BUILDING FIRE SAFETY

FEATURES
Presented by:
Oliver Hadap Vilog
Sharmayn Balagot Veneracion
Cherriebelle A. Atluna
John Carl Cortez
Compartmentation:
Compartmentalization is critical to fire comtainment
and successful evacuating. Fire doors must be kept
closed at all times. If fire doors are open during a fire,
fire and smoke can spread unchecked. Stairways will
act as chimneys and corridors will fill with smoke. If
the doors are kept closed, the fire can be contained and
the stairways and corridors will provide a protected
escape route. It is especially important that the doors
be kept closed at night when people are asleep and fire
detection and room evacuation are slower.
Exits:
Fire exits are clearly marked with an exit sign. Exit
signs with arrows indicate which way to go to an exit.
Each university building must have a sufficient
number of safe exit routes that are properly marked
with exit signs. These exit routes must remain free of
any obstacle, which could cause a reduction in the
number of persons safety utilizing the exit path.
Fire Alarm Systems:
Fire alarm systems provide a rapid means of notifying all
building occupants of a fire emergency. These must be kept in
operating condition at all times. Vandalism of these systems
may result in injury of loss of life during an actual fire
emergency.
Smoke detectors alert you while there’s still time to escape
from a fire. Learn their locations and be sensitive to avoidable
activation. Don’t hang things from them or cover them up.
Sprinkler Systems are provided in some areas of some
buildings. The sprinkler system provides fire suppression
water over the area where the fire starts.
Fire Extinguishers:
Fire Extinguishers are strategically located throughout
the university’s buildings. Fire extinguishers are only
to be used for incipient fires and if you have been
trained within the last year on their use. Extinguishers
are used on a voluntary basis only and when it is
certain that there is no personal rist to their user.