March is Fire Prevention Month

Here in the Philippines, March is the National Fire Prevention Month. And to help spread awareness and safety, I am sharing this video to you which I received through email few months ago. This video shows us what to do in case a fire starts out in the kitchen while we are cooking. I am also including the message that comes with this video which has been passed around for quite some time now. If you happen to come across this blog, please help me spread this. Thank you.

Dear Friends,

Several years ago, my wife & I did the same mistake of putting out this type of kitchen fire with water and it actually did the same thing. The fire instantaneously reached and almost covered our whole kitchen's ceiling. Good thing it didn't last long enough to actually burn through it. We had to repaint the whole ceiling though. Read on & watch attached demo...

Eric


Watch this video and learn what not to use to put out a grease fire.
This is a great video. Everyone should watch it and take heed.

The Charleston Navy base at the Fire Fighting Training school would demonstrate this with a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole toss water onto the grease fire.
The results got the attention of the students.
The water, being heavier than the oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated.
The explosive force of the steam blows the burning oil up and out.
On the open field, it became a thirty foot high fireball that resembles a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.

Also do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire.
One cup creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.