Kitchen FiresThe commonest cause of house fires, and what to do — and never do.KitchenEducational reference. If in any doubt, leave and call the fire service.1Turn off the heatIf it is safe to reach the control.2Do not move the panCarrying a burning pan is how people are seriously injured.3Smother itA fire blanket, or a lid. Cut off the oxygen.4Leave it to coolDo not lift the lid. It can reignite.5If it is not immediately controlled, leaveClose the door, get everyone out, call the fire service.NEVERNever water on oil or fatNever move a burning panNever open an oven that is on fire — starve it of airEducational reference. Keep a fire blanket within reach of the hob, andtest smoke alarms weekly.Kitchen Fireslearnposters.com
Kitchen Fires — printable food wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Kitchen Fires, step by step

Educational reference. If in any doubt, leave and call the fire service.

  1. Turn off the heatIf it is safe to reach the control.
  2. Do not move the panCarrying a burning pan is how people are seriously injured.
  3. Smother itA fire blanket, or a lid. Cut off the oxygen.
  4. Leave it to coolDo not lift the lid. It can reignite.
  5. If it is not immediately controlled, leaveClose the door, get everyone out, call the fire service.

Never

  • Never water on oil or fat
  • Never move a burning pan
  • Never open an oven that is on fire — starve it of air

Educational reference. Keep a fire blanket within reach of the hob, and test smoke alarms weekly.

Questions about the Kitchen Fires poster

What’s on the Kitchen Fires poster?
5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Educational reference. If in any doubt, leave and call the fire service. Turn off the heat — If it is safe to reach the control.; Do not move the pan — Carrying a burning pan is how people are seriously injured.; Smother it — A fire blanket, or a lid. Cut off the oxygen.; Leave it to cool — Do not lift the lid. It can reignite.; If it is not immediately controlled, leave — Close the door, get everyone out, call t…. Educational reference. Keep a fire blanket within reach of the hob, and test smoke alarms weekly.
Who is the Kitchen Fires poster for?
Kitchen Fires belongs to the Kitchen section rather than to a school year, because food is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning food safety can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Kitchen Fires poster?
Never put water on a fat fire. It erupts instantly into a fireball. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Kitchen Fires belongs on the wall where that food work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Kitchen Fires?
Barbecue Safety, Preserving Safely and Cleaning sit alongside Kitchen Fires in the Kitchen section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Barbecue SafetyPreserving SafelyCleaning
Is the Kitchen Fires poster free to download and print?
Yes. Kitchen Fires downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kitchen section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Kitchen Fires poster print at?
Kitchen Fires is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Kitchen Fires loses nothing.Printing guide

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