A nurse discovers a small fire in a client's room. Place the following actions in the correct order.

The RACE acronym guides fire response: Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish/Evacuate. First, remove the client from immediate danger. Then activate the fire alarm to alert others. Closing the door contains the fire and smoke. Using the fire extinguisher is appropriate only if the fire is small and safe to fight. Evacuating adjacent clients may be needed if the fire cannot be contained. This sequence prioritizes client safety, alerts the facility, and limits fire spread.

Use the client-specific assessment findings and timing in the scenario rather than a memorized diagnosis label.

Connect the relevant cues to the safest nursing interpretation and action for this exact care setting.

The distractors are plausible in another context but are unsupported, mistimed, lower priority, or incomplete for the findings presented.

Address immediate threats first, stay within nursing scope, and reassess the client after the selected intervention.

For hospital fire response, select responses that are both clinically supported and appropriate at this point in care.

• RACE — An acronym for fire response: Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish/Evacuate.
• Priority assessment — Focused assessment used to identify the most urgent client need.
• Safety intervention — A nursing action selected to reduce immediate preventable harm.