Ⅱ​​Fire Safety Regulations

Fire Safety Regulations

(Ⅰ)Common Hazardous Conditions

1. Improper use and storage of flammable chemicals.

2.Evacuation route gets obstructed. Waste items are not disposed timely. 

3. Improper use of electricity. The careless management of open flames.
4. Lab construction and modification do not comply with fire safety regulations. 

 

 

Fire-fighting

1. Principles of Fire-fighting and Usage of Equipment
1.1. Principles of fire-fighting: During the initial stage of fire-fighting, call for help, organize personnel to fight the fire with proper precautionary measures and notify the fire department. When fighting fire, control the fire before ev-entually putting it out. Rescue personnel before fighting the fire. Focusing on addressing the most serious conditions first when putting out fire.

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1.2. Details and requirements when notifying the fire department.

Details: the location on fire (including block and room number), what is on fire, the intensity of fire, clarify if there’s anything explosive, flammable or poisonous, and if there’s anyone trapped. Please provide the information of the person who reports the fire (name, employer, department and phone nu-mber).

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1.2. Requirements: listen to the inquiries of fire personnel on duty carefully. An-swer questions concisely and shortly. Don’t hang up the phone until the fire personnel instruct that firefighters have been sent. After fire reporting, prom-ptly send someone to the entrance to lead firefighters to the fire site.

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1.3 Usage of fire extinguishers

3.Squeeze the trigger

2.Hold the discharge hose,and aim the nozzle at the base of the fire

1.Pull out the locking pin

Note: except for soda-acid extinguisher, other types of fire extinguishers can not be placed upside down or horizontally, or else the fire extinguish age-nt would not spray.

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1.4 Usage of Fire Hydrant

2. Self-rescue and Survival

 Familiarize yourself with lab emergency exit, fire-fighting  apparatus and the ways of self-rescue and survival

1.1 Stay calm and orientate before evacuating immediately. Move orderly and never push each other or ram around. Try to go downstairs. If the exit is filled with smoke, evacuate against the direction of smoke and escape through balcony, window or rooftop,if possible.

1.2 To avoid inhaling dense smoke, use wet towels or masks to cover nose and crawl along.

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2. Self-rescue and Survival

2.3 Escaping via elevators is strictly fo rbidden. If the stairs break down, or the passages are blocked, either escape through rooftop, balcony, downpipes, or tie ropes or connected sheet stripes on a fixed obje- ct (such as window frames or wa- ter pipes).

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2. Self-rescue and Survival

2.4If it is impossible to evacuate, go back indoors, close all the windo- ws and do-ors that connect areas on fire. Also, wet windows and do- ors to put off fire. Throw clothing or other objects out from the win- dows, signal for help, wait for re- scue.

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2. Self-rescue and Survival

2.5 If you are on fire, do not stamp on or flap the flames. Instead, take off your clothes immediately, or use water, heavy clothes or roll on the ground to put out the fire.

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2. Self-rescue and Survival

2.6 Life safety comes first of all. Do not care about personal properties

and leave immediately. Do not re- turn to fire scenes.