Fire and Life Safety Handbook for Senior Secondary Schools
Fire and life safety handbook for seniors secondary school is a basic safety education designed to teach children on what to do in order to keep their homes and environment safe from any fire emergency or injuries that can hurt them and their neighbors
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. Fire service organization, brief history of fire service, definition and services rendered by fire service, function, mandate of the fire service, vision and mandate of the fire service, basic fire service Act, class activity
CHAPTER 2: Things to know about fire, introduction of fire, definition and components of fire, types of fuel, ignition source, causes of fire, safety guidelines, activity.
CHAPTER 3: Growth and spread of fire, growth of fire, fire spread indoor and outdoor, factors affecting fire growth, definition of fire spread, method's heat transfer, classifications of fire by size, safety guidelines and activities.
CHAPTER 4: Fire extinction, method of fire extinction (starvation, cooling, Smothering) safety guidelines and activities.
CHAPTER 5: Psychological and physiological effects of fire, human behavior, fear, dream, ways to help fire victims to overcome their trauma, safety guidelines and activities
CHAPTER 6: Fire extinguisher and hydrant, definition and main parts of fire extinguisher, types of fire extinguisher, how to use a portable fire extinguisher, extinguisher agents and their characteristics, where to position and locate a fire extinguisher, safety guidelines and activities
CHAPTER 7: Fire Alarm and Escape Sign, definition and types of fire alarm, function of escape sign, positioning of escape sign, safety guidelines and activities
CHAPTER 8: Evacuation drill, definition of evacuation drill, purpose of evacuation drill, general evacuation drill procedure, safety guidelines and activities
CHAPTER 9: First Aid definition, qualities,Aim , objective of first aid, order of treatment, equipment in a first aid box, definition of unconsciousness, causes, treatment, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, causes of cardiac arrest, safety guidelines and activities
CHAPTER 10: Road traffic rules, what is a road, importance of road safety, traffic safety equipment, types of traffic signs and colours, safety guidelines and activities