Emergency Action Plans (EAP)
An Emergency Action Plan describes actions to ensure employee safety and uses floor plans to show these specific paths.
What are emergency escape routes?
The "Fire Triangle" consists of Oxygen, Fuel, Heat, and this fourth element required for a fire to occur.
What is a chemical reaction?
An exit route must be continuous, unobstructed, and lead directly to this location.
What is outside (or safety)?
Class A fires involve these ordinary materials.
What are combustibles (wood, paper, etc.)?
This acronym describes the four steps to effectively use a fire extinguisher.
What is P.A.S.S.?
To ensure everyone made it out safely, an EAP must include procedures for accounting for employees after this occurs.
What is evacuation?
A Fire Prevention Plan (FPP) must be in writing, kept in the workplace, and made available for employees to do this.
What is review?
This type of protective action involves taking refuge in interior rooms with no or few windows.
What is shelter-in-place?
Class C fires are distinct because they involve this specific hazard.
What is energized electrical equipment?
The "P" in P.A.S.S. stands for this action.
What is Pull (the pin)?
EAP training must include drills to practice evacuation and gathering in assembly areas at least this often.
What is annually?
Common ignition sources include open flames, smoking, static electricity, and this task which requires a 30-minute fire watch.
What is hotwork?
An evacuation map should clearly show the primary exit and this alternative path.
What is the secondary exit?
This class of fire involves combustible metals.
What is Class D?
When using an extinguisher, you should aim at this part of the fire.
What is the base of the fire?
An EAP must include procedures for employees who must remain behind to operate these before they evacuate.
What are critical operations?
To prevent fires, flammable liquids should be stored in approved metal safety containers or containers provided by this entity.
Who is the original manufacturer?
Exit routes must be permanent, have limited openings, and be separated by these types of materials.
What are fire-resistant materials?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) extinguishers are designed to be used only on Class B and this other class of fire.
What is Class C?
The final "S" in P.A.S.S. stands for this motion.
What is Sweep (side-to-side)?
One of the three main benefits of having an EAP is that it results in fewer and less severe injuries and less of this type of damage.
What is structural damage?
An FPP must include the names or job titles of employees responsible for the control of hazards and the maintenance of this.
What is equipment (or heat-producing equipment)?
An exit door must be unlocked from the inside and have this specific type of hinge mechanism.
What is side-hinged?
Class K extinguishers are designed specifically for fires involving these substances found in kitchens.
What are cooking oils and greases?
You should perform a visual inspection of portable fire extinguishers at least this often.
What is monthly?