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RED ALERT - WHAT IS FIRE?

What is fire? ACTIVITY
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Fire is the result of fuel, heat and oxygen coming together.
FUEL = something which will burn. “If heat, fuel and oxygen are
HEAT = being hot. needed to make a fire, can you
OXYGEN = a colourless gas in the air, which is needed guess what happens when you
for all plants and animals to live. take one of the three away?
Yes, that is right, the fire will
All of the above things are easily available to us:
Our homes, schools and workplaces are full of things go out!”
that could burn (FUEL) - from curtains, chairs and sofas, Putting fires out can be very difficult.
to bookshelves, desks and blackboards. Imagine how hard it is to cut off the
HEAT can be produced by many pieces of equipment fire’s air supply, take away the fuel
in our houses and schools. or cool the fire down.

OXYGEN is in the air around us.
Look at this list of firefighting methods and write down
which of the three things on the fire triangle is being
The three things that are needed to make a fire can be
taken away in each case.
shown on a fire triangle.
Fill in the three missing words below. 1. Placing a fire blanket over a chip pan fire is taking away

the O — — — — — supply.
(NOTE: ONLY AN ADULT SHOULD DO THIS).

2. Hosing a fire with water means that we are taking away

the H — — — .

3. Moving stocks of dry wood away from the path of a fire

means that we are taking away the F — — — .

ANSWERS: 1: OXYGEN, 2: HEAT, 3: FUEL.

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