Fire disasters can cause significant damage and loss of life. Fires are caused by ignition of combustible materials when they reach their ignition temperature in the presence of oxygen. Common causes of fires include smoking, heating equipment, arson, and other intentional fires. Fires can damage property and harm or kill people through burns and smoke inhalation. Repeated fire disasters in the Philippines have resulted in massive casualties over the years, with events like the Kentex factory fire that killed 74 people and the Ozone Disco fire that killed 162 making headlines. Living in hazardous areas and lack of fire safety practices can increase vulnerability to fire disasters. Prevention methods include understanding fire risks and hazards as well as implementing mitigation measures.
Fire disasters can cause significant damage and loss of life. Fires are caused by ignition of combustible materials when they reach their ignition temperature in the presence of oxygen. Common causes of fires include smoking, heating equipment, arson, and other intentional fires. Fires can damage property and harm or kill people through burns and smoke inhalation. Repeated fire disasters in the Philippines have resulted in massive casualties over the years, with events like the Kentex factory fire that killed 74 people and the Ozone Disco fire that killed 162 making headlines. Living in hazardous areas and lack of fire safety practices can increase vulnerability to fire disasters. Prevention methods include understanding fire risks and hazards as well as implementing mitigation measures.
Fire disasters can cause significant damage and loss of life. Fires are caused by ignition of combustible materials when they reach their ignition temperature in the presence of oxygen. Common causes of fires include smoking, heating equipment, arson, and other intentional fires. Fires can damage property and harm or kill people through burns and smoke inhalation. Repeated fire disasters in the Philippines have resulted in massive casualties over the years, with events like the Kentex factory fire that killed 74 people and the Ozone Disco fire that killed 162 making headlines. Living in hazardous areas and lack of fire safety practices can increase vulnerability to fire disasters. Prevention methods include understanding fire risks and hazards as well as implementing mitigation measures.
Fire disasters can cause significant damage and loss of life. Fires are caused by ignition of combustible materials when they reach their ignition temperature in the presence of oxygen. Common causes of fires include smoking, heating equipment, arson, and other intentional fires. Fires can damage property and harm or kill people through burns and smoke inhalation. Repeated fire disasters in the Philippines have resulted in massive casualties over the years, with events like the Kentex factory fire that killed 74 people and the Ozone Disco fire that killed 162 making headlines. Living in hazardous areas and lack of fire safety practices can increase vulnerability to fire disasters. Prevention methods include understanding fire risks and hazards as well as implementing mitigation measures.
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Fire Disater
WHAT IS FIRE DISASTER ?
• 1.a. A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and l ight and is accompanied by flame, especially theexothermic oxid ation of a combustible substance: destruction by fire. • b. A specific instance of this change that destroys something: a house fire. • c. A burning fuel: a cooking fire. • 2. Burning intensity of feeling; ardor or enthusiasm: a musical pe rformance that had fire. See Synonyms at passion. • 3. Luminosity or brilliance, as of a cut and polished gemstone. • 4. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance: the fire of an artistic genius. • 5. A severe test; a trial or torment: went through fire to become a leader. • 6. A fever or bodily inflammation: tormented by the fire in an infe cted toe. WHERE DOES THIS PHENOMENON OCCUR ? • It occurs between oxygen in the air and some sort of fuel. The products from the chemical reaction are completely different from the starting material. The fuel must be heated to its ignition temperature for combustion to occur. WHAT CAUSES THE • SmokingPHENOMENON ? is the leading cause of civilian home fire deaths. Heating equipment is the second most common cause of home fire fatalities. Arson and intentional fires Most of these fires occur outside, but most of the associated deaths, injuries, and losses occur in structures, particularly in homes. HOW MUCH WARNING IS THERE ? CAN IT CAUSE DAMAGE TO PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ? IF SO, WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE CAN IT CAUSE ? YES How are different people affected in fire when a national events strike your community? who mostly be affected? A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event will have a negative effect on humans. This negative effect is what we call a natural disaster. In other words when the hazardous threat actually happens and harms humans, we call the event a natural disaster. The most affected people are those who are not aware how to keep themselves safe. DOES A REPORTED PHENOMENA AFFECT PEOPLE ALL THE TIME ? YES • Just last year, on May 13, 2015 Kentex factory in Valenzuela went into flames killing 74 people and for the record, this has been declared the 3rd worst fire in the Philippines. • The fire went on for hours and was finally under control after 5 hours. Retrieval of dead bodies was delayed since the building was declared unstable. Victims died of suffocation due to smoke inhalation. It was a gruesome scene, where some of the bodies were charred and reduced to just skulls and bones. All 74 corpses were found on the second level of the building. Manor Hotel fire in QC killed 75 guests Dubbed as the worst hotel fire in Philippine history, the Manor Hotel fire incident placed second on the list. Claiming 75 lives, the Manor Hotel fire incident happened last August 18, 2001 were 172 people checked in as participants of an evangelical convention sponsored by Don Clowers Ministry from Texas, USA. • Ozone Disco fire happened on March 18, 1996 that claimed 162 lives. Considered as the worst club fire incident in the Philippines and currently holds the 7th position on the world’s list of worst club fires, Ozone Disco fire turned the night of revelry into tragedy. Manila Orphanage Fire December 4, 1998 | Manila | Death Count: 28 With only a few days before Christmas, the orphans at Bahay Kalinga had an unpleasant surprise. It was the dawn of December 4. While many are still fast asleep, the orphanage in Manila was razed by fire. Investigations later revealed that “faulty electric wiring” sparked the fire, leaving about 28 fatalities -- most of them are orphans, while two children went missing but were presumed dead later on. Manor Hotel August 18, 2001 | Quezon City | Death Count: 75 It was at around 4:30 am on August 18, 2001 when a fire flared in the Manor Hotel in Quezon City -- a tragedy which eventually turned out to be the worst hotel fire in Philippine history. Over 170 people were staying in the 6-storey hotel when the fire broke out on the third floor. The suffocating smoke covered most of the building stopping hotel guests from coming out of their room. To make the incident worse, they could not escape through the windows as they were blocked with metal grills which is clearly a violation of the building safety standards and regulations. About 75 people died in this fire accident while 35 more were injured. Fire hazards include all types of live flames, causes of sparks, hot objects, and chemicals that are potential for ignition, or that can aggravate a fire to become large and uncontrolled. Fire hazards also include all types of potential threats to fire prevention practices, firefighting, built-in fire safety systems and situations that restrict the escape of people from an affected building or area in the event of a fire.
HOW BIG SHOULD A PHENOMENA BE
FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED HAZARD ? DOES SIZE EVEN MATTER ? This is when someone chooses to live in a certain area because it is a sight for tourism or because of their job. It can also be due to natural resources and energy availability. The Adaptation Approach is the final reason why people would live in a hazardous area. WHY DO PEOPLE LIVE IN AREAS AFFECTED BY NATURAL HAZARD? We can't stop natural phenomena from happening. But we can make them less damaging if we understand better why they happen, and what we can do to prevent or mitigate them. Since people are partly responsible for disasters happening, we have to change what we are doing wrong, in order to avoid or reduce the impact of natural phenomena. Every community must get to know its own features and surroundings: the natural environment as well as environment built by human beings. This is the only way for a community to manage the hazards that surround it and to reduce its own vulnerability to these hazards.
HOW COULD PEOPLE
PREVENT DISASTERS WHEN A NATURAL HAZARD STRIKES ? GROUP MEMBER • ASHLY NICOLE LIM • JOCIE BACUS • ALDREN TAPALES • MaRYLUZ FUENTEs