Fire Fighting

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Fire protection and

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Arson Investigation
Fire Fighting
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Fire fighting
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is an activity intended to save lives and property.

It is one of the most important emergency
services in a community.
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• battle fires that break out in homes, factories,

office buildings, shops, and other places.
• They risk their lives to save people and
protect property from fires.
FACTOR AFFECTING FIRE
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PROTECTION AND CONTROL
Fire protection and control is affected by the
accumulation of fire hazards a building or area.
Fire hazard
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-is any condition or act that increases or may cause

increase in the probability that fire will occur or
which may obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with
fire-fighting operations and the safeguarding of life
and property.
CONDITION
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1. Existence of dangerous or unlawful amount of
combustible or explosives in the building not
designed to store such materials.
2. Defective or improperly installed facilities/
equipment.
3. Lack of adequate exit facilities.
4. Obstruction
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opening for fire fighters.
5. Dangerous accumulation of rubbish waste and
other highly combustible materials.
6. Accumulation of dust in ventilation system or of
grease in the kitchen.
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7. Building under repair.
8. Very old building or building is primarily made of
combustible materials.
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Fire fighting operations refers to fire

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suppression activities. In general the

following procedures should be observed:
1. PRE-FIRE
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developing and defining systematic course of
actions that maybe performed in order to realize
the objectives of fire protection: involves the
process of establishing the SOP in case fire breaks
out.
2. EVALUATION – SIZE – UP (on-the-spot
planning or sizing-up the situation) - this is the
process knowing the emergency situation. It
involves mental evaluation by the operation
officer-in-charge to determine the appropriate
course of action that provides the highest
probability of success.

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situation:
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a. Learn the facts of the situation – by answering the 5 Ws – 1H

b. Understand the probabilities of fatal behavior of fire

c. Know your own situation or capabilities – weaknesses and

strengths: available manpower and equipment

d. Determine the specific course of action – entry or rescue

3. EVACUATION – amet,
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transferring people, livestock, and property
away from the burning area to minimize
damage or destruction that the fire might incur
in case it propagates to other adjacent
buildings.

4. ENTRY – This is the process of accessing the
burning structure. Entry maybe done in a forcible
manner. Purposes of conducting forcible entry:
a. To provide access for fire fighters with equipment
for fire extinguishments
b. To provide rescue
c. To aid in ventilation

5. RESCUE- thisdolor
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(extricating), thus saving, people and other livestock from the
burning building and other involved properties, conveying
them to a secure place
6. EXPOSURE- also called cover exposure, this is the
activity of securing other buildings near the burning structure
in order to prevent the fire from the extending to another
building.

7. CONFINEMENT- this is the activity of restricting
the fire at the place (room) where it started: the
process of preventing fire from extending from
another section or from one section to another section
of the involved building.

8. VENTILLATION- This is the operation purposely
conducted to displace toxic gases. It includes the
process of displacing the heated atmosphere within
the involved building with normal air from outside
atmosphere.

a. Vertical ventilation- generally means opening of the roof
openings
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smoke to escape to the atmosphere.
b. Horizontal ventilation- is the venting of the smoke and
gases through wall openings such as windows and doors.
c. Force ventilation- is accomplished with the use of an
instrument such as fans or blower. The applied principle in
this practice is to move out or reduce the volume of air or
smoke.
SALVAGE- The activity of protecting the
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The steps are:
a. Remove the material outside the burning area,
and
b. Protecting or cover the materials by using
tarpaulins (cotton canvass treated with water
proofing).

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putting out the main body of fire by using the 4
general methods of fire extinguishments.

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check of the structure and all materials therein to
eliminate conditions that may cause re-flash; involves
complete extinguishments of sparks or smoldering
(glowing) substances (embers) to prevent
possibilities. Of re-ignition or rekindling.

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INVESTIGATION- this is theeli
final stage of fire suppression activities. It is an
inquiry conducted to know or determine the origin
and cause of fire.

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Fire protection and

is an activity intended to save lives and property.

Fire fighters labore et dolore magna

• battle fires that break out in homes, factories,

-is any condition or act that increases or may cause

Fire fighting operations refers to fire

suppression activities. In general the

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