Every one is responsible to prevent fire through taking precautions to equip our homes, businesses and gathering places to protect them from fire. Efforts should be renewed in order to be prepared in a better way in case there is event of fire. Education on fire safety is very important through local companies that deal with fire prevention to help young people learn how to accept fire safety as their way of life. Firefighter should respond to alarms, safeguard lives and protect property in the community and volunteers should help to raise money to pay for equipments that are used to prevent fire. (Artim, 2002 pp16-18).
There are station tours where a minimum of thirty people book a tour to fire stations where they get an inside look at apparatus that are used to prevent fire and tools used for other emergencies. They get a demonstration of how to use gear of a firefighter and are taught on the general information on fire safety where they take one hour to complete the tour. Station tours are scheduled during morning hours from Monday to Saturday in order to accommodate daily schedule of fire fighters. (Warda, 1999 pp11-13).
Hazard house is a tool used to teach and captivate children and adults on ways of preventing and reducing hazards at home and action to be taken incase of emergency. There is smoke that is simulated from fire, sound of smoke detectors, visual graphics and electrical arching that capture attention of children and adults to the house in one hour presentation. There are safety demonstrations in major rooms in a house on the importance of being safe from hazards. (Leonard, 1998 pp 34-37).
Explanation of why it is necessary to condemn unsafe structures
Public works has responsibility of safety of buildings and compliance with codes. A building may be condemned for demolition by building development because of violating code and safety requirements. The enforcement group for property code in public works may have some property violations in case they violate sanitary, health and maintenance. Orders may be issued by inspectors of building and development for the building of structures to be stopped if it fails to meet building and safety codes. The inspectors give report of damage of building due to fire, tree falls and natural events that cause compromise of building integrity. (Nick, 2001 pp 32-35).
Any structure that needs to be repaired due to old age or its condition is dilapidated can be liable to fire and if it is situated in a position where it can endanger other buildings or property or in case of fire it can endanger other property, it is necessary for it to be condemned and declared unsafe for use and therefore need to be demolished. Any structures with temporary plumbing violate provisions for installation, repair and maintenance and plumbing code. It is considered to be dangerous to safety of building and the people who use the premises. (Sleet, 2003 pp 27-30).
Structures that are faulty or defective violate provisions for construction and building code. These buildings are not safe for use and should be repaired or rebuild again before they are used. The building should not have electrical installation that is temporary and should obey electrical code which is enacted from time to time and violation of it endanger the safety of buildings. (Ben, 2005, pp 11-14)
Evaluating why environmental concerns must be considered when fire safety codes are delivered
Each region has codified rules which are organized concerning structures, materials and methods used in construction. The codes are based on experiences locally and conditions. To ensure safety of fire, the only materials to be allowed should be the ones that pass tests which are set if materials produced are used locally. As industries continue to develop, goods produced are distributed beyond borders of home countries. In construction industries, building materials are consumed at place of origin and also distributed in other regions. (Ethan, 2004 pp 07-09).
The methods for testing put limits on structures and materials to be used and are able to evaluate safety performance required for fire and develop and make use of new materials. Design methods for fire safety that are engineering oriented enable fire prevention to be more rational making it possible to design building in flexible manner with a lot of freedom. (Renny, 2003. pp 22-23).
There is need to have testing methods for fire safety in materials used for building and construction. Whether the material is recognized be fireproof that is competitive in the market, company design products that pass testing for fire safety. In case of differences in evaluations of materials given by different countries, it was impossible to distribute it to international markets. As building structures become varied and advance in design, issues about structures, materials and equipments are raised. (Pippen, 1999, pp 12-14).
References
Artim N. (2002): National fire protection: public management, pp 16-18.
Warda L. (1999): fire injury prevention and control: Springer, pp 11-13.
Leonard B. (1998): fire safety education resource directory: Jessica Kingsley, pp 34-37.
Nick A. (2001): improving fire safety: common bond series, pp 32-35.
Sleet D. (2003): theories and methods of injury prevention: Elsevier, pp 27-30.
Ben F. (2005): unsafe structures: American psychologist, pp 11-14.
Pippen M. (1999): monitoring and controlling environment: WB sanders, pp 12-14.
Renny M. (2003): Guide to environmental concern: Solano Press, pp 22-23.
Ethan F. (2004): A retrospective study of fire hazard mitigation factors: University of California, pp 07-09.