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Understanding the Fire Triangle

The document discusses the fire triangle, which consists of three necessary ingredients for a fire: heat, fuel, and oxygen. Heat can come from various sources like welding, cigarettes, or machinery. Fuel can be liquids, solids, or gases. While oxygen is always present in the air, proper proportions of all three are needed to cause a fire. The document recommends maintaining clean work areas and properly storing flammable materials to prevent fires.

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Understanding the Fire Triangle

The document discusses the fire triangle, which consists of three necessary ingredients for a fire: heat, fuel, and oxygen. Heat can come from various sources like welding, cigarettes, or machinery. Fuel can be liquids, solids, or gases. While oxygen is always present in the air, proper proportions of all three are needed to cause a fire. The document recommends maintaining clean work areas and properly storing flammable materials to prevent fires.

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THE FIRE TRIANGLE

Let’s talk about what makes a fire and what we can do to prevent one. Fire can be compared
to a triangle. Three sides are necessary to make a triangle and three ingredients are
necessary to cause a fire. These are Heat, Oxygen and Fuel. If one of these sides is missing,
there can be no fire.

HEAT, the first side of the fire triangle, can come from many sources. It can be generated by
sparks from welding operations, discarded cigarette butts, electrical shorts, frayed wiring,
friction from power tools and hot exhaust pipes.

FUEL, the second side, may be liquid, such as gasoline or solvents; a solid, such as paper or
wood; or a gas, such as propane.

OXYGEN, the third side of the triangle, is necessary to sustain a fire. This is one side of the
triangle we can’t do much about, as oxygen is normally present in the air we breathe.

Heat, fuel and air must be in the proper proportion for a fire to occur. It is possible to have
these three ingredients without causing a fire. For example, there may not be enough heat or
oxygen to ignite the fuel and cause it to burn.

We can prevent fires by doing the following:

1. Maintaining a neat and clean work area, thus preventing an accumulation of rubbish.
2. Putting oily or paint-soaked rags in covered metal containers.
3. Observing all “NO Smoking” signs.
4. Keeping all combustible materials away from furnaces or other sources of ignition.
5. Reporting any fire hazards.
6. Arranging cold weather heating devices so that tarps won’t blow into them.

When you know the angles, it is easier to prevent and control fires.
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