Fire Science -- Risk Management Term Paper

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According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency United States Fire Administration (1996), "Emergency medical services respond to urgent situations that are related to the health and welfare of the community's citizens. Emergency management services protect the community from the effects of natural disasters. Rescue teams safely remove citizens from dangerous predicaments, avoiding the risk of injury or death that untrained, unprepared citizens might face if they tried to perform that mission. Hazardous materials response teams protect the population and the environment from the effects of uncontrolled releases of hazardous materials. The common thread among the missions of all those teams is the community's need for protection from potentially harmful or undesirable events." (Federal Emergency Management Agency United States Fire Administration, 1996)

The element of fire within risk management practices is perhaps the most readily identifiable threat that organizations face today.
Fire can commence at any moment, can be triggered by a large number of catalysts, and is ferociously destructive if allowed to develop and spread. Certain fires run hotter than others, when an accelerant is used in cases or arson, or when chemicals for organizational use are exposed to a random fire within the building, such exposure can accelerate the rate of fire as it spreads throughout the building.

Fire prevention and mitigation is about education and planning. Emergency sprinkler systems must be a requirement in all modern buildings and certainly as an update to older buildings that may have been grandfathered past the modern zoning regulations that require these safety sprinkler systems. Indeed, these systems are present in resident buildings but not always present within commercial buildings......

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