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Importance of Fire Safety Awareness

• When fire isn’t carefully managed, it becomes extremely dangerous and hazardous.
• In the right conditions, flames and smokes can spread rapidly and cause considerable damage to
people, property, and environment.
• Fire safety has become increasingly complex because of advances in industrial technology.
• It continues as a relatively simple matter, more related to human acts of omission and

commission than to science.
• Being aware of the fire safety helps everyone create a safer and more secure living environment.
• People causes more fires, which is why fire safety awareness helps us be free of thoughtless acts
and carelessness.

• The best way to minimize the risk of fire is to take the threat seriously, put in place fire prevention
measures, and educate and train everyone in the workplace.

Fire
• Fire is indeed a great ravager, it is a large scale killer and destroyer of much property.

• Among all disasters, fire is the single greatest threat to human life and property.
All substances have certain common characteristic – they burn only when converted into vapor or
broken up into finely divided molecules/particles and mixed with oxygen in some form in correct volume
proportion.

Four Categories to be considered in Fire Prevention

1. Engineering – implementation of fire protection codes in new buildings and reducing hazards in
old buildings.
2. Inspection – continuous inspection of firefighting equipment and fire alarm system and
troubleshooting all areas for possible fire hazards.
3. Education – poster campaign, published materials, films, lectures to all employees, intensive

training for all including security guard and plant orientation for base fireman.
4. Research – investigation of specialized firefighting technique necessary in dealing with unusual
materials.

Why Organize a Fire Prevention Team Brigade

1. Help in fire protection and also reduce the insurance premiums of the company.
2. Vital to the safety in industry to guard against fire, whether from machines, combustibles or
personal unsafe actions.
3. A means to be provided for detection of fire and smoke and for equally prompt notification of both
the person exposed and of the local firefighting agencies in the plant and the community.
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