Would you extinguish fire at your workplace ?

[Blue Flying Leaf]

Kind of self explanatory. You can pick 2 options.

 

[YHWH's Strongest Soldier]

Bad day at work, OP?

 

[Blue Flying Leaf]

My lawyer advises me not to answer that question

 

[Justice Tony]

I’d expect hazard pay of some sort

 

[Male Idiot]

Yes, to a reasonable degree, until I am threatened physically. If its lost, get the fuck out. No wagie job is worth dying for.

At worst I bail, and say I did all I could. After all, in an office you are the most expensive to replace equipment in 95% of jobs.

This is why most US stores have a no fight back policy. 1500 dollars in the register are not worth the trouble of scraping you off the floor after Tyrone magdumps into you.

 

[We Are The Witches]

The law/policy does not force me to do so, I am not a firefighter/someone designated for that task.

The proper course of action is following the directions you're given for that scenario, which is in the evacuation procedure, which you'd have to review.

If you didn't review it, just use common sense, alert others, keep the calm, and get out. If the smoke is dense, you may put a wet cloth on your nose/mouth as well. I personally would not bother with any fire extinguisher unless there is literally no other choice in order to get out.

 

[break these cuffs]

Go into business for yourself. Onlyfans and chaturbate are always hiring.

 

[oldTireWater]

Of course. There's at least one hot chick in the building for me to try to impress.

 

[Checkerboard Hero]

Yes.

 

[PovertySprocket]

The commercial space i'm at had a used cooking oil bin parked 10 feet away from our back door. Those things can catch fire like rags soaked in linseed oil. The restaurant staff tried to put it out with a bucket of water and that shit blew up.

 

[Nicholas Gur]

Nah. We have an alarm system that detects fire and automatically alerts the local department. I'd just walk around and make sure everyone else isn't acting retarded and gets out safely. Then i'd probably go move my car.

 

[オプセック]

If you didn't review it, just use common sense, alert others, keep the calm, and get out. If the smoke is dense, you may put a wet cloth on your nose/mouth as well. I personally would not bother with any fire extinguisher unless there is literally no other choice in order to get out.

You were out to get some coffee, you turn around the last corner and into the staff room, fire extinguisher on the wall ahead of you and to your left there it is: the coffee machine, it's emitting just a slight plume of plasticy smoke, a little flame dancing along a seam, your buddy happens to enter through the door just by that fire extinguisher, you put on a stern expression and tell him:
"No, leave it, don't bother, it's too big already. Take that towel over there, quick water it in the sink and cover up, let's head for the exits!"

That's the vibe your post and pfp gave me there...

 

[Elf Supremacist]

Absolutely. Where I work it's expected of me and everyone in the plant to fight a fire until it becomes out of control/too dangerous. If no products get made I get paid a lot less per hour so we have a pretty good incentive as well. Plus its the right thing to do

 

[We Are The Witches]

You were out to get some coffee, you turn around the last corner and into the staff room, fire extinguisher on the wall ahead of you and to your left there it is: the coffee machine, it's emitting just a slight plume of plasticy smoke, a little flame dancing along a seam, your buddy happens to enter through the door just by that fire extinguisher, you put on a stern expression and tell him:
"No, leave it, don't bother, it's too big already. Take that towel over there, quick water it in the sink and cover up, let's head for the exits!"

That's the vibe your post and pfp gave me there...

I'm not supposed to use a fire extinguisher if I was not trained for it, so I'd follow the safety policies, but if they don't tell me nor train me to use a fire extinguisher, I'm not doing so.

If that worker wants to do it, I'm not stopping them if they deem it necessary.

The cherry on the top would be that this scenario is not considered critical afterwards, and even though I put out the small fire, the employer argues that I'm the one who should pay for the refill of the extinguisher, which is expensive.
Or a complaint for me using it without the sufficient training, therefore being negligent; this would not be logical to you, but I can see someone arguing this (and worse).

As said, I am following the directives (which in my case never included using a fire extinguisher), but I'm not doing extra just to get screwed afterwards.

 

[lIllllIiiiiLLLLiiiiIIIIll]

Fix the poll option that implies "Yes (I would extinguish the fire), the fire rises." Not clear if we're voting for or against fire.

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

no, i dont get paid enough to risk getting burned or injured in some way fighting a fire when that isnt my job. ill let the fire department take care of it.

 

[Blue Flying Leaf]

Fix the poll option that implies "Yes (I would extinguish the fire), the fire rises." Not clear if we're voting for or against fire.

 

[The Last Stand]

I’d expect hazard pay of some sort

You'll get a pizza party.

 

[sasazuka]

Obviously, it depends on the size of the fire but extinguishing a supermarket dumpster fire with an industrial fire extinguisher is a hell of a good time especially if you pretend that you're a Ghostbuster.

 

[Spud]

I'm not supposed to use a fire extinguisher if I was not trained for it,

It's one of the earliest things you get told in fire training and it's the simplest thing to use. PASS: Pull the pin, Aim the Hose, Squeeze the handle and Sweep the hose around. You are now trained to use a Fire Extinguisher.