Emergency Preparedness and Fire Safety
Domain 5 tests whether you can plan for credible emergencies and apply fire-safety rules to real premises rather than recite slogans.
Emergency preparedness
- Identify credible scenarios for the site: fire, chemical release, confined-space rescue, structural collapse, medical emergency, utility failure, and natural events relevant to Mongolia such as severe winter storms and earthquakes.
- Write a response plan covering alarm and detection, evacuation routes and signage, assembly point and roll call, rescue and first aid, utility shutdown, and communication with the fire service and civil protection authority.
- Assign roles, keep a call tree, resource first aid and rescue equipment, and run drills at planned intervals with a written evaluation and corrective actions.
Fire safety essentials
The fire triangle - fuel, oxygen, heat - drives both prevention and extinguishing. Know the classes: A solids, B flammable liquids, C gases, D metals, F cooking oils, with live electrical equipment as a special case. Match the medium: water for A, foam or dry powder for B, dry powder or CO2 for electrical, special agents for D. Maintain detection, extinguishers, hydrants and exits; control hot work with permits; keep escape routes clear and exit doors openable from inside.
Worked example
Solvent drums stored beside a hot-work area. Reasoning: flammable liquid plus ignition source means a class B fire risk with flashback potential. Controls: relocate the store to a ventilated, bunded area or remove it; issue a hot-work permit with gas testing and a fire watch; provide foam or dry-powder extinguishers; train the team; add the area to inspection rounds.
Traps
Water on burning liquid or live electrical equipment; blocked or locked exits; drill records with no evaluation; extinguishers assumed to replace prevention; no roll call to identify missing people.