Common fire risks found in factories include heavy machinery malfunctions, flammable stock accumulation, and combustible dust.Continue Reading

Fire hazards are hazards that either involve the presence of a flame, increase the probability that an uncontrolled fire will occur, or increase the severity of a fire.Continue Reading

Fire hazards come in three categories: ignition, fuel and oxygen.Continue Reading

Potential fuel is material which will burn and is in enough quantity for a fire. This includes contents, fixtures, fittings, structure, wall and ceiling linings and surfaces.Continue Reading

Inert gases are non-combustible, non-flammable, and non-reactive to many materials. Examples include argon, helium, nitrogen, and neon.Continue Reading

Flammable gas is a gas that burns in the presence of an oxidant when provided with a source of ignition.Continue Reading

Natural gas is flammable, however, it is not easy to ignite. Natural gas has a flammability range of approximately 5 to 15 % which means that any mixture containing less than 5 per cent or greater than 15% natural gas to air would not combust.Continue Reading

Natural gas is lighter than air and therefore will rise.Continue Reading

Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons that formed from the remains of animals and plants (diatoms) that lived millions of years ago in a marine environment.Continue Reading

Greenhouse gas is any gas that can absorb infrared radiation (net heat energy) emitted from Earth’s surface and reradiate it back to Earth’s surface, thus contributing to the greenhouse effect.Continue Reading