Fire Prevention

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FIRES
RECORDS
Most of the fires occurrences in the area
resulted in catastrophe, fatalities and
major property damage

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Objectives
Understand the combustion process and different
fire classes.
Understand basic firefighting concepts:
Understand basics of, how to use, Fire
Extinguisher on fires.

 R.A.C.E

 P.A.S.S

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FIRE
Three things must be present at the same time to produce fire.
1. Enough OXYGEN to sustain combustion.
2. Enough HEAT to reach ignition temperature.
3. Some FUEL or combustible material.

Together, they produce the CHEMICAL REACTION

that is ‘’ Fire’’.
Remember- Take away any of these things
and the fire will be extinguished.
Fire Prevention Safety, at its most basic, is based
upon the principle of keeping fuel sources and
ignition sources separate.
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 THE COMBUSTION
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PROCESS
THE FIRE TETRAHEDRON
PHYSICAL STATE

TEMPERATURE

AIN N
OX CH TIO
YG FUEL A C
EN RE

GASES SOLIDS
LIQUIDS
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THE FIRE
TRIANGLE

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FIRES ARE CAUSED BY

 SMOKING
 HOT WORKS

 CUMBUSTION

 TRASH ACCUMULATION

 GAS FIRED EQUIPMENTS

 CHEMICAL REACTIONS

 ELECTRICAL OVER LOAD

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CLASSES OF FIRE
Class ‘A’ Fuels Class ‘C’ Fuels
Wood
Electrical — Any
Cloth electrical item that
Paper is “plugged in”
Rubber
Many Plastics
Class ‘D’ Fuels
• Magnesium
Class ‘B’ Fuels • Gasoline
• Sodium
Flammable liquids • Oil

D
• Grease • Potassium
• Tar • Titanium
• Oil-based Paint • Zirconium
• Acetone • Other
• Flammable
Flammable Gases
Metals
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CLASSES OF FIRE
Class ‘K’ Fires
Fires involving
combustible vegetable
or animal non-
saturated cooking fats
in commercial cooking
equipment.

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CAUSES OF FIRE
Cigarettes Cutting Activities

Presence of Improper
Hazardous Housekeeping
material

Cables all around the

Welding offices /Room can be
Activities a major cause of fire
in offices.

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Methods of Extinguishing Fire

Cooling
Smothering
Starvation

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3 ways of Extinguishing Fire

Cooling:-
By reducing the temperature of the burning material, e.g. the application of
a jet or spray of water to the fire.

Smothering:-
If the oxygen content of the atmosphere in the immediate neighborhood of burning
material can be sufficiently reduced or cut off, combustion will cease.

Starvation:-
1. By removing combustible material from the neighborhood of the fire, such as the transfer
of fuel from the burning oil tank, closing the valve on the gas or fuel line.

2. By removing material on fire from the neighborhood of combustible material, e.g.

isolating the burning material from the one safe nearby.

3. To subdivide the burning material to small- sized isolated fires to break continuity .

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Summary of fire extinguisher

& color code

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RESPONSE

R
R Rescue

A
A Alarm

C
C Contain

E
E Extinguish
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