Basics of Different Fire Extinguishers Property Owners Must Know

Here is a short description of how different fire extinguishers work.Water and foam extinguishers These extinguishers work by taking away the heat element off the fire triangle. For instance, foam agents work by separating the oxygen element from the other elements present in a fire scenario. These extinguishers re meant for Class A fires only. They must never be deployed on Class B or Class C fires. Know that the stream discharged from these systems can in fact end up spreading the flammable liquid in class B fires and lead to a shock hazard in class C fires.

Carbon Dioxide extinguishersCarbon Dioxide fire extinguishers put down the fire by the process of removing theoxygen and heat element from the fire triangle. This is achieved through a colddischarge. These extinguishers are highly effective on class B and Class C fires. Theycan never work well on class A fires. Dry Chemical extinguishersDry Chemical fire extinguishers work by interrupting the chemical reaction of the firetriangle. Today you will find a number of multi-purpose dry chemical fire extinguishersthat can work very well on class A, B and C fires and hence can be depended on for anytypes of fires. This type of extinguishers work by bringing about a barrier between theoxygen element and the fuel element on Class A fires. Also, know that the ordinary drychemical extinguisher is mean only for class A and class B fires only. Hence it isimportant to use the right type of fire extinguisher depending on the type of fire. If thisis done rather carelessly, the fire can always re-ignite after being temporarilyextinguished.

Wet Chemical extinguishers Dry Powder extinguishersWet Chemical is a new type of fire Dry Powder extinguishers work infighting agent that can put off the a similar way like dry chemicalfire by removing the heat of the fire extinguishers except the fact thattriangle and preventing the re- they extinguish the fire byignition by producing a barrier delinking the contact betweenbetween the fuel and oxygen the fuel and the oxygen elementelements. Wet chemical of Class K or else by taking away the heatextinguishers are meant to address element off the fire triangle.the high efficiency deep fat fryers These fire extinguishers can workinstalled in commercial cooking only with class D or combustiblesetups. They can also be used on metal fires only. They can neverclass A fires breaking out in today’s work well on other types of fires.commercial kitchens.

Water Mist extinguishersWater Mist extinguishers have been developed recently for extinguishingfires by the process of taking away the heat element off the fire triangle.These systems are an alternative to the clean agent extinguishers wherecontamination is a matter of concern.

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