Ten Simple Rules Ten Simple Rules for Fighting Firefor Fighting Fire

These wont These wont be in any be in any text book!text book!

RULE NUMBER ONERULE NUMBER ONE

Bring a Fire Engine, Bring a Fire Engine, Preferably bring two, don’t Preferably bring two, don’t forget a Truck Company too forget a Truck Company too – This will do for Starters– This will do for Starters

RULE NUMBER TWORULE NUMBER TWO Any Fire worth fighting is Any Fire worth fighting is

worth fighting well. Water, worth fighting well. Water, Foam, Extinguishing Foam, Extinguishing Agent are all cheapAgent are all cheap! ! MAKE SURE YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LOTS OF IT!HAVE LOTS OF IT!

Life is EXPENSIVE!Life is EXPENSIVE!

RULE NUMBER THREERULE NUMBER THREE

Putting the Wet Stuff Putting the Wet Stuff ((Large AmountsLarge Amounts) on the ) on the Red stuff is all that counts. Red stuff is all that counts. –As long as everything else As long as everything else you are doing is helping you you are doing is helping you do the above SAFELY , then do the above SAFELY , then you are on track!you are on track!

RULE NUMBER FOURRULE NUMBER FOUR Make sure you have Make sure you have more Water more Water

than Firethan Fire

Make sure you can put that water Make sure you can put that water on the fire on the fire faster than Fire can faster than Fire can turn it to vapor!turn it to vapor!

RULE NUMBER FIVERULE NUMBER FIVE LIFE LIFE BEATS PROPERTY BEATS PROPERTY EVERY TIME!EVERY TIME! AlwaysAlways do a Risk Benefit do a Risk Benefit analysisanalysis

NEVER NEVER TRADE A LIFE FOR TRADE A LIFE FOR PROPERTYPROPERTY

This is The This is The Cardinal RuleCardinal Rule

RULE NUMBER SIXRULE NUMBER SIX

In ten years, no one In ten years, no one will remember who will remember who wore leather helmets wore leather helmets and who did not.and who did not.

They will remember if the They will remember if the fire fire went out or not!went out or not!

RULE NUMBER SEVENRULE NUMBER SEVEN

If you ain’t putting If you ain’t putting Wet stuff on the Wet stuff on the red stuffred stuff, then you ought to be , then you ought to be moving watermoving water, , ventingventing, , searchingsearching, , rescuingrescuing or some activity to assure or some activity to assure all of the above are being all of the above are being done done safely safely

RULE NUMBER EIGHTRULE NUMBER EIGHT

Some day the Some day the Fire may Fire may get you! get you! Don’t let it happen Don’t let it happen because because You weren’t thinking! You weren’t thinking!

Safety Safety is more than a word is more than a word it it isis the way we do the way we do our job! our job!

RULE NUMBER NINERULE NUMBER NINE DO NOT PLAY FAIR DO NOT PLAY FAIR

Bring Bring more Watermore Water (agent), (agent), Apply it FasterApply it Faster, , Be SaferBe Safer,,

NO BODY WANTS THE NO BODY WANTS THE FIRE TO WIN!FIRE TO WIN!

RULE NUMBER TENRULE NUMBER TEN To make all of this happen To make all of this happen

it takes a Plan and it takes a Plan and OrganizationOrganization Make sure you have a planMake sure you have a plan Have a back up planHave a back up plan

Cause the first one may failCause the first one may fail Be organized, thus helping Be organized, thus helping your plans to work!your plans to work!

Ten Simple Ten Simple Rules for Rules for Fighting Fighting

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These rules did not come from a Text, They These rules did not come from a Text, They are based on observations of actual Fire are based on observations of actual Fire Fighting. They are in no particular order. WE Fighting. They are in no particular order. WE MUST MUST DO ALL OF THESE AND DO THEM DO ALL OF THESE AND DO THEM ALL SAFELYALL SAFELY TO GET THE JOB DONE. TO GET THE JOB DONE. WE ALWAYS NEED TO WE ALWAYS NEED TO REMEMBER THE REMEMBER THE CARDINAL RULECARDINAL RULE OF FIRE FIGHTING: OF FIRE FIGHTING:

LIFE BEATS PROPERTY EVERY LIFE BEATS PROPERTY EVERY TIME!TIME!