
• Nothing stored in front of it, PERIOD.
• Keep these guidelines in consideration when storing
extinguishers in or on vehicles.