Monday, 7 May 2012

Elements of fire & Methods of extinguishment

Elements of fire.

 It has been shown from the rectangle from combustion that four factors are essential to combustionnamely: 

 

1, The presence of combustiable substance (fuel) .

2,The presence of oxygen .

3, The attainnment & maintenance of  a certain minimum temperature(heat) .

4, The chain reaction of flame.

 Methods of extinguishment.

If one or more of these elements is limited ,the fire can be extinguished. the methods of extinguishing fire may there fore be classified as follows: 

*Starvation 

* Smothering 

*Coolinng 

*Inhibiting

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