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1.1 Fire Safety
Pre-Technical Studies · Grade 8 · 6 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Meaning and importance of fire in the environment
- Causes of fire outbreaks: flammable substances, electrical faults and combustible materials
- Ways of preventing fire outbreaks in the environment
- Firefighting techniques: cooling, smothering, starving and interrupting
- Role-play of firefighting techniques in kitchen, jiko and workshop settings
What you will be able to do
- identify possible causes of fire outbreaks in the environment
- explain ways of preventing fire outbreaks in the environment
- extinguish fires in the environment using appropriate methods
- acknowledge the need for fire safety in day-to-day life
Key questions
“Why is fire safety important?”
Lessons
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Meaning and importance of fire
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWhat fire is, how it helps in a Kenyan kitchen, jiko and workshop, and why the same flame needs safety rules.
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Causes of fire outbreaks
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizFlammable substances, electrical faults and combustible materials as the three causes to name in a kitchen, school and workshop.
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Preventing fire outbreaks
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPractical habits that stop flammable, electrical and combustible causes becoming a fire in a kitchen, around a jiko and in a workshop.
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Extinguishing by cooling and smothering
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizHow cooling removes heat with water on the right fuels, and how smothering cuts off air with a lid, sand or blanket, including what never to do with oil and electricity.
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Extinguishing by starving and interrupting
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizStarving a fire by removing fuel, interrupting the chemical chain with dry powder, and using the fire triangle to choose a method.
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Role-play firefighting and why safety matters
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRehearse kitchen, jiko and workshop scenes with the four methods, assigned roles, and a clear rule to evacuate, so learners acknowledge fire safety in daily life.