Florida AgSafe Training Materials

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
(Fire Safety, Set 1)

Prepared by Dr. Carol Lehtola, University of Florida

Option A (use with 100-500):

 100 What item should be in the home to alert people of a fire?
[[Smoke detector with a working battery]
   
 200 If a home has any heat source that uses combustible fuels (wood, gas, etc.), what item should be installed to warn of the ‘silent killer'?
[Carbon monoxide detector]
   
 300 Putting a lid on a pan that is on fire from cooking puts out the fire by removing which leg of the fire triangle?
[Oxygen]
   
 400 An example of the principle, "the more finely divided a substance is, the more rapidly it absorbs heat" is?
[Dust explosion, e.g., grain dust]
   
 500 What needs to be considered when fire departments are called to fires in rural areas?
[Water source]


Option B (can be used either for 100-500 or for 200-1000)

 200 Identify two of the three things necessary for a fire?
[Oxygen, heat source, and fuel]
   
 400 Vapors of a fuel (ex. LPG, gasoline) that are heavier than air will be found where?
[Along the ground or lowest level]
   
 600 Why is it important to know the lowest temperature at which a flammable liquid will give off vapors?
[It is the lowest temperature at which it can ignite]
   
 800 What is recommended to do when changing the clocks in the spring and the fall?
[Check and/or change the battery in your smoke detector]
   
 1000 The proper procedure for using a fire extinguisher is known as PASS. Which is?
[Pull the pin; Aim the ‘nozzle' at the base of the fire; Squeeze the trigger; Sweep the area of the fire]



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