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What is fire hazzard?

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Question added by BRYAN DELA PIEZA , ACCOUNTANT , Property hunter luxury real state
Date Posted: 2015/04/07
Riaz Ahmad Nadeem CSP
by Riaz Ahmad Nadeem CSP , HSE Manager , Al Yamama Company

Any thing that has a potential to cause a harm is know as hazard.

A cable placed on the access way is a hazard because it has the risk of trips,

Following are few types of hazards:

Electrical Hazards,

Mechanical Hazards,

Biological Hazards,

Chemical Hazards,

Physical Hazards,

Ergonomics 

(Hazard should not be confused with RISK, risk is a likelihood that a hazard will cause harm in combination with severity,  Risk = likelihood x severity)

Fakhri Al-Bobali
by Fakhri Al-Bobali , Fire and Life Safety Design Engineer , Nesma & Partners

An object, building etc that could easily catch fire or cause a fire and thereby endanger life. Fire Hazard has many classifications as following:

 

1- Class A fires: consist of ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, fabric, plastic, and most kinds of trash.

 

2- Class B fires: fires from fuel, whether is flammable or combustible liquid or gas.

 

3- Class C fires: electrical fires are fires involving potentially energized electrical equipment.

 

4- Class D fires: consist of combustible metals such as magnesium, potassium, titanium, & zirconium.

 

5-  Class K fires: involve unsaturated cooking oils in well-insulated cooking appliances located in commercial kitchens.

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