Emergency Response, Fire Safety, and First Aid
This domain tests the first five minutes: what the guard does before the fire truck or ambulance arrives. Answers are graded on sequence and safety, not heroics.
Fire safety under RA 9514
The Fire Code of the Philippines requires fire-safety inspection, permits, extinguishers, exits, and drills. Know the fire triangle - fuel, heat, oxygen - and the extinguisher classes: A ordinary combustibles (water, foam), B flammable liquids (foam, CO2, dry chemical), C energised electrical (CO2, dry chemical - never water), D combustible metals, K cooking oils. Use PASS: pull, aim at the base, squeeze, sweep.
Evacuation uses RACE: remove or rescue, alarm, confine the fire by closing doors, evacuate or extinguish. Guards must know exits, assembly areas, and the headcount procedure; re-entry is prohibited until cleared by the fire service. Life safety outranks property defence - nobody guards a burning vault.
First aid sequence
Scene safety first, then consent, then DRABCDE: danger, response, airway, breathing, circulation/CPR, disability, exposure. Adult CPR is 30 compressions to 2 breaths, 100–120 compressions per minute, at least 5 cm but not more than 6 cm deep. Control bleeding with direct pressure; treat for shock by lying the person flat and keeping them warm; do not move a suspected spinal injury unless there is immediate danger.
Worked example
A canteen fryer flares up. The guard evacuates the area, sounds the alarm, closes the door to confine the fire, and attacks only the small pan fire with a CO2 or wet-chemical extinguisher - never water, which spreads burning oil. The guard then accounts for staff at the assembly point and reports to the fire service.
Traps that cost marks
Water on electrical or oil fires; running toward the fire before raising the alarm; re-entering during headcount; moving an injured person unnecessarily; failing to note times in the log.