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This training manual was develop for the DRC and more broadly for Central Africa and aims to build community resilience by teaching integrated fire management concepts and skills, including fire management planning, fire preparedness, fire ecology, prescribed burning methods, and how to avoid unplanned fires, at the local level.
8 | Fire-fighting Training Manual In order to control a fire, avoid its reproduction and extinguish it, it is necessary to know the fundamentals of fire, combustion, fuel, oxidizing agents, activation energy and chain reactions. Combustion is an oxidation reaction between a combustible body and oxygen.
Specific outcomes: . Ability to define a fire. Ability to explain the fire triangle and the chemistry of fire. Understanding of sources of fire in the workplace. Understanding of classes of fire.
Upon completion of the course, the team members should be able to: Understand the basic causes and effects of different types of fire and methods of extinction (knowledge) Have a full understanding and ability to use fire fighting and rescue equipment correctly and safely (knowledge & skill)
This document provides an overview of basic firefighting training. It discusses the fire triangle, the four classes of fires based on the type of fuel, and different types of fire extinguishers. The fire triangle explains that oxygen, heat, and fuel are needed for a fire to burn.
This chapter provides an overview of two types of safety equip- ment: personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory protection. You will learn about the different types of this equipment, their functions, proper usage, and maintenance.
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