do i get the fire extinguisher. is it a big fire can i put it out. >> it would cover the area the size of a table. anything bigger or high are than your head it's too big for you to put out with an extinguisher. wait until everybody is out. it's best to work in pairs. make sure you are the last one out of the room. do not lock it. avoid smoke and gases. cover your mouth and nose with a towel or sheet or dry cloth. if you have a jacket, if there is a flame on the way out put clothes on or wrap yourself in a blanket the layer of clothing will give you protection. have an emergency plan for earthquakes and fires. elevators, a safe place to be? always take it is stairs. when you go down the stairs hang on to the hand rails you will have people bump into you. pay attention to the floors, you have fourth floor, third floor, in case the lights go out you know you have 3 more floors. people think, i will go to the bottom until it stops. let's say you have 2 floors of parking you are under ground. sometimes it's a fire escap

here's someone showing us where she has her fire extinguisher. in this case it's outside the kitchen in a doorway that leads to a hallway and the fiesh extinguishers should be where you don't have to go through th place most likely to have a fir to get it. you don't want to have it in a sink because you have to get through the burning kitchen to get it. put it where you can retreat from the fire and put the fire out. by the way, you get a discount on most homeowners insurance if you have proper fire extinguishers if your house. you wonder what kind of food you'll need after an aert quaik but we're talking generally her that you need to be prepared to have enough food and water. >> don't plan on be doing a lot of cooking unless you're going to be cooking in the backyard. you don't want to be burning down the building or your neighborhood because you had a fire. >> so actually, one of the -- and we'll get there in a second one of the things i suggest is that the pro pain barbecues, which people use for their backyard barbecues , are actually a wond

one per floor for fire extinguishers. if you don't know how to use it we will talk about it in class number 2. you need a unification site. if you pick up the home phone and don't hear a dial tone, try again. make sure there is a land line hard wired to the -- not plugged in. if you can make a phone call you should call somewhere further away. if you have someone out of state that way they are not effected. who's okay, who's not, who has not called yet, that way you know who you are waiting for. after an earthquake or disaster if you know everyone in the family is safe you have no worries. if you work in the city and you live in the north bay, the bridge is down. make that phone call. your family is safe, you are safe. i can do more work helping the people in san francisco than trying to get back right away. your family knows you are okay and you could be rescuing the city. having a family plan. twice a year we say, change your batteries in your smoke detectors and replenish your supplies with new food. your spouses say w

by the end of the week you will be putting out a fire with a fire extinguisher.you don't want to learn out to house an extinguisher when they big fire is in front of you. when you turn off your natural gas and water. hazardous materials will be talked about next week. 35-40 percent of you. you will find out that all of you have hazardous material in your home. the third week is disaster medicine. you, going into a room spending 45 seconds on one person into 3 life saving techniques. by the fourth we we will teach you as search and rescuers how to keep yourself safe by identifying safe and none safe building to go into. sometimes objects are too heavy for you to liftoff of a body. we will teach you privying which will use anything you have, wood or cement blocks so you is see that people can lift heavy objects off of people. now, you have to have a plan. every program needs to have a plan. we can't say, here are your skills. class 6, after half an hour we will split you into teams of 10 people each. putting out the fires. you will

you here on r t our top story russian officials say the wildfires in the moscow region could be extinguished within the next few days firefighters are now working around the clock in blazes in some areas have been fully contained but a huge blanket of suffocating toxic smog from the fires is currently feared to be poisoning millions in central russia and moscow and nearby areas people have been trying to get away for some fresh air as the haze stings throats and eyes but traveling is not been easy smoke has grounded flights and visibility on the roads has been close to zero our team here has gone off reports from the scene of one wildfire close to moscow it's very hard to breathe in fact the ecological situation is still critical the small is very thick and visibility is really poor and as soon as i'm done with the report i'm going to put on this mask is the only way to feel at least a little bit comfortable since this is small and pollution is also worsened by the heat to say that it's not expected that this small group will dissolve in the view nearest future of the sea that it may only st

everything small villages where there are sixty people we have to send because with more fire extinguishing equipment it people from neighboring villages volunteer they simply don't have the resources to put a little love thy neighbor is a sentiment not lost on those giving their time and belongings to help people in need. even those who don't believe can perhaps take some solace but people like alexander a merino of there to look out for them jake agrees. to speed up the process of fighting across central russia prime minister vladimir putin has got behind the controls of an amphibious plane as soon as putin arrived in one of the country's worst affected areas he swapped his own personal plane for an emergency one where he acted as copilot. helped take water from one of the country's rivers and drop it onto the burning forests too fast were extinguished thanks to the joint efforts of putin and he's restless. here with r.t. from the russian capital much more coming your way later this hour including nuclear brinkmanship international nuclear watchdog says iran is taking the next step toward

local tv footage shows parts of a broken fuselage and firefighters trying to extinguish the fire. >>> the head of the u.s. pacific command says the u.s. military is bracing for more possible acts of provocation by north korea as the country seems to be preparing for a successor to its leader kim jong-il. in an interview with nhk in tokyo on tuesday, admiral robert willard suggested that the sinking of a south korean warship in the yellow sea in march this year is linked to the succession process for north's ailing leader. he noted that north korea created prov o kative acts in a similar way when kim jong-il took over power from his father kim il sung. >> now, the leader in north korea's in ill health and he's named his youngest son to be his successor. we believe that cheonan may have been an incident associated with that succession. >> he revealed that u.s. forces are on alert in the run-up to next month's meeting of top delegates of the north's ruling korean workers party. the meeting is widely seen as a move toward naming kim jong-il's third son as his successor. >>> a memorial ser

fires there are forty of them still burning and most in the moscow region they're very hard to extinguish.

eight hundred wildfires play cards of russia emergency crews are valid to work around the clock to extinguish the flames muscovites struggling to breathe and wearing face masks to present themselves from the toxic smoke. on the road to recovery the south ossetians are rebuilding their lives two years off to georgia's assault snuffed hundreds of casualties reducing the republic's capital. five day battle ended off the monstrous intervention force of the ocean troops back to the border. and what's in a name doesn't get that cold so major reforms from the country's law enforcement proposing changes from top of screening to me with a different title he wants militia to be replaced by police spotted efforts to reflect a new era of professionalism and honest. next although sporting news with roman. a welcome to us for an artsy coming to you from the russian capital for him in the studio for you today in plenty of action coming up in this edition but first our top stories in brief. as i'm in the meat russia wins gold in the women's four hundred meters and long jump while tyson gay finally gets the b

live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day russia is struggling to extinguish almost nine hundred wildfires raging around the country dozens of flights have been grounded in moscow all diverted due to a dense layer of thickening smoke people in the streets are wearing masks trying to protect themselves from the pollution which is the worst on record. is in the moscow region with more. moscow is covered with a thick blanket of toxic acrid small going to this very small village just outside the city caught fire a few days ago and its residents as well as some three hundred others in the moscow region have lost their homes in the city itself millions are now talking in the smoke which is carrying some very harmful gases like carbon monoxide its consistency in the air exceeds the norm. you see we use handkerchiefs to cover all noses there's new all the way. that's just who god is mercy and sends us rain. which i queue to read it we're really shocked water should be given out people can't breathe their eyes are itching. and that's exactly why we're wearing masks like this because it's

way it's six pm here in the russian capital and first this hour firefighters have succeeded in extinguishing almost all of the blazes in the moscow region one of the areas worst hit by the fatal flames this summer the damage caused to russia's budget by the record breaking heat wave is approaching four hundred million dollars argues country nazar of a has the latest update on the fire situation. it seems that the emergency ministry did report that all most of the country's fires have been played out specifically in the moscow region as you can see the weather is completely different to what we've gotten used to over the past few weeks it's actually quite cold people are wearing jumpers sweaters and the recent wind and rain according to the emergencies ministry helped a lot in extinguishing the fires and neutralizing a localizing all the existing fires in the moscow region but fires in other parts of the country are still ravaging the nation in central russia and of the most affected regions like the region overdesigned for example there forest fires are still ravaging the countryside thousan

parts of russia emergency crews around the clock to extinguish the flames. on the road to recovery. rebuilding two years after george bush left hundreds of casualties. to groups. president. a major reform of the country's law enforcement changes from screening different types of. life. welcome to the program well almost nine hundred wildfires raging across russia with. dozens of flights have been able to take off poor visibility with many others diverted to alternative destinations facemasks are being warned all over the capital struggle with the haze. moscow is covered with a thick blanket of toxic acrid small going to this very small village just outside the city caught fire a few days ago and its residents as well as some three hundred others in the moscow region have lost their homes in the city itself millions are now talking in the smoke which is carrying some very harmful gases like carbon monoxide its consistency in the air exceeds the norm by about five times what we've seen. you see we use handkerchiefs to uncover all noses there's new all the way. that's just who god is m

program that has studied the disposition it's a lot for most of these two months we have been busy extinguishing forest fires manmade fires that erupted in various places and as the military on the march see we were working at a program into the bargain we have it. last but not least mr minister is there any chance of the country declaring itself bankrupt because of course the expenses are growing and the incomes are lowering so the country is struggling financially quite badly is there any chance of bankruptcy. we've been living under such circumstances for many years but as you can see we haven't gone bankrupt that would be going to extremes but city is the mother of invention we will think of something but we are not going to be bankrupt we have enough resources we simply need to concentrate them for a start we need to stop the flow of profits to individual pockets inside the country and to foreign accounts that's going to be the first injection to reanimate us. according to polls are fifty percent of the country's people say that the biggest problem they believe this country to be plagued by

do you have the tools and skills to extinguish a major fire? no, you don't. notify the erd, evacuate -- assist the fire department if we get there, but don't become a victim. smell of gas. what can you do as nerts? turn off the gas. and what are the 3 situations when you want to shut the gas off? smell the gas, something -- oh, yeah, wheels are spinning and major building collapse. muni -- overhead muni wire, flopping around. what can you did as nerts? always assume all electricity is live and hot. so what can you do as nerts? cordon off the area, tell people to stay back. small fires reported in the rear of a building, what can you do as nerts? if it's still burning that small fire is now a very large fire. so all you can do is really notify the erd, evacuate the area, assist the fire department. five buildings have suffered heavy damage -- heavy damage, kind of a clue there. three of the buildings have collapsed. what can you do as nerts? not quite nothing. would you go in to search a heavily damaged building? no. you will -- very good, notify erd, if there

extinguished within the next few days.working around the clock in blazes in some areas have been fully contained a huge blanket of suffocating toxic small from the fires is currently fit to be poisoning millions in central russia here in moscow and nearby areas people have been trying to get away for some fresh air as the haze stings eyes and throats but it's not been easy traveling the smoke has disrupted flights and visibility on the road has been close to zero going to pronounce it the epicenter of the crisis the burning peat bogs in the moscow region. it's very hard to breathe in fact the ecological situation is still critical the small is very thick and visibility is poor and as soon as i'm done with the report i'm going to put on this mask the only way to feel at least a little bit comfortable since of this the small and pollution is also worsened by the heat say that it's not expected that this small group will dissolve in the view nearest future they say that it may only start dissolving by sometime in the middle o

small villages where there are safety people we have to send because with water food and fire extinguishing equipment people from neighboring villages volunteer they simply do not have the resources to love thy neighbor is a sentiment not lost on those giving their time and belongings to help people in need. but even those who don't believe can perhaps take some solace but people are going to extend a marina there to look out for them jake agrees to see. telep speed up the process of fire fighting across central russia even prime minister vladimir putin got behind the controls of an aircraft as soon as putin arrived in one of the country's worst affected areas he swapped his own plane for an emergency one where he acted as copilot the premier helped take water from one of the country's rivers and drop it into the burning forest two fires were extinguished thanks to the joint efforts of the rescuers. and as russia battles with the immediate problem of putting out the flames the long term effects of the disaster are unclear but. from russia's main weather forecast center says this summer's bl

from moscow words four thirty pm the headlines gone with the wind most of the fires have been extinguished in the moscow region but the battle is in full swing in other parts of the contrie despite a dramatic drop in temperatures a record breaking heat wave earlier this month sparked thousands of wildfires which killed dozens of people and covered the capital in a blanket of toxic smog. all talk and no action the nicaraguan president says washington's promises of change are falling flat criticizing the government for what he calls an aggressive policy and constant meddling he claims latin america is ready to face and resist such interventions and calls on his counterparts to stand up to the u.s. . and punch to stardom as the u.s. and braces new cultural symbols in the face of outrageous reality stars some americans fear it's trashing the contras image abroad the latest craze is a pint sized girl known as snooki part of a controversial show for trying to tell you know americans vacationing on the jersey shore. and now that exclusive interview with the nicaraguan president daniel ortega he s

water from one of the country's rivers the and drop it into the burning forests two fires were extinguished thanks to the joint efforts of putin and rescuers. and as russia battles with the immediate problem of putting out the farmers the long term effects of the disaster are unclear but verdun result of junk from russia's main weather forecast center says this summer's blazes will affect the country's ecology for years to come. it's just that the threat and the consequences are really disastrous because many wards are burned down it will take a lot of time to make up for it which can be planted within one season if enough time and money is allocated yes they can be planted but it will take time for them to grow it will take several decades to make up for this loss we've lost the longs of the moscow region i mean the woods contributing to air purification and oxygen production we've lost these longs which is a considerable blow against the environment of the metropolis and of the whole of the european part of russia another point is that quite a number of heavy particles have been added to

because of all of the direct costs like the experience of extinguish the fires because the emergency ministry has insurance costs are likely disfigure will be no more than several tens of billions of rubles but if you keep in mind that real budget is trillions of these expenses are just a drop in the oceans. and it's not just fires devastating the country russia is experiencing its worst drought in centuries due to high temperatures officials are expecting to harvest only two thirds of last year's amount of grain barley used by farmers as animal feed has already doubled in price care ward senior global economist at h.s.b.c. says the cost of meat and poultry globally could go up as well. well in the market is a very concerned about but possibility because obviously in two thousand and seven two thousand and eight we saw a commodity price spike of course a whole range of foodstuffs had a huge impact on global inflation and actually in some emerging markets it led to quite considerable social unrest we do however think things are different this year and therefore we're more relaxed abou

fires there are forty of them still burning and most in the moscow region they're very hard to extinguish and once it's when the fire goes deep on the ground and when you put out put it out in one area it pops up somewhere else and it's really hard to handle until temperatures really drop and the peak gets a little bit damp but even the most optimistic weather forecasts are not saying that temperatures will remain this high for yet another four days at least what more than one hundred sixty thousand people are now going out of their way to put out those fires across wash out the emergency ministry also said that now firefighters are working twenty four seven to do that also where she's getting a helping hand from abroad some countries are sending in people others like bulgaria others are sending in equipment planes and helicopters like italy did like ukraine did. this help because the territory is huge and the fires are raging. there reporting from the muscular ridge well south of such here is remembering the victims of the two thousand and eight war with georgia hundreds were killed when

that the russian government are doing all within their power to make sure that these fires can be extinguished as quickly as possible. but the heat still here and the forecast. there for the threat of new fires persists the mob boss of signed a decree today announcing the emergency situation in a number of regions of our country which are hardest hit by the fires which is which in this but much will depend on our actions in the city it's difficult to stay in the city it's stuffy and very hot and people want to escape to the countryside that's where we should be very careful and cautious so i must remember that one dropped match could result is exhausted and the brits the government understands its unconditional responsibility a main task today is to help the victims get back to their normal lives as soon as possible. well more than a quarter of merely a quarter of a million of people have been involved in the effort to try and extinguish these fires that's including the fire brigade the military as well as volunteers who have stepped in and it's very important that they try and do their best t

our top story russian officials say wildfires in the moscow region could be extinguished within the next few days firefighters are working around the clock to battle blazes in some of the areas that have now been fully contained a huge blanket of suffocating toxic smog from the fires as currently feared to be poisoning millions in central russia in moscow a nearby areas people have been trying to get away for fresh air as the haze stings ice and roads but it's not easy being traveling smoke has disrupted flights and visibility on the roads has been close to zero in places where he. has more from the scene of a wildfire close to moscow. it's very hard to breathe in fact the ecological situation is still critical the small is very thick and visibility is poor and as soon as i'm done with the report i'm going to put on this mask is the only way to feel at least a little bit comfortable since this the small and pollution is also worsened by the heat to say that it's not expected that this small will dissolve in the view nearest future they say that it may only start dissolving by sometime in

those regions contaminated by the nine hundred eighty six chernobyl nuclear disaster have been extinguished by now as they have been concerns that they could spread rage or acts of particles further and russian authorities right now are saying that the radio active level in those regions is normal meanwhile in regions like this one there are still burning the small is still very very thick it's very difficult to breathe here and doctors are saying that standing here in this forest for just one hour is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes they're also saying that immune systems of many people have gone down during this period of fires of course those with lung diseases and heart diseases have suffered the most meanwhile the weather forecasts are not very optimistic even though where you saw heavy rainfall early morning on friday it seemed that for the shower it was very isolated and just as we left the capital on our way here the showers have stopped they did clear the air in moscow however but they didn't help to fight the fires outside the city experts are saying that this heat th

some of you with you know it's just my brother so i would prefer and called my husband extinguishes the shovel or drops water when we're moving from place to place and helping with the carrying. the team stays in the forest until dawn but while most of the rest at home alexandra burke his regular shoot at the drive in cinema and the following morning he will give the movement to use who will again toil and sweat to save for. example archy. while the relentless heat wave and drought has destroyed a quarter of russia's growing crops as a result the government is pledging to spend more than a billion dollars to help producers it's also imposed a ban on wheat exports to avoid a surge in domestic grain prices though international trade is expected to resume in october there still going a spike in global wheat prices president medvedev has told key ministers and governors that coding food costs remains a key responsibility for the government and the regional authorities meanwhile financial analyst chris mayer says it's too early to predict if we're facing a global food crisis but says the sho

everything in small villages where there are sixty people we have to send because with water and fire extinguishing equipment people from neighboring villages volunteer they simply do have the resources to put a little love thy neighbor is a sentiment not lost on those giving their time and belongings to help people in need. even those who don't believe can perhaps take some solace but people like alexander a marine are there to look out for them. normal weather conditions are now joined by dr fred goldberg a climate analyst from the role of technology in stockholm thanks very much indeed dr goldberg for joining us as you can imagine it's pretty grim for us here in moscow and plenty of other parts of russia and not only are we concerned about the effects of these fires but also really perplexed why this country should be experiencing such abnormal heat this summer what's your reasoning. very heavy high pressure. positions. in two thousand three. hundred pressure pushed up a lot of hot air from. creating the loss of many lives and. quickly i know you're talking about high pressure and various reason