Applying Tuba vinegar (Tiglium Linn), baking soda,

Chalk dust, and powdered Egg shell as

Fire extinguisher

An Investigatory Project
Presented to the Faculty of the
Integrated Basic Education Department
St. Anne College Lucena Inc.
Lucena City

In Partial Fufilment
Of the requirement for
Senior High School
General Chemistry 1

Proponent:
Garcia, Ian L.
Salvan, Joshua C.
 Chapter 1
Introduction
Nowadays fire is one the most destructive events because it can cause
big damage to property or structure as well as can cause loss of lives. It is
important to become aware and ready if the fire occur. Most of the fire incident,
occur due to lack of equipment like fire extinguisher and most of the houses has
no equipment like fire equipment due to high cost. The Bureau of Fire Protection
(BFP) required each house to have fire extinguisher in order to become ready if
the fire occur. Fire extinguisher has the capability to eliminate fire in order the fire
not to spread in the other houses.

Fire extinguisher is one of the solution to destructive event which is fire. It

has the capability to control small fires that is often in emergency situation and it
is a device in an active fire protection used to extinguish fire. Typically, a fire
extinguisher consists of a hand-held cylindrical pressure vessel containing an
agent which can be discharged to extinguish a fire. Fire extinguishers
manufactured with non-cylindrical pressure vessels also exist, but are less
common.

There are two main types of fire extinguishers: stored-pressure and

cartridge-operated. In stored pressure units, the expellant is stored in the same
chamber as the firefighting agent itself. Depending on the agent used, different
propellants are used. With dry chemical extinguishers, nitrogen is typically used;
water and foam extinguishers typically use air. Stored pressure fire extinguishers
are the most common type. Cartridge-operated extinguishers contain the
expellant gas in a separate cartridge that is punctured prior to discharge,
exposing the propellant to the extinguishing agent.

Due to high cost of fire extinguisher most of the people has not enough
money to buy that equipment. People thinking that if they buy fire extinguisher it
is not worth due to limited use of it. Most of the people being practical instead
buying fire extinguisher, the expenses money will put in their personal need in
daily lives.
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to produce a fire extinguisher from coconut

sap (Tiglium Linn) vinegar mixed with powdered eggshell, baking soda, and chalk
dust. The cause that the researcher came up with this study because the fire
incident become one of the problem in community it cause damage to property
and can cause loss of lives. The researcher assume that intermixture of coconut
sap (Tiglium Linn) vinegar mixed with powdered eggshell, baking soda, and chalk
dust can produce fire extinguisher which is more cheaper, convenient, handy to
use, easier to made, and recyclable.

Different sets of test will conducted first the mixture will be done to test for
the amount of ratio needed for the mixture of fire extinguisher. The second test
aims to find the capability of homemade fire extinguisher to extinguish fire; the
researcher conducted a set of experiment. The setup is consist of Class A fire,
Class B fire, and lastly the Class C fire. Also the researcher would find the exact
amount of the ratio variables needed to produce fire extinguisher. The different
set of experiment, the researcher concluded that the fire extinguisher can
extinguish Class A, Class B, and Class C fires. The experimental fire extinguish
could not extinguish the Class A, Class B, and Class C fires. Therefore the
researcher will proves the experimental fire extinguisher has a capability to
extinguish different types of fires.
Statement of the problem
1. Is coconut tuba vinegar (Tiglium Linn) vinegar, baking soda, Chalk dust,
and powdered Egg can be a homemade fire extinguisher?
2. Is the ingredient is capable is extinguish different types of fire?
3. Determine if the spray can is the appropriate container for the mixture?
4. Is the homemade fire extinguisher can extinguish fire quickly?
5. Determine is the homemade fire extinguisher is cheaper than commercial
fire extinguisher?

Hypothesis
1. The mixture of Tuba vinegar (Tiglium Linn) vinegar, baking soda, Chalk
dust, and powdered Egg can produce a homemade fire extinguisher.
2. The ingredients has the capability to extinguish different types of fire.
3. The spray can be used a container for the mixture.
4. The homemade fire extinguisher can extinguish fire quickly
5. The homemade fire extinguisher has cheaper than commercial fire
extinguisher.

Background of the study

One the problem in the country is the preparedness of people and
government if the natural calamities and disaster occurs like floods, hurricanes,
tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, other geologic processes
and specially fires that causes damage to structure and causes loss of life.

According to Bureau of Fire Protection (2015) According to Bureau of fire

Protection (2015) an overwhelming twelve thousand three hundred-one (12,301)
fire incidents were reported in the year 2013; 15,897 in 2014; and from January
2015 there were already 1,848 fire incidents that has transpired. But it is not just
lives that these destructive fires acquire, yearly, people are left homeless, and
workers are left without a workplace. An estimated 5.5B worth of damages were
recorded in the year 2013; 3.3M in the year 2014; and an estimated 4.11M worth
of damages were already recorded since January 2015.

“Over 600 fire incidents in Metro Manila from Jan. to Feb. 2015 –BFP” GMA

News Online 2 Mach 2015.

Honeywell Security and Fire, a unit of the Arizona-based diversified

technology firm, said that based on their survey, 84 percent of Filipinos rank fire
as top threat, second only to earthquakes at 91 percent. Other potential physical
threats included building collapses (69 percent), terrorism (64 percent) and floods
(33 percent).

A regulation from government requires every establishment to have fire

safety equipment including the installation of fire extinguisher in the strategic
portion in their offices and buildings. Schools are specially required to have fire
extinguisher inside their premises. It is to assure the safety of the school, the
teacher, and specially the students. But majority of schools cannot afford to buy
expensive extinguisher to install in their establishment, even my school has
limited number of fire extinguisher.

Due to high cost of commercial fire extinguisher people in the community

think that it is not important in home. And people think that instead of buying this
commercial fire extinguisher they will budget it in personal need in daily lives. And
people think that this fire extinguisher is limited to use therefore it is not worthy.
This is the cause that researcher will produce a cheaper and affordable fire
extinguisher to common folks and to every household.

Significance of the study

Nowadays, here in the Philippines fire is one of the comment cause of
incident or accidents in different part of the Philippine that causes damage in
property or structure in different areas and destroying many lives. According to
the Bureau of Fire Protection the causes of fire incident is unattended cooking,
over heated appliances and short circuit. One of the reason of large fire incident
is lack of fire safety and another reason is lack of fire extinguisher due to high
cost.

Through this experiment one will learns the tips and technique in
producing homemade fire extinguisher and much more affordable fire
extinguisher from Tuba Vinegar (Tiglium Linn), baking soda, chalk dust, and
powdered egg shell. If done excellently an effective fire extinguisher is made with
less expense compared to commercial ones.

Scope and Limitation

This study entitled “Applying Tuba Vinegar (Sukang tuba), baking soda,
Chalk dust, and powdered Eggshell as Fire extinguisher” generally aims to
produce cheaper fire extinguisher.

This study will conducted in St. Anne College Inc. (SACLI). The study is
only focus producing homemade fire extinguisher from Tuba vinegar (Tiglium
Linn), baking soda, chalk dust, and powdered eggshell. The result product is only
focus the specific fire it can extinguish. In testing the effectiveness of the fire
extinguisher the researcher uses different concentration on materials to
determine the exact ratio of ingredients for the fire extinguisher. The researcher
uses different types of fire namely Class A fires involving solid materials such as
wood, paper or textiles, Class B fires involving flammable liquids such as petrol,
diesel or oils, Class C fires involving gases, Class D fires involving metals, Class
E fires involving live electrical apparatus. This study will last in April 31, 2018.