Smoking can cause a fire
Careless handling of fire, including carelessness when smoking, is one of the most common causes of fires with the death of people.
In the modern world, people smoke everywhere: at home, on the street, at work, in entertainment clubs, etc. And it is not uncommon for smokers to throw burning matches and outstanding cigarette butts anywhere: past the urn, down from balconies and windows, onto lawns.
The results of the experiments showed that a cigarette can smolder for half an hour, and its temperature at this time is 310-320 ° C. The outstanding cigarette butts, thrown anywhere, will go out, but before that they can cause smoldering of the material on which they were thrown and a new source of smoldering for a time of 1-4 hours (depending on the properties of the material and the conditions of heat transfer) can turn into a fire.
Remember that:
- it is necessary to ensure that matches and cigarettes do not fall into the hands of children;
-even extinguished cigarettes should not be thrown into bins with papers and other combustible waste, as they can catch fire;
- you can't smoke in bed, especially if you have drunk alcohol – in this position it is very easy to fall asleep and not put out the cigarette in time, and clothes and furniture will light up from it;
-you can not use paper bags and boxes as an ashtray;
- you can not throw cigarette butts out of windows and balconies, into the lower flights of stairwells and into the elevator shaft;
- to prevent the source of ignition from entering the room, it is necessary to close the windows and doors of balconies when leaving the apartment.
To prevent a fire at the workplace or at home, it is necessary to observe the rules of fire safety when smoking.
If the first signs of a fire (burning smell, smoke) are detected, you should inform the fire department by calling "101" or "112" from a mobile phone. Before the arrival of fire departments, take all measures to evacuate people and start extinguishing the fire with primary fire extinguishing means (fire cranes, fire extinguishers, water), without forgetting about personal safety.
Remember! Carelessness when smoking can cost you your life!
Department of Emergency Situations of Karatal district