6 safety measures for avoiding fire in your home
Fires can cause damage to life and property. Fires are mostly caused by carelessness. People are in a hurry and neglect to take necessary precautions for prevention of fires.
Fires can cause damage to life and property. Fires are mostly caused by carelessness. People are in a hurry and neglect to take necessary precautions for prevention of fires.
We were all jubilant for it was the day of Deepavali. My brothers and I woke up very early had oil bath and soon settled to burn the crackers bought for the occasion. We exhausted everything by 9 though we could hear the deafening sounds of atom bombs here and there.
Fire accident occurs mostly due to carelessness. It generally happens in Summer Season. But the fire accident which I saw happened in Winter Season. It was chilly evening. The farmers had come back from their corn fields. Ours is a small village. That evening the entire village was silent as all were confined to their houses due to cold wind.
I very much regret to inform you that a fire broke in our godown at the above address. All the stocks in the godown have been completely burnt and the godown has been damaged heavily.
Complete information on techniques we can apply for preventing fire accidents in India. Some of the major fire accidents many occur due to 1. Forest fires 2. Coal Fires 3. Gas fires and 4. Oil fires.
Inflammable liquids such as oil, petrol, spirit, liquor, tar, paints, many chemicals and even ghee, pose serious fire hazard. All such fires can called “oil fires”. These starts as soon as an inflammable liquid comes in contact with a naked flame or smouldering ember or a spark or a very hot object.
Forest areas are particularly susceptible to fires, which are mostly man-made although sometimes these could be the result of lighting strike during serve thunderstorms. Forest fires lead to heavy destruction of forest resources and disturb the wild life as well.
There are various ways of causing fire hazards. These are: (a) The butts of cigarette are "discarded carelessly. (b) Throwing of loose waste papers on the floor. (c) Matches are placed in the stands with the head exposed.
When a fuel is burnt, a lot of heat is produced. Now let us understand why combustion of fuels results in liberation of heat or why fire is hot. When a chemical reaction occurs, rearrangement of bonds takes place. Certain old bonds are cleaved (broken) and certain new bonds are formed.