Fire and Safety Engineering Course - POSHE

Fire and Safety Engineering Course as a career option is fast catching up with the students in India. Whereas in abroad, Safety is an integral part of most of university programs.

Fire Engineering and Safety Management is getting its underlying foundations quickly as a profession option in India. It is just in nowadays that a large portion of the general population of our nation are getting to know it, though in abroad fire engineering.

Job Prospects

• Fire Officer/Fire Protection Technician/Safety Supervisor,
• HSE Engineer/ HSE Advisor,
• Safety Officer / Safety Manager,
• HSE / EHS Officer/ Manager
• Fire Men / Officer Safety Steward
• Safety Assistant / Environmental Engineer

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Fire Safety Courses in Chennai - POSHE

POSHE solutions is a recognized centre for learning internationally accredited course and having branches across globe, we are heading in providing safety education to create a safe workplace.

Globally recognized international safety training course provider POSHE offer Courses - IOSH, NEBOSH Certified Courses, IASP, HABC, BSC - British Safety Council and Govt. of India accredited diploma courses as follows:

• Advanced Diploma in Occupational Safety Health and Environmental Management (ADOSHEM)
• Diploma in Fire Engineering And Safety Management
• Diploma in Offshore Safety
• Diploma in Industrial Safety
• Diploma in Construction Safety
• Diploma in Environmental Safety
• Diploma in Food Safety
• Post Diploma in Fire &Safety Engineerings Techniques
• Diploma in Industrial Environmental Safety
• Diploma in Construction Safety Management
• Diploma in Industrial Safety Engineering

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Electricity - Fire Safety

Safe Systems of Work

Where work is to be undertaken on electrical apparatus or part of a circuit, a formally operated, safe system of work is essential. This commonly takes the form of a Permit to Work system, which ensures the following procedures and precautions:

• Switching off and locking out the electricity supply, i.e. isolation;
• Checking by the use of an appropriate voltage detection instrument that the circuit, that part of same to be worked on, is dead before work commences;
• High levels of supervision and control to ensure that work is undertaken correctly and that Permit to Work procedures are followed;
• Paying particular attention to the precautions where electrical installation or maintenance work is to be undertaken in wet surroundings, in external areas and in confined spaces;
• Examining appliances by a competent person on a regular basis, including the leads, and any extension leads used that may have become damaged;
• Implementing physical precautions, such as the erection of barriers and signs restricting access to the area; and
• Formal cancellation of the Permit to Work once the work is completed satisfactorily and return to service of the appliance, plant or system in question.

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Causes of accidents - human factors

The capability of an individual with regard to health and safety.

The organisation

The business you are working in affects human behaviour.

How it communicates, the effectiveness of line management, motivation of different groups within the organisation, misunderstood roles or functions of individuals or groups within a business, different cultures and objectives, differing priorities and commitment

The job

The job must be matched to human capabilities, both physically and mentally

Personal factors

Attitude, motivation, perception, capability and human error all affect how a human interacts safely at work.

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Causes of accidents - Environmental factors

We now have information on what types of accidents happen, but not why they occur.

There are three groups of factors that contribute to accidents:

• Environmental
• Human
• Occupational

Any accident report and investigation should identify which factors were the cause.

Environmental factors

Concerned with the workplace and the conditions of the workplace which affect the employee.

Organisation of the workplace

The layout of the workplace including access, transport, space, overcrowding, cleanliness and waste

disposal, housekeeping, cleaning schedule.

Environmental stressors

Temperature, ventilation, humidity, lighting, noise. These can be associated closely with occupational factors, e.g. physical.

Welfare

Washing facilities, toilets, drinking water, amenity areas, accommodation for clothes, changing rooms, rest and meal facilities.

Structural

Slips, trips and falls, staircases, falls from a height, doors, gates, windows, roads, floors, and traffic routes.

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Health and Safety

Why is health and safety important?

MORAL obligation on employers, employees and every other person in a workplace to look after themselves and others.

FINANCIAL impact on employers, employees and every person in a workplace, e.g. compensation, fines, lost earnings etc.

LEGAL obligation on the employer, employee and every person in a workplace to ensure the health, safety and welfare of others.

Personal loss and distress to families, plus loss of earnings.

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Fire Branches - POSHE

The purpose of the branch is to increase the velocity of water and may be defined as "a metal fittings between hose and the nozzle that converts pressure energy into velocity energy to provide the nozzle a solid jet-of water for fire fighting."

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FIRE TETRAHEDRON

There are basic 3 element need to produce fire.

• HEAT
• FUEL
• OXYGEN

if one of component is not presents the fire will not created.

Beside 3 elements there is forth element which is essential for continuation of fire once ignited.this is known as "CHAIN REACTION".

Once fire occurs the burned substunce produce lots of heat which tends to burn remaining fuel substance.this reaction occurs again and again.which is called "chain reaction"

Fire is OXIDATION process which produce heat its is also called EXOTHERMIC reaction..

OXIDATION = EXOTHERMIC R. = PRODUCE HEAT.
REDUCTION = ENDOTHERMIC R. = ABSORB HEAT.

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Wood Dust Risk & Control Measures

Health Risk which could be associated with the wood dust

Wood dust is a ‘substance hazardous to health’ because it can cause serious non-reversible health problems, such as skin disorders; obstruction in the nose, and rhinitis; occupational asthma (mainly when cedar wood is used) and a rare type of nasal cancer.

Operations that produce high levels of Wood Dust Exposure

• Machining operations, particularly sawing, routing and turning; 
• Sanding, by machine and by hand; 
• Hand assembly of machined or sanded components; 
• The bagging of dust from dust extraction systems; 
• Using compressed airlines to blow dust off furniture and other articles probably for housekeeping or for preparing the furniture for coating varnishes and paints;

Control Measures that reduce the Risk from the Wood Dust

Set Exposure Limits
These are limits placed on the amount of dust in the air, averaged over an eight-hour working day. Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL) of 5mg/m3 is set by HSE(UK), which must not be exceeded. However, exposure must reduced to as low as ‘reasonably practicable’.

Dust Extraction
Provide dust extraction (also known as local exhaust ventilation or LEV) at woodworking machines to capture and remove dust before it can spread. Extraction system must to take into account the number and type of machines to be connected to it, and the layout of the workshop or factory. Fitting air flow indicators will help to know and maintain required air flow and extraction vacuum.

Education and awareness
Workers need to be educated about the risks from wood dust and the control measures required. They must be aware of the extraction system’s functioning and ways to improve efficiency of LEV system; never to sweep up or use compressed air lines as this will disturb the dust and allow it to become inhaled; clean up using a suitable industrial vacuum cleaner.

Respiratory Protective Equipment (REP)
Mask with appropriate cartridge for activities such as sanding may be needed and correct fitment is to be ensured.

Health Surveillance
As workers are at risk of acquiring asthma – a chronic case, health surveillance would be required to identify early symptoms. A low level health surveillance involving workers to complete questionnaire will be sufficient. Where high risk is involved (using red cedar wood), a higher level of health surveillance, including lung function testing, is needed.

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Fire Fighting Equipments

Sprinklers
Sprinklers may start automatically when the fire alarm is activated, or when a predefined temperature has been reached. Some sprinkler systems may also be activated manually.

Fire Blankets
Fire blankets are used to control small fires and are commonplace in kitchens as they smother a fire. They may also be wrapped around someone if their clothing is on fire. Fire blankets must conform to British Standards.

Fire Extinguishers
Fire extinguishers are one of the most common types of equipment for fighting fire. Different types of extinguishers are available for fighting different types of fires. Extinguishers should ONLY be used if you have been trained to fight fires and it is safe to do so.

Fire Alarm
Warning other people about fire is one of your key responsibilities. The sooner you do this, the better, as it gives everyone more time to get out of the building.

Smoke Detectors
Smoke detectors are relatively common devices, designed to detect fires in buildings. There may be smoke detectors in your organisation, depending on the size and type of work that is carried out.

Fire Door
In many organisations, fire doors play a key role in slowing down the speed a fire takes hold.

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Fire Risk Assessment

The Fire Risk Assessment is a important method for avoiding fire in the working environment. 

It enables employers to identify and protect staff against any known flame dangers, by creating powerful techniques - for example plotting how to store and utilize such materials securely.

A number of steps must be followed to conduct a Fire Risk Assessment: 

Step 1: Recognize the fire hazards, distinguish sources of ignition, fuel and oxygen.

Step 2: Identify the people at danger. This includes any individual who is in or around the premises, for example, employees, contractors, visitors,customers, and others.

Care must be taken to distinguish individuals who are at specific danger - for children, youngsters, the elderly or anybody with an inability.

Step 3: Evaluate, evacuate or decrease and secure those at danger. Assess the danger of a fire and the risk to people from fire.

Evacuate or decrease hazards and the danger. Protect by giving fire precautions,

equipment and by procedures.

Step 4: Record, arrange, advise and prepare. 

Record the significant findings and the activity that has been taken. Talk about and offer the findings with others. Develop an emergency arrangement in the case of a flame. Inform relevant people and provide training.

Step 5: Review the fire risk assessment regularly.

Review your fire risk assessment plan regularly to ensure it remains relevant and up-to-date. Update and change your arrangement if required.

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