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UNDERSTAND THE FIRE TRIANGLE
A simplified cousin to the fire tetrahedron, the triangle represents the three components that fires need to exist: heat, oxygen and fuel. If one of these components is missing, a fire can’t ignite.Heat can be generated by a cigarette, an electrical current or a home heater. Fuel can be anything combustible, such as wood, paper, clothing, furniture, gases or chemicals.Once a fire starts, if any of the three components is removed, the fire is extinguished. Water is used to cool a fire and take away the heat source.
Oxygen can be removed by smothering a fire with dirt, sand, a chemical agent or a blanket.Fuel can be removed by moving combustible materials away from the fire or by simply waiting until the fire consumes the material and goes out of its own according
FIRE KILLS
Every year more than 3,800 people die fire related deaths in the North America. Approximately 18,300 people are injured every year in fires. Most of these fires could have been prevented by practicing proper fire safety and having fire alarms. On average more than 60 firefighters die every year in the line of duty.
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
Another fact about fire is that smoking is the primary cause of death by fire in the North America and around the World. The second cause of fire deaths is heating equipment.
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According To National Fire Protection Association
NFPA estimates there were approximately 152,650 local firefighters in the Canada during the period 2014 to 2016. Of the total number of firefighters 26,000 (17%) were career firefighters and 126,650 (83%) were volunteer firefighters.
Most of the career firefighters worked in communities that protected 50,000 or more people. Most of the volunteer firefighters were in departments that protected fewer than 50,000 people. There is an estimated 3,672 fire departments in Canada. Of these, 66 departments were staffed by all career firefighters, 44 were mostly career, 501 were mostly volunteer and 3,061 were all volunteer. In Canada, 1,626 (44%) of departments provided no EMS service, 1,860 departments (51%) provided EMS service, and 186 (5 %) of departments provided EMS and advanced life support.