Fire Safety

Laura EscalanteMiriam Barquera

Ivan MoralesChad Jones

Fire safetyStop, drop and

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History

• Iroquois Theatre Fire• On December 30, 1903, a fire occurred during a musical matinee.

The play’s scenery consisted of many canvas backdrops decorated in highly flammable oil paints, and when a hot stage light ignited a velvet curtain the backdrops soon went up in flames.

What could’ve prevented it…

• There were no fire sprinklers, for the stage and the stage’s fire curtain did not close properly to contain the fire. In addition, there was no emergency lighting, the stage’s smoke and heat vents were not functional and many exit doors were either locked or did not swing in the direction of travel.

Fire Safety Equipment and Procedures

• Fire curtain: automatic fire-proof barrier that closes off the stage space from the seating area in a proscenium theatre in the event of a fire.

• Fire doors: fireproof doors that either automatically close when fire alarm is triggered, or remain closed except when a person is entering or exiting.

• Emergency Stairs:  Stairways inside the building intended for use in the event of an evacuation.

Continued…• Fire hoses: Full size fire hoses

permanently installed in key locations and fed by city water supply or standpipe.

• Automatic sprinklers: Devices that automatically open during a fire to spray water on the affected part of the building.

• Fire escapes: Structure added to the outside of a building to allow persons to exit in the event of a fire.

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• Flame treatment for scenery or costumes means of rendering material fire-proof or flame

resistant. • Fire plan: Plan of action and

evacuation in the event of a fire.

• Fire exits: (usually with fire doors) an exit from the space clearly marked to be an unobstructed path out of the theatre/building.

• Fire extinguishers: portable tanks (usually pressurized) containing a substance capable of extinguishing a small fire. Rated by type of fire they are capable of extinguishing.

• Fire lanes: Areas set aside to always be clear for emergency vehicles and equipment.

Why is it so important that we service our fire extinguisher equipment?

Maintenance of your fire equipment is absolutely essential for the safety of life and property. Your fire equipment could sit its whole life without being used, but when you need to use it, it will be for the purpose of saving life and property so don’t take a gamble