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, [...]
There is a text hotline available for Filipinos for fire advisory. Just type in the word FIRE, then send it to 0918-6-888-888 to get to latest fire news.
Text messaging has taken a big part of mankind’s way of communication, not to mention mobility.
But ER doctors are now serious in their advocacy of avoiding texting or [...]
Ideally, there should be at least one fireman for every 2000 population based on Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) planning standards. But according to a study made by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), there was a need to increase the number of firemen by about four times to extinguish an average of 26 fires [...]
The color red has a wide array of symbolisms. Red is associated with heat, energy and blood in human color psychology. It is commonly used as a symbol for sin, guilt, passion and anger. The association with love and beauty is probably due to the use of red roses. Red is also used as a [...]
FIRE PREVENTION – an action taken before a fire starts to reduce the likelihood of fire
- cleaning grease from kitchen ventilation services
- replacing/fixing expose electrical wiring
- closing lids on outdoor trash bins
* the most important concept of FIRE PREVENTION is potential fuels must be kept away from heat sources
FIRE CONTROL – an action taken to [...]
There was a point in time when rice supply cut short that even the government has decided to sell NFA rice only to the poorest families. The same story goes when oil prices continued to rise for 18 consecutive weeks due to oil crisis that affected the entire globe. And now, another basic commodity is [...]
1) Ignition Phase – is the starting point when the four parts of the fire tetrahedron are present and the fuel is heated to its ignition temperature, ignition occurs
2) Growth phase – additional fuel becomes involved in the fire wherein thermal layering begins and continues as long as there is enough oxygen available and the [...]
Most home fires start from these three basic classes of fire.
Class “A” fire – ordinary penetrating fire from carboceous material such as wood, textile, paper, etc
Class “B” fire – surface fires from flammable liquids such as gasoline, alcohol, or other highly combustible chemicals
Class “C” fire – fires caused by electric short circuits, exposed live wires, [...]
The fire triangle and fire tetrahedron explain how fire occurs given the necessary conditions. The former concept consists of the three basic ingredients, namely: fuel, heat and oxygen for a fire to prosper. These three components allow combustion to occur.
Combustion is defined as a rapid, self-sustaining process that combines oxygen with another substance. This, in [...]
1. Fuel: is any material that can burn
- solids (paper, wood, plastic)
- liquids (paint thinner, gasoline)
- gases (propane, natural gas butane)
2. Heat: needed to raise the temperature of fuel to the point where the fuel burns
- chemical (gas fuel cooking, open flames)
- mechanical (friction sparks from grinding material)
- electrical (static electricty, defective switches and appliances, heating [...]