Towels help fire escape

Towels are our most common household items. What can it do? Wiping your hands, wiping your face, removing sweat and decontaminating, in addition to this, everyone seems to think of where there is a towel. To remind everyone, don’t underestimate this towel that seems to have only a clean function. In the event of a fire, the inconspicuous little towel can even function as a gas mask.
what is the reason? Why is the towel so magical? The secret is that the towel has a smoke removal effect. From the Xiuzhou Fire Squadron Rescue Team, it was learned that most of the fires caused the casualties because of the inhalation of a large amount of smoke during the escape process. It can be seen that in the fire escape, anti-smoking and anti-virus is a key.
Instructor Tang Yongliang of Xiuzhou Fire Squadron introduced us to the fact that the gas mask is mainly composed of filter elements, cover, eye window, exhalation call device, and headband. The filter element in the gas mask is the most loyal and important guardian on the gas mask, and efficiently removes harmful aerosol particles into the fire scene. Towels can also filter carbon monoxide in the air because of its strong ability to remove smoke, reducing damage to the human respiratory tract. Therefore, when the citizens take refuge in the fire smoke, they can use a towel to cover their mouths and noses, strive for escape time, and find a safe exit and quickly rush out of the fire. Use gas or liquefied petroleum gas at home to boil water and cook. If you have a soaked towel, keep it on the side. If the gas pipe or liquefied petroleum gas nozzle leaks, use a wet towel to blow up, and then quickly close the valve. You can avoid a possible fire.
It is reported that the more the number of folded layers of towels, the better the effect of removing smoke. When a fire occurs, it is limited to 8 layers. At this time, the smoke removal rate is about 60%. Moreover, the smoke removal rate increases with time, and after using the 20% off towel for 3 to 4 minutes, the smoke removal rate is 100%. With different humidity towels, the smoke removal rate varies. The higher the water content, the higher the smoke removal rate and the increase of the air resistance. 10%-30% carbon monoxide can be filtered out with a dry towel of 8 fold, and 10%-40% of the wet towel can be filtered by 8 fold. The carbon monoxide, when the water content reaches 3.3 times that of the towel, the gas permeability resistance increases, and the patient’s endurance time is about 1 minute and 20 seconds. It is also necessary to remind the public that the number of folded layers should be increased as much as possible for towels that are not dense. At the same time, it is more conducive to self-help to cover your mouth and nose and make the protection area larger. You can’t take the towel off the mouth and nose for a moment in the smoke, even if you only take a breath, it will make breathing difficult.
The instructor of Xiuzhou Fire Squadron told us that the magical effect of towels is not only those mentioned above. In the event of a family fire, towels are invisible fire-fighting equipment in the public. Towels that often deal with us, in the end, what other uses, and quickly shine out:
Magical use1, “simple fire extinguisher”, when the liquefied gas cylinder mouth, rubber hose, stove or gas pipe leaks out of control, you can cover the fire part with the wet towel, then close the valve, you can save the risk, in case of small area fire, use wet Cover the flame with a towel and suffocate.
Magical use 2, “sealing strip”, when there is no way to escape in the fire, if there is a refuge room to avoid the threat of smoke, to prevent high-temperature fireworks from entering the room through the door or window seam or other holes, you can use a wet towel or bed sheets to block the gap or hole And continue to sprinkle water to the doors, windows, and coverings of the fireworks to cool down, in order to extend the time that the doors and windows are burned through.
Magical use 3, “rescue signal”, when the high-rise buildings are on fire, the people trapped in the fire field wave brightly colored towels in the window, as a distress signal, can attract the attention of rescuers. In order to get the rescue from firefighters.
Magical use 4, “protective layer”, when carrying hot liquefied gas cylinders and other objects in the fire, in order to avoid burns, you can put a wet towel on the handle; when the rope is self-rescued, in order to prevent the friction of the rope during the sliding process, the palm is burned. Wrap a wet towel on your palm to be safe.