Fire Prevention (All About)

[JX]

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March is Fire Prevention Month:

It's a good idea for families to talk about what they would do to escape a fire. Different families will have different strategies. Some live in one-story houses and others live in tall buildings. Talk about escape plans and escape routes. In the event of fire, we should know what immediate steps to take to keep it from spreading.

FIRE PREVENTION TIPS

1. Install at least 1 smoke detector on every floor of your house.

-Check your local hardware store. It doesnt matter if its a cheap one like china made as long as it is functional.
-Batteries should be changed at least once a year.
-Set a date to change your smoke detector alarm preferably a non movable holiday or your birthday.

2. Secure at least one Fire Extinguisher especially near kitchens and where they are most likely to be needed.
- Physically check at least twice a year for pressure and leaks and condition.

3. Keep flammables like matches out of reach of children and at the same time educate.

-Every year, kids of all ages start fires that hurt people and damage property. You can do your part by educating them to prevent fires by never playing with matches, lighters, and other fire sources. Also stay away from fireplaces, candles, and stoves. By following this advice, you'll be doing important work — preventing fires in the first place!

-Small fires may be extinguished by smothering the flame with a non-flammable item like a pot cover or a dampened towel or blanket. Water should be used only for non-electrical fires and fires not caused by gasoline and similar combustible fluids. In the face of apparent danger, one should quickly run to a safe place and allow trained fire fighters to handle the situation.

- Be familiarize with the fire tetrahedron. Small fires may be extinguished by smothering the flame with a non-flammable item like a pot cover or a dampened towel or blanket. Water should be used only for non-electrical fires and fires not caused by gasoline and similar combustible fluids.

-Be familiarize with fire classes:

Class A - Ordinary combustibles
Class B - Flammable liquids
Class C - Flammable gases
Class D - Combustible metals
Class E - Electrical equipment
Class F - Cooking oil or fat

In the face of apparent danger, one should quickly run to a safe place and allow trained fire fighters to handle the situation however when the need arises it wouldn't hurt to have knowledge on how to save yourself.

4. Never use elevators.

-Use your common sense.

5. Remember ICE (Contact Numbers In Case of Emergency)

- Post a hard copy of emergency contact numbers on the wall near your telephone or medicine cabinet.

Ambulance 161
Police - 166
Bureau of Fire Protection Hotline - 160
Rescue/PATROL - 117

Cebu City Fire Station: (032) 256-0541 / 256-0542

Mandaue City Fire Station: 344-4747 / 344-3364

Cordova Fire Station: 496-8164

Lapu-Lapu City Fire Station:

Central Fire Station (Gun-ob): 3400-252
Babag Fire Sub-Station: 340-4821
Marigondon Fire Sub-Station: 236-7935
Mactan Fire Sub-Station: 342-8508
Poblacion Fire Sub-Station: 342-8510
Maribago Fire Sub-Station: 236-7124

6. Conduct Fire Drills - Practicing fire drills is a key to fire safety and fire protection. An escape plan can help every member of a family get out of a burning house. The idea is to get outside quickly and safely. Smoke from a fire can make it hard to see where things are, so it's important to learn and remember the different ways out of your home. How many exits are there? How do you get to them from your room? It's a good idea to have your family draw a map of the escape plan.

It's possible one way out could be blocked by fire or smoke, so you'll want to know where other ones are. And if you live in an apartment building, you'll want to know the best way to the stairwell or other emergency exits.

-Plan your own fire escape plan.
-Keep a checklist on what to prioritize in taking with you in case of emergency (Fire) i.e. important documents, memorabilias, etc2x.
-Plan where everyone in your family will meet after leaving the area.


IN CASE OF FIRE - Dont Panic!

1. Small fires may be extinguished by covering the flame with a non-flammable item like a pot cover or a dampened towel or blanket. Water should be used only for non-electrical fires.

2. If the fire gets out of hand, the nearest fire department should be called.

3. Escape quickly. Your household should agree on an escape plan and each room should have at least two easily accessible escape routes.

Safety Steps: If you're in a room with the door closed when the fire breaks out, you need to take a few extra steps:
-Check to see if there's heat or smoke coming in the cracks around the door. (You're checking to see if there's fire on the other side.)
-If you see smoke coming under the door — don't open the door!
-If you don't see smoke — touch the door. If the door is hot or very warm — don't open the door!
-If you don't see smoke — and the door is not hot — then use your fingers to lightly touch the doorknob. If the doorknob is hot or very warm — don't open the door!

If the doorknob feels cool, and you can't see any smoke around the door, you can open the door very carefully and slowly. When you open the door, if you feel a burst of heat, or smoke pours into the room, quickly shut the door and make sure it is really closed. If there's no smoke or heat when you open the door, go toward your escape route exit.

4. Avoid suffocation in a smoke-filled room by crawling as close to the ground as possible on hands and knees to the nearest exit.

5. If your clothes catch on fire, stop, drop and roll to extinguish the flames.

Public vigilance and precaution remain the best means for fire prevention. Let us, therefore, do our share in this regard. The life and property we save may be our own or those of our loved ones.

[kit_cebu]

with all of these, PANIC ray mo-bongkag/maka-amnesia ani tanan....

thanks for the tip though....

[kit_cebu]

kani mao'y pinaka-importante...

- Post a hard copy of emergency contact numbers on the wall near your telephone or medicine cabinet.

Ambulance 161
Police - 166
Bureau of Fire Protection Hotline - 160
Rescue/PATROL - 117

Cebu City Fire Station: (032) 256-0541 / 256-0542

Mandaue City Fire Station: 344-4747 / 344-3364

Cordova Fire Station: 496-8164

Lapu-Lapu City Fire Station:

Central Fire Station (Gun-ob): 3400-252
Babag Fire Sub-Station: 340-4821
Marigondon Fire Sub-Station: 236-7935
Mactan Fire Sub-Station: 342-8508
Poblacion Fire Sub-Station: 342-8510
Maribago Fire Sub-Station: 236-7124

[brackitz]

Nice info ts...

pero, kung kanus-a ang fire prevention month mao pud
ang daghan sunog...

[kit_cebu]

Nice info ts...

pero, kung kanus-a ang fire prevention month mao pud
ang daghan sunog...

gi-tawag as fire prevention month for that reason...

[Scott Bernard]

-Be familiarize with fire classes:

Class A - Ordinary combustibles
Class B - Flammable liquids
Class C - Flammable gases
Class D - Combustible metals
Class E - Electrical equipment
Class F - Cooking oil or fat

Sure ka ani sa mga classes of fire? Or imo langni ge copy paste?

Class A fire

•– fires in ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber and many plastics

–Extinguishers must be from the eater types, foam, loaded stream, and multi-purpose dry chemicals.

–The maximum distance to such extinguishers shall not exceed 22.8 m

Class B fire
•– fires in flammable liquid, gases and greases.

–shall be selected form halon 1301, halon 1211, CO2, dry chemical types, foam and loaded stream

–the maximum travel to the extinguisher shall not exceed 15.25 m.

Class C Fire
•– fires which involve energized electrical equipment where electrical non-conductivity of the extinguishing media is of importance.

Class D fire

•– fires in combustible metals such as

Mg, Ti, Zirconium, Na, and K.

–Extinguishers and extinguishing agents shall be types of approved for use on the specific combustible metal hazard.

–the maximum travel to the extinguisher shall not exceed 23 m.

Class D fire usually happens on industrial settings, whether offshore or onshore locations.

[JX]

Sure ka ani sa mga classes of fire? Or imo langni ge copy paste?

Class A fire

•– fires in ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber and many plastics

–Extinguishers must be from the eater types, foam, loaded stream, and multi-purpose dry chemicals.

–The maximum distance to such extinguishers shall not exceed 22.8 m

Class B fire
•– fires in flammable liquid, gases and greases.

–shall be selected form halon 1301, halon 1211, CO2, dry chemical types, foam and loaded stream

–the maximum travel to the extinguisher shall not exceed 15.25 m.

Class C Fire
•– fires which involve energized electrical equipment where electrical non-conductivity of the extinguishing media is of importance.

Class D fire

•– fires in combustible metals such as

Mg, Ti, Zirconium, Na, and K.

–Extinguishers and extinguishing agents shall be types of approved for use on the specific combustible metal hazard.

–the maximum travel to the extinguisher shall not exceed 23 m.

Class D fire usually happens on industrial settings, whether offshore or onshore locations.

Thank you for your inputs..

This is copy pasted from wiki under australia & most asian countries classifications. Although as far as my training goes, what is stated in Presidential Decree No. 1185 aka Fire Code of the Philippines stated only A,B,C and D classes. Naa pod minor difference sa American ug European classifications, the point is, know what type of fire para ma.relay nimo sa bombero unsay nagsunog diha, misinformation can cause more problems.. Basin wala pa mapawng ang linya sa kuryente bombahan dayon ug tubig, patay sa kuryente ang mga na.trap..

Basin ma pareha sa una sa Phil airlines nga fire department ug Ninoy Aquino Airport fire department nga naay eroplano na crash, gibombahan ug tubig sa NAIA, di niulbo ang kalayo, pag abot sa PAL fire department, bombahan ug foam, na.menos, igo lang sila nagrefill ug foam, gibombahan nasad ug tubig sa NAIA, nidako nasad..

[JX]

Nice info ts...

pero, kung kanus-a ang fire prevention month mao pud
ang daghan sunog...

Its because summer dries things up..

[chris_bern]

nice info.. keep it that way..

[JX]

nice info.. keep it that way..

with all of these, PANIC ray mo-bongkag/maka-amnesia ani tanan....

thanks for the tip though....

I felt the need to share awareness as earlier today, my neighbors lost 2 lives in a horrible fire incident. May they rest in peace. I am grateful of my dogs because they woke us up as the fire was already escalating without the neighborhood knowing about it.