FIRE HAZARDS

FIRE HAZARDS
• Conditions that favor fire development
FIRE HAZARDS
• Conditions that favor fire development

FIRE
• a chain reaction, involving combustion
FIRE TRIANGLE
FIRE TRIANGLE
• starts and sustains fire
FIRE TRIANGLE
• starts and sustains fire

3 Basic Elements:
1. Fuel
2. Heat
3. Oxygen
THE FIRE TRIANGLE
FUEL - to vaporize and burn
- Oil, Gas, Wood

OXYGEN - to combine with fuel vapor

- Air

HEAT - to raise the temperature of the fuel

vapor to its ignition temperature
- Spark, Friction
 THE CHEMISTRY OF FIRE
Tetrahedron
 THE CHEMISTRY OF FIRE
Tetrahedron
• Chemical Chain Reaction – sustains the fire
 THE CHEMISTRY OF FIRE
Tetrahedron
• Chemical Chain Reaction – sustains the fire

*Combustion is the chemical reaction that feeds

a fire more heat and allows it to continue.
 Basic Characteristics of Fire

• Fire is fast
In just two minutes, a fire can become life-
threatening.

In five minutes, a residence can be engulfed in

flames.
 Fire is dark
Fire is hot

A massive fire engulfed a residential area in Barangay

Pasil, Cebu City last January.
 Basic Characteristics of Fire
• Fire is dark
Fire produces gases that make you disoriented
and drowsy. Instead of being awakened by a fire,
you may fall into a deeper sleep.

Asphyxiation is the leading cause of fire deaths,

exceeding burns by a three-to-one ratio
 Basic Characteristics of Fire

• Fire is hot
Heat and smoke from fire can be more
dangerous than the flames.

Inhaling the super hot air can sear your lungs.

The Classes of Fire
Types of Removing Fire
 Types of Removing Fire
1. Cooling – removal of heat
 Types of Removing Fire
1. Cooling – removal of heat
Water is the best cooling media
 Types of Removing Fire
1. Cooling – removal of heat
Water is the best cooling media

2. Smothering – reducing percentage of oxygen

 Types of Removing Fire
1. Cooling – removal of heat
Water is the best cooling media

2. Smothering – reducing percentage of oxygen

Cutting off the supply of oxygen (Blanketing)
 Types of Removing Fire
1. Cooling – removal of heat
Water is the best cooling media

2. Smothering – reducing percentage of oxygen

Cutting off the supply of oxygen (Blanketing)

3. Starvation – removal of fuel or removal of

combustible material near by
How to Protect Your Property
How to Protect Your Property
How to Protect Your Property