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Understand how your local Fire Department works.

 

 

 

 

 

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Explain simply the process of combustion.  Know the effects of smoke and heat and how to act in smoke.  Know the dangers involved and understand the fire precautions necessary in the home relating to: electric wiring, appliances and fuses, oil and solid fuel heaters, candles, party decorations, propane tanks.

 

 

 

 

 

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Know the dangers of fire at camp and what precautions should be taken.  Know the causes of and how to deal with grass and forest fires.

 

 

 

 

 

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Explain what action should be taken, and why, for an outbreak of fire in the home or out of doors.  Know the correct procedure to be followed when calling the Fire Department.

 

 

 

 

 

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Know how to use fire extinguishers and what fires they are to be used on.  Know how to deal with a person whose clothes are on fire.

 

 

 

 

 

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Demonstrate how to make a firemans chair knot and Bowline and how to rescue an unconscious person through smoke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 


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