4. Basics
What does fire safety and management means ?
•What is Fire?
The rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and
various reaction products.
•What is Safety?
The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.
•What is Management?
Management is an academic discipline, a social science whose objective is to study social organization
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5. Safety Triangle
• The fire triangle or combustion triangle is a simple
model for understanding the necessary ingredients
for most fires.
• The triangle illustrates the three elements a fire
needs to ignite: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing
agent (usually oxygen). A fire naturally occurs when
the elements are present and combined in the right
mixture, meaning that fire is actually an event rather
than a thing. A fire can be prevented or
extinguished by removing any one of the elements
in the fire triangle. For example, covering a fire with
a fire blanket removes the oxygen part of the
triangle and can extinguish a fire.
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6. Phases of Emergency Management
• Prevention - MitigationPrevention - Mitigation: Identifying all potential hazards and
vulnerabilities, and reducing the potential damage they can cause.
• PreparednessPreparedness: Collaborating with community partners to develop
plans and protocols to prepare for the possibility that the identified
hazards, vulnerabilities, or emergencies will occur.
• ResponseResponse: Working closely with first responders and community
partners to effectively contain and resolve an emergency in or
around a vicinity.
• RecoveryRecovery: Teaming with community partners to assist employees
and staff in the healing process and restoring a healthy and safe
learning environment following an emergency event.
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