A fire broke out in your neighborhood. You have volunteered to help the firemen.
What would you use or do? Choose the correct out of the two options given in the
bracket.
a. Throw (sand / water) on open flame caused by electricity.
b. Throw (Cold water / hot water) on the fire.
c. Use (single Ladder / multiple ladder) to rescue people.
d. To come out from building (crawl on floor / run out).
e. Use (wet / dry handkerchief) to breathe.
f. (Open / close) all windows.
g. Use (Blanket / bed sheet) to douse the flames from a victim’s clothing
Answers
a. sand
b. cold water
c. multiple ladder
d. run out
e. wet handkerchief
f. open
g. blanket
(a) sand as water can cause fire caused by electricity to expand. This is due to the reason that water is a conductor of electricity.
(b) hot water as it readily converts into steam, taking more energy from fire.
(c) multiple ladders as people may be trapped at different levels in a building and in different directions.
(d) crawl on floor because of the presence of various toxic gases in the air. Crawling on the floor makes us inhale less quantity of such gases.
(e) wet handkerchief as it helps in keeping the toxic gases at bay and we inhale less quantity of toxic gases.
(f) close all windows as this will cut down the supply of fresh air and stop the fire from expanding.
(g) blanket as it is comparatively thick and will cut down the supply of oxygen.