Fire Safety & Emergency Procedures
AS 2444 extinguisher types and RACE procedure
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Australian Standard AS 2444 covers portable fire extinguisher placement and identification. The White Card exam heavily tests extinguisher colour bands and the classes of fire each type covers.
Key facts to remember
- NEVER use water (red band) on electrical (Class E) or cooking oil (Class F) fires.
- CO₂ (black band) is safe on electrical fires, no residue, no conduction.
- Dry Chemical ABE (white band) covers Class A, B, and E, the most versatile.
- Wet Chemical (oatmeal/cream band) is for Class F, cooking oil fires only.
- The fire triangle: Fuel + Heat + Oxygen. Remove any one element to extinguish.
- RACE: Rescue → Alert → Confine → Extinguish/Evacuate.
- Assembly areas are for headcounts, do not re-enter until the all-clear.
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