1. 6.4 Fire Safety Key Concepts:
What are the three things necessary to maintain a fire?
Why should you know about the causes of fire and how to prevent a fire?
Key terms:
Combustion, fuel

2. Understanding fire
Fire is the result of combustion – a rapid reaction between oxygen and a substance called a fuel.
Fuel is a material that releases energy when it burns
Oil, gasoline, wood, paper, etc
It always produces Carbon Dioxide and water

3. The Fire Triangle
The following are necessary to start and maintain a fire: fuel, oxygen, and heat
About 20% of air is oxygen
Heat is part of the triangle because you can have fuel and oxygen, but you need something to ignite them to get a fire
Once started, a fire will keep going as long as it has all 3 components.

4. Controlling fire Keep one of the three components away. Heh.
Or add water, which covers the fuel and prevents oxygen from touching it

5. Home fire safety
With a small fire, you can put baking soda on it or water (use a hose or whatever provides the necessary amount of water). Yay for common sense.
Use a fire extinguisher. Yay again.
Baking soda DECOMPOSES when heated and releases carbon dioxide gas.