What kind of firefighting equipment shall be prepared at home? Huang Haijun, an engineer from a firefighting company in Huizhou city, Guangdong province advices citizens to buy four kinds of firefighting equipment: household fire extinguisher, firefighting escape rope, strong flashlight and gas mask.  Huang Haijun says that household fire extinguisher can put out sparks of fire timely. If the fire doesn't die out, citizens shall first consider escaping. In case citizens are in the third floor or above, the stairway is blocked or the wooden stairway is burned down, and there is a long and strong rope at home, the citizens can tie knots one length by one length, tie up the ropes to a strong object, and climb down the rope to escape successfully. In case the fire breaks out at night, the circuit is burned down, and it is dark in the room, you need a strong flashlight to light your way out. Moreover, smoke in fire place is poisonous. Many citizens are suffocated to death by the smoke. If there is a gas mask at home, you can wear it in emergency, resist from the poisonous smoke, and survive the fire.

General Knowledge: How to Use the Firefighting Equipment

Indoor fire hydrant: You should first open the fire hydrant door, and press the inside alarm bottom. One person rushes to the fire point after connecting the hammerhead and hosepipe, and another person connects the hosepipe and valve port. Water will come out after opening the valve in the counter-clockwise direction.

Simple type fire extinguisher: The hands hold top side of the fire extinguisher with thumbs on the open button. It will come out after you press the open button hard.

Dry powder fire extinguisher: The most common method for dry powder fire extinguisher is by pressure. Hold the fire extinguisher in a proper distance to the combustion source, make the fire extinguisher up-side-down for several times to loosen the dry powder, and then aim the nozzle at the strongest combustion point, get rid of the spur guard, and press the handle. The extinguishing agent will come out to put out the fire.

Plain water fire extinguisher: The slapping method is adopted. You should vertically place the plain water fire extinguisher stably, put off the protection cap, and slap the raised head in the top of the opening bar by hands. The water will come out from the nozzle.