Fire Safety Video for Offices Excerpt: Since the dawn on man fire has been a powerful tool, allowing us to cook food, keep warm, and illuminate our surroundings. But throughout our history fire has also been a devastating destroyer. Even with modern fire fighting techniques, accidental fires are still a leading cause of destruction, disability, and death. And today’s fires are more dangerous than ever, because when a blaze consumes furniture, carpets, and office equipment the materials they are made of can create toxic infernos that spread quickly, and kill instantly. The best way to fight a fire is to prevent it, but first you must know what causes things to burn. All fires involve three elements: heat, fuel, and oxygen. Removing any of these will stop a fire. Let’s look at each of them in greater detail. Fires start with heat which serves as a source of ignition. Heat can be generated by many things including open flames, faulty electrical circuits, overheated equipment, and unshielded hot surfaces. Once a fire is burning it produces more heat, and grows even larger. As long as there is enough fuel and oxygen a fire will continue to spread.