Fire Extinguisher training

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Permalink Reply by Chris Pollock on June 12, 2009 at 11:26am

I don't have any additional resources for you at the moment, but I don think those are some good resources. Thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by David Osmun on June 12, 2009 at 1:32pm

Jason,

Have you talked to your fire extinguisher service company? Sometimes they will conduct the training (hands-on and classroom) for a small fee. That is what I have done in the past, and I think they only charge $5 or $10 per student, plus the cost of the extinguisher recharges. I looked at the training website you showed and it looked pretty good, but remember that OSHA expects hands-on training as well.

Permalink Reply by Jason Burzynski on June 12, 2009 at 2:14pm

Thanks for the suggestion but I already explored that option. I called a local technical college as well. Unforunately they do not offer hands on training. They did however provide me with an empty "dummy" extinguisher that people can pull the pin and practice the PASS technique.

I looked at the 1910.157 reg and didnt see anything requiring hands-on....

1910.157(g)(1)
Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer shall also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.

I know hands-on training would be optimal but it is just not an option right now due to financial constraints.

Permalink Reply by Mike Maloney on June 19, 2009 at 12:53pm

We made a very simple hands-on trainer. Start with an old water extinguisher. Remove the top and adapt the fittings to accept a garden hose. Then drill a hole about 2/3 of the way down the extinguisher to feed the hose into it, connecting it to the trigger mechanism. This will give you an endless and inexpensive source of water to practice extinguishing fires. If you want to add a little more realism, you can add weight to the extinguisher to simulate the weight of a tank of water but we shipped ours between locations and didn't want to add shipping costs.

Permalink Reply by Marci Trotter on September 10, 2009 at 3:31pm

Cintas offers real extinguisher training for a decent price. For 30 associates 2 classes I think they wanted $500. We trained 15 on day shift and 15 on night shift for about $350 set up with our fire extinguisher inpection company. It depends on where you are located, I'm sure there is a local fire suppression company willing to do the training.

Permalink Reply by Darren Hore on February 2, 2010 at 11:39pm

Hi, I'm a brand new member from Edmonton, Alberta Canada. I provide fire training using the Pyrosoft Fire Simulator. We re-create live fire situations. We teach students how to access a fire hazard and handle a fire extinuisher properly without having to light a real fire. This training is very hands on and we feel that training without actually using a fire extinuisher is more fire awareness and not really training. I have a few pictures on my profile to give a general idea of the system. If you would like some more info drop me a line on here or however you can get ahold of me.

Cheers Darren