This course has been designed to provide you with simple safety tips that will help prevent fires at home and in the workplace, and to educate you on the proper usage of fire extinguishers. Every day fires cause great loss of life and property.

They impact industries negatively destroying businesses, and traumatise families by destroying homes. Most of these tragic incidents are preventable.

Fire extinguishers are first line of defence against this destruction, it is necessary that everyone knows how to operate them and understands their limitations. While knowing how to use an extinguisher is vital, fire safety goes beyond just that. It includes learning how to keep your home and workplace free of fire hazards and being careful in the face of any threat.

A portable fire extinguisher can save lives and property by extinguishing a small fire or containing it until the Civil Defence arrives. Portable extinguishers, however useful, do have their limitations. Because fire grows and spreads so rapidly, the number one priority for residents and workers must be to get out safely.

In short, it is an attitude that must be lived every day, both at work and at home.