How to Use a Fire Extinguisher
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Accidents happen. Be prepared to fight your own fire by learning how to use a fire extinguisher.
Step 1: Know how fire extinguishers are classified
Know how fire extinguishers are classified. Class A extinguishers are for common combustibles like paper or wood; Class B are for flammable liquids; and Class C are for electrical fires.
Tip
The Red Cross recommends ABC classified fire extinguishers for home use.
Step 2: Inspect the fire extinguisher
Inspect the fire extinguisher before use. Read instructions and warnings; check that the pressure gauge needle is in the green portion of the gauge; and check for a clogged nozzle, a broken seal, or other damage.
Tip
A fire extinguisher won’t work if it’s not properly charged. The pressure gauge measures the charge.
Step 3: Decide if you'll evacuate or stay and fight
Decide if you’ll evacuate or stay and fight the fire. Consider the size of the fire, the amount of smoke in the room, and whether there is a reliable escape route.
Step 4: Remember the acronym PASS
Remember the acronym PASS. It stands for Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep.
Step 5: Pull the pin that unlocks the operating handle
Pull the pin or ring that unlocks the fire extinguisher’s operating handle, and aim the extinguisher at the base of the fire.
Tip
Aim at the fire from 6 to 8 feet away.
Step 6: Squeeze extinguisher lever to discharge contents
Squeeze the extinguisher lever to discharge its contents, and sweep the hose back and forth until the extinguisher is empty.
Did You Know?
Food Network star Alton Brown used a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher, a water cooler bottle, and a tennis racket to make a fruit smoothie on television.
Me: House about to burn down
CZcams: Here's a 30 second ad
Why the hell am I laughing
I got a 2 minute ad, beat that. But there's a skip ad so-
Haha
😂🥺
and it is not just 1
Imagine someone watching this while their house is on fire
Mr Fluffkin And there is an advertisement with no skip button.
@@jesusisthemessiahnotsethro1917 dark
I hoped they had the courage and calm installed
Omggg I was
I am
I didn't have time for this long intro I just almost died
czcams.com/video/ydao-4MPuXo/video.html
I always skip the video that most people are talking too much
nosh
same
Same… at 1:09 of 1:39 they pull the pin… too much excessive info and almost lost control of the fire
Where can I buy this courage and calm?
In emergency you will automatically behave like these
lmao
sameer shaikh not everyone
@Katherine Montano find it inside you and develop it, you will never get it from outside.
I love how some of the replies are just serious advice
Thank you for this video, it's very useful. I've just inspected my fire extinguisher thoroughly and read all the instructions and warnings. The pressure gauge needle is in the green portion of the gauge. The nozzle seems fine, no broken seal, no other damage. Now I am trying to decide if I should evacuate my house or stay and try to put the fire out.
Well..
@@SpontaneityJD 😂😂😂
Are you alive 😄
Had us in the first half, not gonna lie
For all the people saying that they don't have the time to watch the ad beforehand and joking about people dying because they didn't have time to check over the fire extinguisher- the idea is that you learn how to use the extinguisher before an emergency. If you've just purchased one for your home or you know where to access one, you should know how to use it. Also the check over takes about 3 seconds and in most cases you do have the time to do it
use P.A.S.S
PULL PIN
AIM AT FIRE
SQUEEZE HANDLE
SWEEP SIDE TO SIDE
@Joey May 9 years ago... also this is the main point of the video so why not highlight it in the comments
THANKS! =)
more helpful than the video
thank u
WTF???? In an EMERGENCY, you start with 1 minute of intro?
MOST OF THESE VIDEOS ARE A WASTE OF TIME WITH THEIR UNNECESSARY TRASH -
THEY STILL DIDN'T REALLY SHOW HOW TO WORK A FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!!!!!!
Courage calm and fire extinguisher savage
I though you guys watch this before?
Yep, because when im in a fire i totally have time to give the extinguisher a little check up. Just use it and pray it works
"OMG A FIRE QUICK PUT IT OUT"
"wait I need to first inspect the fire extinguisher first, check for holes and stuff
DAMMIT LAMPSHADE YOU'RE GONNA GET US KILLED!
Hhahaha
That should be done routinely. Like monthly or weekly.
@@alexandersalarms5380 by then the house is burnt down
@@LuisRamos-mm3qc oof he/she meant like a mock drill, dummie.
1:09 for all of you who are fighting a fire right now 🔥
Sorry, but I probably wouldn't have the time to go down a row of comments
Timestamp should obviously be pinned as top comment for those in need.
@@ReflexRLso true
I love the acronym “P.A.S.S”. Pull, aim, squeeze, and sweep. It’s very helpful and simple to remember.
see my schools never taught us how to use one of these things.
sonicfan967 ikr
sonicfan967 yep
I'll teach a better way on how to turn off a normal fire....
open a bottle o' coke and cover the top and shake it and just let a small hole aiming at the fire
AsuraRaver they do but on middle school
because that is not wasting you time.
The education system in America is a failure. There really needs to be a class that teaches kids things like this.
"OMG I'M ON FIRE HELP ME PUT IT OUT"
"Wait. I have already used the fire extinguisher to make a smoothie".
Things you need:
1: courage
2: calm
3: time to escape
4: fire extinguisher
5. marshmallows
6: a life
7. Fast skip ads
8. a fire
@@b1njjj95 lmao
VIDEOS LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE NO ADS!!!
I don’t need this now, but I might in the future and an ad is the LAST thing that should be on here!
My boyfriend just now put out a stove burner fire in my home by smothering the fire. He saved me. So sweet. ❤️ My Hero
Imagine having to watch a 15 sec add when your house is on fire
I've never used a fire extinguisher before in my 22 years of life. I'm just watching this in case the time comes. I think they should bring in practice fire extinguishers to schools and have a day where they take the kids out and teach them to use it. Because if I hadn't have watched this video I wouldn't know about the pin and I may not have time to read the instructions in a crisis.
Fire extinguishers are something every household needs to have, especially so if you live in an apartment. I'm going out tomorrow and buy a fire extinguisher for my house, and I think I'll buy one for my aunt as well.
Every commercial kitchen has these fire extinguishers. But in reality, grease fires are difficult to put-out, regardless of what kind of fire extinguisher you have.
It might be helpful to make a blanket out of a non-flammable material, and then embed the fiber with Sodium Bicarbonate.
So if there’s a kitchen fire, you unroll the blanket and throw it over the flames. The trapped gas should extinguish the blaze. They could make a small one for homes, and a big one for restaurants.
always have a lid close by for a grease fire
Use a wet chemical fire extinguisher.
Well done, short and simple, although most people forget to pull the pin before they squeeze the handle.
No way omg
I feel like this video shouldn’t have a 15 second unskippable ad before it
omg, we dont have time to inspect the thing! theres a freakin fire!
You do that routinely
For those watching while your house is on fire , actual steps starts at 1:13! Saved you a minute of your life!
I don't get why people are thinking this video is a sign of "running out of ideas" it is very useful and needed information.
yep
“let’s put a 30 min ad in front of this, that’s a great idea I’m with that!”
Very informative video. I looked over my fire extinguisher meticulously to make sure it doesn’t have any damage or issues with it, I’ve spent some time reading the warnings as you guys advised. Now my whole house is on fire once I’ve found the part of the video that shows me how to actually use the fire extinguisher
I'm watching this now because some bunch of dummies are going around starting fires at different Walmart locations in the south and I work at a small gas station, ya never know if or when they could start setting them inside those. So better safe than sorry 🤷🏼♀️ I've heard all my life, just pull the pin and pull the trigger, but I've never actually seen how one works so here it goes ! Thanks for the video.
1:04 starts the demo
TYSM I’m frickin home alone you saved my life hru h
My house is on fire and I got twelve 30-second ads before I could watch this video. Luckily now that the ads are done even though my house has burned down, I can now say that I know how to use a fire extinguisher and will be ready for next time!
I wish they thought how to do this in schools. A very important thing to know.
ＤＯＮＴ use a fire extinguisher on a person you could suffocate them to death
Nei Mina Not necessarily. a fire extinguisher wont suffocate you if you get sprayed with it. CO2 (class D) extinguishers will Freeze you a little bit. but extinguishers wont suffocate you. unless you spray down the throat
Ryan Fisher CO2 extinguishers work by displacing oxygen hence the name "CO2". So no oxygen = no breathing. During my clinicals our instructor told us about several stories where someone got sprayed with a CO2 extinguisher and had to go to the hospital because the foam was stuck to them and they couldn't breathe.
Make up your mind. Carbon Dioxide is a gas, and foam is very different.
Sabrina Monstar I think you should use a fire extinguisher on a person anyway, whether there is a chance of them suffocating or not. (Unless there is a safer way to quickly extinguish the fire). If they're literally burning to death you have to use it for on simple reason. If you attempt to help them: the best case scenario- they survive, the worst- there's a small chance, that they suffocate to death (Even so it's way less painful than burning to death). BUT if you do nothing, they most certainly die. So after calculating pros and cons, I can easily say that YOU should take the chances and use a fire extinguisher on them if there's no other way to save them.
LMAO
One of the most underrated things to know
Why is there an ad at the beginning. This could be a matter of life and death
Why in the world is there an add before this lol. What if it was an emergency???
As a landlord of apartments I heard the fire alarm go off just now and decided to look up this video lol
Knowlege saves lives. Thank you
I've put out four car fires (of other people) on the freeway, not with fire extinguishers, but with cans of coke.
Coke cans have a shelf life of almost one year. Leave a couple of cans in your car for four months and replace with new ones and refrigerate the old and drink them.
If you are present when a car fire breaks out, shake the can vigorously and slighty pop the top and leave the can upright (so you'll get foam and not liquid) and spray the fire. Speed will ensure this works.
I needed this video not the 30 second add before it.
Grezgorz Braun taught me how to use one
this video saved my life. But not before youtube decided to put a 15 second unskippable ad onto this.
THANK YOU YOU SAVED ME
Next time don’t put a 30 second unskipabble ad at the start. Almost died
The 30 second ad before the video almost costed me my life
an ad and a 1 minute intro
seems safe
Thanks! This helped a lot, my house is on fire rn lolz. I only had time to watch this video and leave a comment before I got out
Pull the pin, squeeze trigger and sweep side to side.
Aim at the base of the fire.
Stand 6-8 feet away.
1) Every fire extinguisher is loaded.
2) Never point your fire extinguisher at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to fire.
4) Know your target and what lies beyond it.
This video was very helpful in teaching me how to use a fire extinguisher
there should not be an ad on this video!
LOL They teach you like you have all the time in the world to read all the labels and check if there's any damage on the hose. When there's fire, you grab it and go without thinking usually. XD other than that I rated 5 stars TY
You can keep cans of coke in each room of your house and do the same thing. The problem with fire extinguishers is that they must be charged every year so you're not going to have them in every room.
As I mentioned in the other remark, rotate your coke cans and if you never have a fire, you won't be wasting hundreds of dollars recharging fire extinguishers or worse, grabbing one that you forgot to recharge.
I dont think there should be a 20 second intro in a video like this
Seems like you should get right to it considering this is the top result on CZcams
Me: My house getting burned down
Video: Did you know Alton brown used a fire extinguisher to make a smoothie?-
Had a kitchen grease fire today, luckily I didnt have to run for ours. It was in our garage (attached to the house) but sprayed the fire out with no problems. Its under our sink now
Imagine if this video has a 30 second unskippable ad in the beginning.
This is why my house burned down
Imagine someone watching this video when their house is burning and then they get an ad that you can’t even skip
thanks for a 16 second ad youtube
Learning this during a fire...
Hey its past me 😂
And yet watching the same video cause of a fire... 😅
Very useful
They should really take the ads off this video😭
Thanks, going to need this for my vacation on Australia
Well since I got an unskippable 15 second ad my microwave is ruined
thank u very clear and organized :)
Really don't think there should be an ad in this video.
CZcams should not have ads for videos like these
My mother had left an utensil on the gas, when she was back, it was all smoke and I don't know how the utensil had caught fire, however she got rid of the fire by her own means, still saw this video becuz later it may be useful , thanks for the video.
I don’t think they expected people to be watching this while their house is on fire
I don’t think there should be an ad for this video
The fact that this has 30 second unskip able ad is crazy
Good, now I need courage and calm.
Thank you sir for this video
Thank you CZcams for the 30 second ad before this video now I have nowhere to sleep.
I got a 15-second unskippable ad and when it finished the add the fire was already to big to fight, there goes our caravan
imagine placing an ad on a damn video that could save someone's life
I only have two things courage and calm I think this will work.
Hello. Thank you for posting this video. I am the administrator for a small, locally owned healthcare organization that provides support for 30 adults who have developmentally disabled and are medically fragile. May we include your video in our training materials for new employees?
pretty sure you don't need to ask
William Straub jus take it
Mw Tray 😂
I just need to know how to put it back on it's hook
Thank you so much lol my kitchen was on fire
I too love having a 30 second ad before this
Thanks for the unskippable 15 second ad before this video CZcams!!!
There is always a 30 second add before watching this trust me
thank you for the 15 second unskippable ad youtube
I'm here to learn how to use that thing, not other things. geeez. Stop putting irrelevant information into the video.
i know right, its so annoying like the video should juste be 20sec " check if pression is fine, pull the pin, and press on the lever to discharge its content, stay 6 feet away from fire"
This was a very nice video, but I got an ad before it.
Clear and concise, let’s go practice
Why tf they got an ad infront of their video what if someone’s house is on fire 😂😂
Thank you sir for this information 🙏🙂😊
i had an urge to learn how to use one and now i’m scared there’s going to be a fire lmao
“Hold on, I’ll put out the fire in a second. Just wait for this ad to finish”
Thanks, now I can make grandma shut up
Me waiting for the 15 second un skippable ad, while my house starts to burn down
Should I do a practice run with my ABC extinguisher? Never used one before. Want to make sure I can use it... will I be able to get pin back in and return to normal? Where should I practice?
+marissa deangelis You should practice but use that extinguisher until it is empty. Buy a second extinguisher before you practice so the new one will become your primary to use in case of fire. Because there is only about 10 to 15 seconds of charge on an extinguisher you should not reuse one unless the needle is still in the green (full) area on the gauge. You may be able to contact your local fire department to setup extinguisher training for you and your co-workers also.
Imagine someone has a fire and they get an advertisement
I don't think CZcams should put ads on this video.
Just watched a 5 second ad like they were trying to just fit it in quickly before my house burns down
Me: *types how to use fire extinguisher*
*Howcast vid pops up*
Me: *ohshidimfinnadiecuz*