Navigation and Seamanship

5.1.2. Fire Triangle

                                                                                      

Three things are essential to create a fire and continuous burning, they are,

1. Fuel(some inflammable material to vaporize and burn)

2. Heat(to raise the temperature of the fuel vapour to its ignition temperature).

3. Air(Oxygen to combine with fuel vapour).

This is called a Fire Triangle. There will be fire, if this triangle is complete. Fire will not be formed, if any one side of this triangle is removed.

This technique is followed in fire fighting. Fire could be extinguished by break the fire triangle. If fuel,oxygen, or heat is removed, the fire will be off.

• Remove the heat that cools down fire.

• Remove the oxygen that smooths the fire.

• Remove the fuel that starves the fire.