FireStatPH visualization of Philippine fire incidents by year

CITATION: J. J. S. Oñate, (2022), Visualization and Geo-Mapping of Philippine Fire Incidents, Journal of Engineering and Emerging Technologies
Vol. 1 No. 1
 FireStatPH visualization of Philippine fire incident for the year 2016
CITATION: J. J. S. Oñate, (2022), Visualization and Geo-Mapping of Philippine Fire Incidents, Journal of Engineering and Emerging Technologies
Vol. 1 No. 1
 Quezon City took the
spot to have a thousand
plus recorded fire
incidents. The highest
fire incidents from 2012-
to 2016 were
recorded in Quezon
City, with 865 889, 1026,
1023, and 1246 fire
incidents. It also shows
that from 2012 to 2016,
almost all high recorded
fire incidents were in
highly urbanized cities
such as Metro Manila,
FireStatPH visualization of top 10 Philippine fire incidents for the year 2016 Cebu City, Bacolod City,
etc.
CITATION: J. J. S. Oñate, (2022), Visualization and Geo-Mapping of Philippine Fire Incidents, Journal of Engineering and Emerging Technologies
Vol. 1 No. 1
 FIRE HAZARD
CSSCI02: EARTH AND DISASTER READINESS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1 2 3

Identify the Recognize the

importance of
Apply basic
respond
elements of actively procedure during
fire triangle participating on
the fire safety
a fire incident
in different through a quick-
drill held in the
demonstration.
situation. school
community.
 What is Fire?
It is a part of a very rapid, and
usually persistent chemical
reaction called oxidation, a
familiar process which involves
the combination of oxygen
and another substance at a
very high temperature.
General kinds of Fire
Wildfire destroys 1,000 hectares of Benguet forest
(February 25, 2020)
The Philippine Star-
Thousand hectares of
pine forest have been
destroyed in an ongoing
wildfire near Mount
Pulag in Benguet.

The fire started last

Tuesday in the jungles
straddling the towns of
Kabayan and Bokod.
General kinds of Fire
8 dead in aircraft fire at NAIA
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 29,
2020) — Eight people on a medical
evacuation mission to Tokyo, Japan are
dead after the Agusta WW24 aircraft they
were on caught fire Sunday, 8 p.m. at the
Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

An initial statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the aircraft
reportedly encountered a technical problem while rolling for takeoff on Runway 06/24. The
MIAA said the accident happened at the end of the runway as the aircraft was taking off.
3 Air Force personnel killed after car
catches fire along EDSA

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 18) — Three

personnel of the Philippine Air Force died after their car hit
concrete barriers along the southbound lane of EDSA Santolan
in Cubao, Quezon City then caught fire early Friday morning.
Short-circuit caused NCCC mall fire — BFP (January 6, 2018)
The Philippine Star — The Anti-Arson Task
Force has ruled out arson as the cause of the
NCCC Mall fire that killed at least 38 call center
workers last month.

Investigators said the fire started from a short-

circuit in the ceiling between the fabric and
furniture sections of the mall’s third level.

They also ruled that the mall management failed

to comply with the Bureau of Fire Protection
requirement to install an automatic fire
suppression system in the building after it was
found that no sprinkler functioned when the
incident happened.
Philippine factory fire: Many dead in Manila- (14 May 2015)
The Mayor of the Valenzuela suburb Rex
Gatchalian said the government was "still
At least 45 people are now praying and hoping that the 26, some of
known to have died in a fire at a them, must have gotten out earlier in the The fire was reportedly started
rubber shoe factory in a suburb morning and had gone to relatives" when sparks from welding
of the Philippine capital Manila, without telling officials they were safe. work ignited flammable
local officials say. chemicals near the building's
entrance.
General kinds of Fire
Fire breaks out in Binondo - (April 16, 2020)

The Philippine Star — At least 40

families were left homeless when a fire
struck a residential area in Binondo, Manila
yesterday.
The fire broke out at a two-story residential
building before spreading to 20 houses
along Valderama street, according to the
Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).
The BFP said an unattended lighted
candle caused the fire.
Around 500 families affected by Tondo fire - (April 18, 2020)

The Philippine Star — While the cause of

An estimated 450 to 500
the fire has yet to be
families, according to the
Bureau of Fire Protection, determined, an
have been displaced by a overheated electric
Saturday morning blaze that fan is suspected to
razed through a residential be the origin based
area in Happyland, a slum in on initial information.
Tondo, Manila.
5 trapped children killed in Tondo fire-(August 28, 2018)
The Philippine Star — Five siblings
died from suffocation while another
was injured after they were trapped
inside their house at the height of a
fire in Tondo, Manila yesterday
morning.

Another boy, Mike, 9, managed to jump

from the burning house and survived
with minor injuries. Mike told arson
probers that one of his siblings was
playing with a lighter. He said their
parents left them inside the padlocked
room because both of them were
working.
 Fire Tetrahedron

Essential Elements of Fire

 What is HEAT?
• Heat is energy that
flows from an object of
high temperature to an
object of low
temperature.
• Flashpoint - lowest
temperature material
produces sufficient
vapors to burn
 What is FUEL?
• It is any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance that can be
burned.
• Pyrolysis is the chemical decomposition of solid fuels
which produces gas fuel through the application of heat.
• Vaporization is the production of fuel gases from liquid
fuels.
 What is OXIDATION?
It is a chemical process where there is a loss of
electrons. Oxidation happen ordinary like rusting of
iron or metabolism of food in our bodies.

• An oxidizing agent is an element or a compound

which releases oxygen or other oxidizers during a
chemical reaction.
• Burning could actually occur in the absence of
oxygen as long other oxidizing agents are
present.
• Examples of other oxidizing agents are bromates,
bromine, chlorates, chlorine, fluorine, iodine,
nitrates, nitric acid, nitrites, perchlorates,
peroxides, and permanganates.
What is an UNINHABITABLE CHEMICAL
CHAIN REACTION ?
• Combustion or burning—an exothermic reaction —
becomes self-sustained because the heat given
during combustion is used again to heat the fuel and
maintain the burning.
• The initial ignition source is no longer necessary and
the fire continues unless it becomes deprived of one
of the main elements.
 Ordinary Live Electrical
Combustibles Flammable
Equipment
Materials Materials

Class A Class B Class C

Classes of
Fire
Commercial
Combustible
Cooking
Metals
Equipment

Class D Class K
 BUREAU OF FIRE
PROTECTION (BFP)
Fire Alert Levels
 Fire Safety Precautions What to do Before
• Adherence to safety standards based on the provision
of the Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008 (RA 9514).
• Install fire safety features at home and in workplace.
Check them regularly. Always keep a fire safety kit.
• Inspect your house to be sure that is free from fire
hazard.
• Develop an escape plan for the different areas at
home or office.
• Participate in and take drills seriously.
• STOP, DROP, and ROLL
• Know the number of your local fire department or
emergency hotlines.
• Know signs of an impending fire hazard
• Unplug appliances when not in use.
Fire Safety Precautions
What to do During
• Follow the escape and fire drill plans.
• Do not open a door that feels hot or has smoke coming
out from underneath the door or around the door frame.
• Call the local fire department
• If you must escape through smoke, get low and go
under the smoke to the exist. Close the door behind you.
• Do not use the elevators, use the stairs instead.
• If smoke, heat, or flame blocks your exist routes, stay in
the room with the doors closed. Place a towel under the
door. Open a window and wave a brightly colored cloth
or flashlight to signal for help.
• Once outside, stay away from the source of fire.
 Fire Safety Precautions
What to do During
• If your clothes catch on fire, stop, drop, and
roll. If someone cannot stop, drop, and roll,
cover the flame with a blanket or towel.
• RACE (Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Evacuate)
and PASS (pull the pin, aim at the base of the
fire, squeeze the operating handle, sweep
from side to side).
• Rescue the people who are in immediate
danger. Alert authorities by calling the local fire
department.
Fire Safety Precautions
What to do After
• Be sure that all injured individuals
are treated by the doctor.
• Do not return to the building until
given advisory by the fire authorities.
• Pay attention to how you and your
loved ones are experiencing and
handling stress.
Classification of burns
according to depth