Fire Safety Training
Published Oct 17, 2002
When employees of a restaurant attended a fire-safety seminar, they watched a fire official demonstrate the proper way to operate an extinguisher. "Pull the pin like a hand grenade," he explained, "then depress the trigger to release the foam."
Later, an employee was selected to extinguish a controlled fire in the parking lot. In his nervousness, he forgot to pull the pin. The instructor hinted, "Like a hand grenade, remember?"
In a burst of confidence, he pulled the pin-and hurled the extinguisher at the blaze...
Originally published November 14, 2002.
