Question

in a case of a fire ,before the fireman use the water hoses,they shut off the main electrical supply for the area.explain why they do this.

Answer 1

in case of fire in the fire man use water office then we know that water is a good conductor of electricity which can harm us so he turns off the electricity supply to prevent from short circuiting from water

Answer 2

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in a case of a fire ,before the fireman use the water hoses,they shut off the main electrical supply for the area.

water is a good conductor of electricity.
so, if water comes in contact with the electrical wires through which current is flowing, the water might conduct electricity, and the fireman might get a shock and the whole building will also get short-circuited.


so, they shut off the main electrical supply for the area, before using the water hoses to shut off the fire.


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