Lab Safety Training Flammables ChemSW is a leading provider of chemical inventory management systems, MSDS systems and chemistry laboratory software. Great new laboratory Safety series created in PowerPoint . L aboratories are the site of many potential hazards, including the many hazards presented by chemicals themselves. One of the most prevalent hazards is the risk of fire. Fires cause much property loss, cause very painful injury and even cause death.
Flammable chemicals can contribute greatly to the start of a fire.
Flammables also contribute a high heating value to the continuance of the fire. This program describes three models of fire. Knowledge of the models of fire is important because if any step in the process of initiating a fire is removed, the fire does NOT start. Further, if any step is interrupted in a fire, the fire is extinguished. The models of fire are explained in terms of the chemical reaction of fire.