FIRE HAZARDS

Prepared by: Clint Meynard A. Lara, PTRP

GAME TIME!
HIGHER or LOWER
 HOW MANY FIRE
INCIDENTS WERE
RECORDED FOR 2013
NATIONWIDE?
12,301 incidents
 HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED
FROM FIRE INCIDENTS FOR
2013 IN NCR?
58 people
 HOW MANY FIRE
INCIDENTS WERE CAUSED
BY CIGARETTE BUTTS FOR
2012 NATIONWIDE?
581 incidents
 HOW MANY FIRE
INCIDENTS WERE CAUSED
BY CIGARETTE BUTTS FOR
2013 NATIONWIDE?
736 incidents
 HOW MANY FIRE
INCIDENTS WERE CAUSED
BY FAULTY ELECTRICAL
WIRING/CONNECTIONS FOR
2012 NATIONWIDE?
2,861 incidents
 HOW MANY FIRE
INCIDENTS WERE CAUSED
BY FAULTY ELECTRICAL
WIRING/CONNECTIONS FOR
2013 NATIONWIDE?
3,532 incidents
 HOW MANY FIRE
INCIDENTS WERE CAUSED
BY NEGLECTED
ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES/DEVICES FOR
2013 NATIONWIDE?
408 incidents
TODAY…
• As of March 2018, 1,758 fire • The top three causes of
incidents were recorded as of fire (BFP):
the data of BFP
– 108 injured people – Electrical connections
– 22 deaths – Lit cigarette butts
– 1B damage in property
– Open flames from
unattended stoves
• Metro Manila
– 525 fire incidents
– 9 died
– 36 injured
FIRE PREVENTION MONTH
• Presidential Proclamation No. 115-A,
1966
• Month of March
• It is considered as the hottest month of
the year which most fires occur d/t
elevated temperature
FIRE
• It is the rapid oxidation of
material in the exothermic
chemical process of
combustion, releasing heat,
light and various reaction
products
THE INGREDIENTS OF FIRE
• Heat
• Fuel
• Oxidizing agent
• Uninhibited chemical
chain reaction
HEAT
• Energy that flow from an object of high
temperature to an object of low temperature
• Heat transfer
– Conduction
– Convection
– Radiation
HEAT TRANSFER
FUEL
• Pyrolysis
– Chemical decomposition of solid fuels to gas fuel

• Vaporization
– Production of fuel gases from liquid fuels.

• Gaseous fuels ignite and burn readily

OXIDIZING AGENT
• Element or a compound which releases oxygen or other oxidizers
during a chemical reaction.
• Oxygen
• The intensity of burning fire is proportional to the concentration of
oxygen
• Other oxidizing agents:
– Bromates – Nitrates
– Bromine – Nitric acid
– Chlorates – Nitrites
– Chlorine – Perchlorates
– Fluorine – Peroxides
– Iodine – Permanganates
Deprivation of one of the main elements
=
NO FIRE
PROS OF FIRE
• Pros
– It gives warmth
– It is used for cooking
food
– It is used in many
industrial processes
– It is used as a light
source
CONS OF FIRE
• Cons
– It causes injury or
even death
– It destroys important
materials
– It burns down
houses or forests
STAGES OF FIRE
• Ignition stage
• Growth stage
• Full-development stage
• Decay stage
STAGES OF FIRE
• Ignition stage
– Incipient
– Combination of all
four requirements
– Fire is very small
– Controllable
– Crucial stage
STAGES OF FIRE
• Growth stage
– Shortest
– More surfaces are
ignited by means of
convection and
radiation
– Rollover may occur
– Flashover
STAGES OF FIRE
• Fully-developed stage
– Fire consumed almost
all of the combustible
materials
– Oxygen is being
consumed rapidly and
maximum
temperatures are
reached
STAGES OF FIRE
• Decay stage
– Longest stage
– Significant decrease
of oxygen and fuel
– Smoldering fire
– Backdraft
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