Fire extinguishers should ideally only be used by someone who has been trained to do so – and the following text does not count as training. Moreover, a fire extinguisher should only be activated once the fire alarm has been triggered and you have identified a safe evacuation route. Evacuate the building immediately if you still feel unsure about using a fire extinguisher or if doing so is clearly the safest option.
Nevertheless, the following technique can serve as a refresher for those who have undertaken training or if someone without training ever needs to use one in order to improve the chances that everyone escapes unharmed. The following four-step technique can be memorised more easily with the acronym PASS, to help you use a fire extinguisher: 1.Pull: Pull the pin to break the tamper seal. 2.Aim: Aim low, pointing the nozzle or hose at the base of the fire. (Do not touch the horn on a CO2 extinguisher since it becomes very cold and can damage skin. 3.Squeeze: Squeeze the handle to release the extinguishing agent. 4.Sweep: Sweep from side to side at the base of the fire – the fuel source – until the fire is extinguished.
Finhay was founded in 2017 by Huy Nghiem, a Vietnamese-Australian who quit his finance job in Australia. The startup operates a micro-investment platform for Millennials and has more than 2.7 million registered users in the country of almost 100 million people. It recommends multiple micro-financial products including saving, investment and insurance based on the customer’s personal information and risk assessment.
“Finhay is already emerging as the clear frontrunner in Vietnam’s booming investment space,” Jessica Huang Pouleur, partner at Openspace, said in the statement. “We believe a massive opportunity exists in Vietnam, which has an enterprising population hungry for the chance to invest smartly.”
“A large number of people are now looking for ways to start investing – often for the first time, and we are exploring different ways to enable them,” added Nghiem. “It’s such an important inflection point.”
Other rising fintech platforms in Vietnam include MoMo, which has raised money from the likes of Goldman Sachs, Warburg Pincus and Vietnam Investments Group, and Toss, the fintech superapp operated by South Korean billionaire Lee Seung-gun’s Viva Republica.
