Before you begin to fight a small fire:
 | Make sure everyone has left, or is leaving, the building. |
| | Make sure the Fire Department has been called. |
Never fight a fire if even one of the following is true:
| | The fire is spreading fast or is already a large fire. |
| | The fire could block your escape route. |
| | You are untrained in the proper operation of the extinguisher. |
| | You don't know whether the extinguisher is designed for the type of fire at hand or is large enough to fight the fire. |
To fight a fire with an extinguisher in any one of these cases is reckless. Instead, leave immediately, close off the area, and leave the fire to the fire fighters.
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