Fire management

WHAT IS FIRE?

- What are the different types of Fire extinguisher? Make a table showing what
type of fire extinguisher, its component, and the type of fire it can extinguish.
- Research for one (1) news article about a fire incident that occurred in the
Philippines. Narrate how the fire started and the number of casualties it resulted
into.
 Type of fire it
TYPES OF FIRE Component
EXTINGUISHER can
extinguish

A mix of Class A fire- Ordinary

monoammonium combustibles such as
phosphate and wood, paper, cloth, etc.
ammonium sulfate.

Dry Chemical (ABC)

Contain only CO2 gas Class B fires- Fires
(carbon dioxide) in a caused by flammable
highly compressed materials such as
format. It will flammable liquids, gases,
evaporate without trace gasoline, alcohol, oil-
and suffocates fire by based paints, lacquers. It
removing the oxygen in is also used to extinguish
fire. electrical fires.

Carbon dioxide
 The chemicals used in Class A and B fires-
this foam type fire Ordinary combustibles
extinguisher are such as wood, paper,
sodium bicarbonate and cloth, flammable liquids,
aluminium sulphate. gases, gasoline, alcohol,
oil-based paints,
lacquers, and electrical
equipment.

Foam Fire Extinguisher

It contains bromine and It extinguishes fires
fluorine and one or two involving solid materials,
carbons liquid or liquefiable
solids, gases, and
electrical equipment.

Halon substitute Fire Extinguisher

 3 hurt, 780 families
become homeless in QC
fire
A normal scenery was changed into chaos when
a fire bring homes into ruin. A blaze that hurt
three people and left 780 families homeless. A
single fire took 390 houses and left nothing but
dust. The total damage cost by the blaze was
PHP 2.9 million. The blaze started at 11:13 pm
and was finally taken down at around 2:56 pm.
The authorities indicated that the fire was
caused by electrical service of a residence. The
so called “jumper” that causes a wire to explode
and start a fire. A jumper is an illegal electrical
connections that happens when a person
attaches their home’s circuit to the power grid
without the consent of service provider and it
has no meter.
Mendoza J.E. (2022) 3 hurt, 780 families become homeless in QC fire. INQUIRER.NET.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1660961/3-hurt-780-families-homeless-in-qc-fire