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Kitchen Fire
Prevention |
Safety Management System 2006 |
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SMS ST031 2007 |
Follow the tips listed to prevent possible kitchen fires on your operation:
- Always keep an eye on food or any item being heated
- Do not leave cooking items unattended (the major cause of fires: unattended stoves in use)
- Do not reach or lean over the stove top
- Do not store items directly over or behind the stove
- Use fire retardant oven mitts to protect hands and arms from heat or hot surfaces
- Do not use galley rags that are wet or have holes in them
- Turn handles inward away from edge of stove so pots and pans will not be pulled or knocked off the stove
- Keep stove top clean of food debris and grease buildup
- Keep drip pans, fans and vents clean
- Monitor hot oil, heat slowly and keep the lid close by
- Guard against splattering grease by lowering product into oil with utensils (deep fat fryer)
If a fire occurs
- Do not panic
- Never throw flour on a fire
, it is fine-grained and can only act as an accelerator for the fire
- Never throw water on a cooking fire.
Added to grease, water pops and splatters, increasing the size of the fire.
- If possible
remove the pan from the oven using oven mitts, or dry galley rag and extinguish the item outside the oven
- If it is the pan on fire never attempt to carry the pan out of the galley, it will be too hot to carry.
- It is possible to use baking soda or salt on the pan
- Know where all fire extinguishers are located and how to use them.
- The fire extinguishers in the galley will be a multi-purpose dry chemical mixture that can be used on any fire in the kitchen.
Fire extinguisher: Use the procedures as defined in P.A.S.S.
- P – Pull the pin at the top of the extinguisher that keeps the handle from being accidentally pressed.
- A – Aim
the nozzle toward the base of the fire. Stand 3-4 feet from the fire.
- S – Squeeze
the handle to discharge the extinguisher. Release the handle to stop the discharge.
- S – Sweep
the nozzle back and forth at the base of the fire.
Ask the operator personnel designated to fight fires on your operation to review the procedures to follow in case of a fire. Include your personnel in this meeting, document it and send MEETING MINUTES to the office.