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1. FIRE
HAZARDS

2. What is a fire hazard?
•Conditions that favor fire development or growth
•Oxygen, fuel, andheat
•Fire hazards usually involve the mishandling of fuel
or heat
•Fire or combustion is a chemical reaction between
oxygen and a combustible fuel
•Source of ignition= Spark, flame and high
temperature areneeded

3. Fire Triangle
• The triangle illustratesthe
three elements a fire
needs to ignite: heat, fuel,
and anoxygen
• The fire extinguishes by
removing any one of the
elements in the fire
triangle

4. Source of
Fire Hazards
Types ofFires
• Class AFires
• Class B Fires
• Class CFires
• Class D Fires
• Class K Fires

5. Source of Fire
Hazards
Types of Fires
• Class AFires

6. Source of Fire
Hazards
Types of Fires
• Class B Fires

7. Source of Fire
Hazards
Types of Fires
• Class CFires

8. Source of Fire
Hazards
Types of Fires
• Class D Fires

9. Source of Fire
Hazards
Fuels
• Solid
• Liquid
• Gases

10. Source of Fire Hazards
• Failure of electrical systems and equipment
• Lightning strikes
• Presence of a flammable gas or liquid
mixture
• Hotsurfaces; e.g: furnaces, chimneys
• Hot engines
• Heated surface

11. Fire Extinguisher

12. Types of Fire Extinguisher

13. Types of Fire Extinguisher

14. Types of Fire Extinguisher

15. Types of Fire Extinguisher

16. Types of Fire Extinguisher

17. Types of Fire Extinguisher

18. Types of Fire Extinguisher

19. Fire Detection Devices
Smoke detectors
•require a flow of air in order to work well
Heat detectors
•detect fires where there is no smoke
activated by the significant increase of
temperature associated withfire
Flame detectors
• react to the movement of flames.

21. DON’TS
•Thesmokeis extremely thick.
•Thefire is too hot for you to get closeenough to fight
it effectively.
•Thefire is greater than 3 feetacross.
•Thereare potentially hazardoussubstancesnearthe
fire.
•Y
oudo not havethe correct type of fire extinguisher
for the fireat hand.
•Y
oudo not know how to usethe fire extinguisher.

22. DO’s
• Callthe firedepartment.
• Beginevacuatingothers.
• Turnoff the gasvalve toprevent escalation
• Meet at thepreassignedmeeting place.
• Makesure that all persons havesafelyescaped.
• Whenthe fire department arrives, inform a
firefighter if anyoneis missing;do not reenter
the buildingyourself.

23. DO’s
• Regularly checkelectrical equipment
•Maintain proper firesafety
equipment
•Followcorrect stepsto put out fires
and evacuate the building

24. ACTIVITY
•Search for fire and emergency plan
symbols
•Draw a floor plan/blue print of your
home
•Make a fire escape plan for your home
with the help of the fire and emergency
plan symbols