The student will learn the principles behind creating fire prevention plans. The key is to prevent a fire from happening and not the reactive response to a fire event. Even small fires cost the company a lot of money from the direct cause (fire and associated response) as well as the indirect cost (increase of insurance, lost downtime, investigation results, decreased employee morale, etc.). The key is to not have a fire.

An easy-to-use modifiable template is included for the student to start the fire prevention plan for their workplace. Many of the same principles can be transferred to other work sites and even your own home.

The fire tetrahedron is used to illustrate that fire can only exist if oxygen, fuel and heat are present to form a chemical chain reaction (fire). The correct proportions must exist for a fire to start. By removing just one of the elements of the fire tetrahedron, a fire cannot exist. Oxygen at ambient sea level is about 20.9% of the atmosphere and a fire generally needs 14% oxygen to burn.

Housekeeping, storage requirements along with type of fire protection are discussed. In general, the five classes of fire along with the basics of using a portable fire extinguisher. Gaseous CO2 is discussed for areas that cannot be exposed to water or any powders (such as computers, server rooms, etc.) to help extinguish a fire and not damage equipment.

Successful completion of the course will earn the student 0.1 CEUs.