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are known to cause direct or indirect impacts to old buildings or even the new ones. Building collapses, implied damages and potential injury can be identified as outcomes of these incidents.
Fire incidents
respond quickly to the fire after hearing an alarm.
Firefighters
assesses the situation and sends the firefighters into action.
Commanding officer
use ladders to rescue individuals stuck
on higher floors of the building through the windows.
Ladder operators
compiles a report that includes all of the
key details regarding the fire i.e., injuries, origin of fire, and the projected cost of restoring the damage.
Officer in charge
tactics are the following:
tactics are the following:
1. Direct Attack.
2. Indirect Attack.
3. Fire Suppression.
4. Cooling.
5. Smothering.
In front of the racing flames, the fire fighters clear a strip of land.
Hand tools like shovels, rakes, and Pulaskis are used to dig a line around the perimeter of the fire, forming a barrier that the fire cannot cross, known as a
firebreak or fire line. Firefighters may also use hoses to spray water directly onto the fire.
Direct Attack.
This is attacking the fire from a distance; for example, controlled burning, which includes intentionally starting a tiny fire to burn fuel along the path of the main fire.
Indirect Attack
Firefighters may use foam to fight fires. These chemicals form a barrier between the fuel and the fire, lowering the quantity of oxygen available to
the flames and aiding in its extinguishment.
Fire Suppression.
Water or other cooling agents can be used by firefighters to lower the fire’s temperature, which will facilitate its extinguishment.
Cooling
To help put out a fire, firefighters sometimes cover it with a layer of sand, mud, or another material. This will rob the flames of oxygen.
Smothering
They go by the term “paramedics.”
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system
These operations focus on search and rescue efforts to locate and extract individuals who are trapped, injured, or in immediate danger due to natural disasters, accidents, or other emergencies.
Emergency Rescue Operation
These operations focus on providing medical care to affected individuals during and after disasters.
Emergency Medical Operation
Actions of Emergency Rescue Operation
- Extrication -Rescuers extract people from
collapsed buildings, debris, or hazardous environments. - Search and Retrieval-Teams search for missing
persons and retrieve them. - Evacuation-Moving people to safer locations.
- Structural Assessment-Assessing the safety of
damaged structures.
Rescuers extract people from collapsed buildings, debris, or hazardous environments.
Extrication
Teams search for missing persons and retrieve them.
Search and Retrieval
Moving people to safer locations.
Evacuation
Assessing the safety of damaged structures.
Structural Assessment
Actions for Emergency Medical Operation
- Triage-Assessing and prioritizing patients based on the severity of their injuries or illnesses.
- Treatment-Providing first aid, stabilizing patients, and managing medical conditions.
- Transport- Evacuating patients to medical facilities.
- Public Health Measures -Preventing disease outbreaks and ensuring sanitation.
Assessing and prioritizing patients based on the severity of their injuries or illnesses.
Triage
Providing first aid, stabilizing patients, and managing
medical conditions.
Treatment
Evacuating patients to medical facilities.
Transport
Preventing disease outbreaks and ensuring sanitation.
Public Health Measures
Key Actors of Emergency Rescue Operation
- Firefighters
- Urban search and rescue teams
- Civil defense personnel
- Volunteers
Key Actors of Emergency Medical Operation
- Emergency medical teams
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Paramedics
- Healthcare volunteers
provides for the certain measures to be taken in order to ensure fire safety and prevent unwanted occurrence of fire incidents.
Presidential Decree No. 1185, also known as the Fire Code of the Philippines
Presidential Decree No. 1185. It requires:
- the Fire Bureau to conduct inspection on buildings.
- public buildings to have portable fire extinguishers, a certain number of exits, and
other safety features. - large buildings to provide built-in sprinkler and fire alarm systems.
an automatic extinguishing system that helps in preventing fire growth and spread by releasing water through a series of sprinkler heads connected to a distribution piping system.
The pipes carry water to nozzles which automatically open and spray out water once they detect heat from a fire.
FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
In order to ensure that the public sector has general knowledge on the basics of fire prevention and safety, local agencies partner up with fire fighting services and organizations to conduct educational programs or trainings that teach people how to
prevent fires and what to do during a fire.
PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
They usually advise people to install smoke
detectors in their homes.
PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
is a device that sounds an alarm if a small amount of smoke enters their sensors.
———are attached to the ceiling or wall in several areas of the home.
SMOKE DETECTOR
recommend at least one detector for each floor of a residence.
Fire protection experts
are also offered in educational institutions in which firefighting officials serve as instructors or advisers.
Fire safety courses
