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How Does Fire Spread?

The basics every fire warden is taught: what fire needs, how it spreads and what puts it out.

Fire spreads in four ways: convection, as hot smoke and gases rise through a building, conduction, as heat travels through metal and walls, radiation, as heat crosses open space, and direct burning. Convection carries most fires through buildings, and smoke causes most deaths.

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Only when the alarm has been raised, the fire is small, the right extinguisher is to hand, the fire warden has been trained to use it and the exit is behind them. The job of a fire warden is to get people out. Nobody is expected to put themselves at risk for property.

Yes. A fire warden must know which extinguisher suits which class of fire, how to use it with the PASS method and, above all, when not to try. The training should include handling an extinguisher where that can be arranged.

Only when the senior fire officer or, where the fire service did not attend, the person in charge of the evacuation says it is safe. A silenced alarm is not a signal to return. Fire wardens keep people at the assembly point until that instruction is given.

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Every Irish workplace needs designated wardens, so somebody in your building needs this training right now. The 2005 Act and the Fire Services Acts require emergency plans with trained people behind them, and both the HSA and local fire authorities check.

In practice, the people certifying with us are office administrators, retail and hospitality supervisors, warehouse team leads, school and creche staff, care home workers, security officers and anyone else handed the warden role for their floor or shift.

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How Does Fire Spread?

The basics every fire warden is taught: what fire needs, how it spreads and what puts it out.

How fire spreads

  • Convection: hot smoke and gases rise and travel through stairwells, shafts and ceiling voids. This is how most fires spread in buildings.
  • Conduction: heat passes through metal beams, pipes and walls and ignites what touches them.
  • Radiation: heat crosses open space and ignites material at a distance.
  • Direct burning: flames reach the next thing that can burn.

Smoke moves far faster than flame and causes most fire deaths. A closed door can hold it back for the minutes people need to escape, which is why fire wardens close doors behind them.

The fire triangle

Fire needs three things at the same moment: heat to start it, fuel to burn and oxygen to keep it going. These are the three sides of the fire triangle, and taking any one away puts the fire out.

  • Remove heat: water cools the fuel below the temperature at which it burns.
  • Remove fuel: shut off the gas, clear away what could burn.
  • Remove oxygen: a fire blanket, foam or carbon dioxide smothers the fire.

The classes of fire

  • Class A: solids such as wood, paper and textiles.
  • Class B: flammable liquids such as petrol, oils and paint.
  • Class C: flammable gases such as propane and butane.
  • Class D: burning metals such as magnesium and lithium.
  • Class F: cooking oils and fats.
  • Electrical: fires in live equipment, not a class of their own but treated separately.

Three things

Fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen. Remove one and it goes out.

Smoke kills first

Most fire deaths are caused by smoke, not flames.

Right extinguisher

The class of fire decides which extinguisher is safe to use.

The accredited Fire Warden Training covers the role, the checks and the evacuation in about an hour online, with a CPD certified certificate the moment you pass.

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