SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY FIRE BHM6TH SEM TRUNKETED
SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: Prof. Dr. JSI Prasad
FIRE, PREVENTION AND PROTECTION:
Fire Precautions:
Fires in hotel and catering establishments are common and all too often can result in injury to the employee and in serious cases either injury or loss of life to employees and customers.
Fire Prevention:
In dealing with this subject it is necessary to realize that it falls into two separate categories :
a. Fire Prevention
b. Fire fighting
One of the most important requirements for fire prevention is good housekeeping---housekeeping of the kind that fall under the jurisdiction of the maintenance department rather than the Housekeeping department. This kind of good housekeeping automatically, through orderliness and the elimination of hazards helps to prevent fires.
The Chief engineer is normally responsible for fighting fires in each hotel. He is responsible for instructing employee in his department on organizing and supervising FIRE DRILLS and for the maintenance of a well trained group which acts as a fire patrol as well as fire fighters.
The instructions given to maintenance employees should enable them to be able to classify types of fires and to be familiar with the proper methods of extinguishing them. Some fires calls for wetting and cooling method below the ignition point ( ignition is the process of something starting to burn), others require blanketing effect ( a security blanket provides some one with a feeling of safety and comfort when they are in a situation that worries them or makes them feel nervous)which either excludes or dilutes oxygen to a point where it will not support combustion ( combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning ).
A basic knowledge regarding the fire should assist in preventing fires and handling them if they do occur. Three components are necessary for a fire to start, if one of the three , or is removed then the fire does not happen
FIRE, PREVENTION AND PROTECTION:
Fire Precautions:
Fires in hotel and catering establishments are common and all too often can result in injury to the employee and in serious cases either injury or loss of life to employees and customers.
Fire Prevention:
In dealing with this subject it is necessary to realize that it falls into two separate categories :
a. Fire Prevention
b. Fire fighting
One of the most important requirements for fire prevention is good housekeeping---housekeeping of the kind that fall under the jurisdiction of the maintenance department rather than the Housekeeping department. This kind of good housekeeping automatically, through orderliness and the elimination of hazards helps to prevent fires.
The Chief engineer is normally responsible for fighting fires in each hotel. He is responsible for instructing employee in his department on organizing and supervising FIRE DRILLS and for the maintenance of a well trained group which acts as a fire patrol as well as fire fighters.
The instructions given to maintenance employees should enable them to be able to classify types of fires and to be familiar with the proper methods of extinguishing them. Some fires calls for wetting and cooling method below the ignition point ( ignition is the process of something starting to burn), others require blanketing effect ( a security blanket provides some one with a feeling of safety and comfort when they are in a situation that worries them or makes them feel nervous)which either excludes or dilutes oxygen to a point where it will not support combustion ( combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning ).
A basic knowledge regarding the fire should assist in preventing fires and handling them if they do occur. Three components are necessary for a fire to start, if one of the three , or is removed then the fire does not happen