At Extinguisher GCTL, due to the type of clients we have, many of the fire extinguishers that we end up distributing are portable fire extinguishers in BD. These elements (smaller and more manageable than the usual ones) have a series of rules and regulations that must be known when using them.
It is very important to be aware that the use of an extinguisher is not limited to picking it up and blowing the steam in the direction of the fire to be attacked. To use one of these portable fire extinguishers in bd well, you have to know exactly what to do.
Portable fire extinguishers: Maintenance
But before knowing better how they are used, let’s talk about the maintenance they have. For an extinguisher to be effective at the time it is going to be needed, it must have passed the periodic reviews established in bd 2002.
This decree establishes that the devices must be reviewed by authorized maintainers. These maintainers are entrusted with a series of characteristics:
- Review equipment in line with regulatory deadlines. For this, you must use spare parts and original parts.
- Staff always available to repair equipment that suffers some kind of breakdown or mishap.
- They must inform the (in writing) owner of devices that do not offer a guarantee that they will function properly. In the same sense, if there are incorrigible deficiencies or they do not comply with the current provisions. The reports will always be technically reasoned.
- The supporting documentation for each must be kept for maintenance operations carried out, as well as the execution dates, its results and incidents. In addition to what is replaced.
- The owner of the appliances must be informed of the dates on which the periodic maintenance operations are to be carried out.
Using the portable fire extinguisher
Anyone who wants to use one of these fire extinguishers must have trained previously on two things. On the one hand, and in the most complete way possible, on the rules of use and the dangers of using each of these portable fire extinguishers; on the other, to be previously trained on the basic knowledge of fire.
The labels of each extinguisher specify how to use it and the precautions to be taken. Although it should be noted that if there is an emergency, it will be difficult to assimilate all the practical rules of using the device.
In the general precautions for the use of a portable fire extinguisher, the following must be taken into account:
- Extinguishing agent toxicity.
- Possibility of burns and damage from getting too close to the fire or from the danger that can arise from certain chemical reactions.
- Electric shocks or some surprise projection of fluids coming out of the safety valve of an extinguisher.
- Drive mechanisms operating in poor conditions.
Before using one of the portable fire extinguishers in Dhaka it is advisable to take a practical course. This way, when you have to use it in real life you will be ready.
Rules of use
Some of the rules for the use of portable fire extinguishers in Dhaka are the following:
- The fire extinguisher must be removed by grasping it by the handle or the fixed handle that it has. Afterwards, it must be left on the ground in an upright position.
- If the extinguisher has a hose, it must be grasped by the nozzle. In this way, it is possible to control the exit of the extinguishing agent. If the extinguisher in question were CO2, caution must be exercised, must be the nozzle grasped by the insulated part that is intended for such use. And never direct it towards people.
- If there is a valve or safety disc, check that they are in position without danger of projection towards the user.
- The safety pin must be removed by pulling the corresponding ring.
- You have to keep at least one meter away from the fire that is going to go out. If the fire is in an open space, approach it in the direction of the wind.
- The handle of these must be tightened portable fire extinguishers in Madrid and, if it exists, the same must be done with the nozzle operating lever. A small discharge must be made to check the exit of the foreign agent.
- The must be directed jet of an extinguishing agent at the base of the flames.
- If you are dealing with an indency of a liquid, must be the extinguishing agent projected superficially, making a horizontal sweep and preventing the impulse pressure from causing the uncontrolled spillage of the burning product. You have to move gradually from the extremes.
Appendix
These are a few rules and regulations for the use of portable fire extinguishers in bd. For more information, you can contact us. And, of course, if you need our services, come to us immediately.