One of the common fire hazards is overloaded electrical system. Among crowded residential areas with houses made of light materials where illegal tapping of electricity is quite common such as use of jumpers, fire is inevitable. The local authorities of the City of Manila is looking into such as possible cause of the big fire [...]
The Lame Horse club in the Russian city of Perm caught a blaze last Saturday night due to indoor fireworks display. There are now at least 112 reported deaths with 130 others injured. President Medvedev declared a national day of mourning today, Monday, and demanded lawmakers to impose stricter regulations on fire safety compliance since [...]
Cebu City has had a single fire incident daily for this past week on the average. The latest of which broke out at a lumberyard in Barangay Bulacao wherein one of the fire trucks was found to have a defective water pump. Previous reports also revealed such poor firefighting conditions in the two biggest villages, [...]
At least 177 families were left homeless as a huge fire struck a sitio and its two nearby barangays early Wednesday morning which started from the second floor of a certain boarding house in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City. Estimated cost of damage was about 10 million pesos with no reported deaths. Last November 2, [...]
1. Install and Maintain Fire Extinguishers
Fire extinguishers are good for incipient fires. Install them on each level of your home and outside of each sleeping area. Check your fire extinguishers regularly. A disabled fire extinguisher can’t save your life! For complete home protection, consider installing smoke detectors in addition to your fire extinguishers.
2. Plan and [...]
Fires involving factories fall under the category of industrial fires. It is timely to discuss such type of fire because two separate blasts occurred merely two weeks apart just recently. The first of which took place just before the month of January ended in the province of Cavite. A firecracker factory called Starmaker killed six [...]
Before you do so:
Make sure everyone has left, or is leaving, the building.
Make sure the fire department has been called.
Make sure the fire is confined to a small area and is not spreading.
Be sure you have an unobstructed escape route to which the fire will not spread.
Be sure you have read the instructions and that [...]
Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. For typical Filipinos, waking up early in the morning to prepare food is a daily routine before heading to work. Cooking can be done in a variety of ways such as using wood or charcoal, gas stove and electric range.
Two home appliances, two residential fires!
How much does the latest model of a television set cost? A 52 inch LCD TV can reach over Php 200,000 and yet the hazard of accidental fire still remains a threat to any home especially if put on standby mode for long hours. Just like what happened in Las [...]
What is 1% of your total assets to protect not just your property but the lives of your loved ones? A very good example is when you actually own a house costing around Php 2M and a Php 500K car, then you get yourself at least two automatic fire extinguishers aka THERMAN to be appropriately [...]