2. What is a fire hazard?
•Conditions that favor fire development or growth
•Oxygen, fuel, andheat
•Fire hazards usually involve the mishandling of fuel
or heat
•Fire or combustion is a chemical reaction between
oxygen and a combustible fuel
•Source of ignition= Spark, flame and high
temperature areneeded
3. Fire Triangle
• The triangle illustratesthe
three elements a fire
needs to ignite: heat, fuel,
and anoxygen
• The fire extinguishes by
removing any one of the
elements in the fire
triangle
4. Source of
Fire Hazards
Types ofFires
• Class AFires
• Class B Fires
• Class CFires
• Class D Fires
• Class K Fires
10. Source of Fire Hazards
• Failure of electrical systems and equipment
• Lightning strikes
• Presence of a flammable gas or liquid
mixture
• Hotsurfaces; e.g: furnaces, chimneys
• Hot engines
• Heated surface
19. Fire Detection Devices
Smoke detectors
•require a flow of air in order to work well
Heat detectors
•detect fires where there is no smoke
activated by the significant increase of
temperature associated withfire
Flame detectors
• react to the movement of flames.
20.
21. DON’TS
•Thesmokeis extremely thick.
•Thefire is too hot for you to get closeenough to fight
it effectively.
•Thefire is greater than 3 feetacross.
•Thereare potentially hazardoussubstancesnearthe
fire.
•Y
oudo not havethe correct type of fire extinguisher
for the fireat hand.
•Y
oudo not know how to usethe fire extinguisher.
22. DO’s
• Callthe firedepartment.
• Beginevacuatingothers.
• Turnoff the gasvalve toprevent escalation
• Meet at thepreassignedmeeting place.
• Makesure that all persons havesafelyescaped.
• Whenthe fire department arrives, inform a
firefighter if anyoneis missing;do not reenter
the buildingyourself.
23. DO’s
• Regularly checkelectrical equipment
•Maintain proper firesafety
equipment
•Followcorrect stepsto put out fires
and evacuate the building
24. ACTIVITY
•Search for fire and emergency plan
symbols
•Draw a floor plan/blue print of your
home
•Make a fire escape plan for your home
with the help of the fire and emergency
plan symbols