FIRE HAZARD

• Fire hazards


  • Anything which can increase the likelihood of fire
• Fires can cause major disasters and loss of lives in buildings such as offices, hotels, shopping centers, hospitals, schools and homes
• Such disasters can be avoided if proper fire safety is practiced
• The best prevention is to eliminate fire hazards
• Fire hazards include


  • All types of live flames
  • Causes of sparks
  • Hot objects
  • Chemicals that are potential for ignition, or that can aggravate a fire to become large and uncontrolled
• Fire hazards also include

  • All types of potential threats to fire prevention practices
  • Firefighting
  • Built-in fire safety systems
  • Situations that restrict the escape of people from an affected building or area in the event of a fire
• Fire triangle


  A simple model for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent (usually oxygen)
• Fire naturally occurs when the elements of the fire triangle are present and combined in the right mixture
• Fire can be prevented or extinguished by removing any one of the elements in the fire triangle
• Causes of fire


  • Accidents and carelessness
  • Electrical wiring, electrical outlets and faulty wiring
  • Appliances
  • Heating
  • Unattended stoves
  • Children playing with matches
• Matches and lighters in the hands of young children are a significant factor in fire fatalities
• Threats to fire safety are referred to as fire hazards.
• The fire triangle or combustion triangle is a simple model for

  understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires.
• Fire triangle consists of three elements: fuel, heat, and oxygen.