PROCEDURE FOR OPERATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TYPE FIRE EXTINGUIGHER

1.0 OBJECTIVE

2.0 SCOPE

3.0 RESPONSIBILITY

Q.C. Officer ,

Q.C. In-charge .

4.0 PROCEDURE

1. Carry the extinguisher to the place of the fire.

2. Remove the safety pin and operate the discharge device or unscrew the valve depending on the design.

3. Direct the jet at the base of the fire , starting at one edge and sweeping across the surface of the burning material.

4. When used in open air , the operator stand on the up- wind side of the fire and apply the gas in a downwind direction as close as possible to the fire.

5. On fires in electrical equipment first switch off the current.

6. Then direct the jet or horn straight at the fire.