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How to use a Portable Fire Extinguisher
How to use aPortable Fire ExtinguisherBrought to you more fire protection training materials, please Fire Equipment Manufacturers Association FIRE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, Sumner AvenueCleveland, OH 44115-2851 Tel: 216-241-7333 Fax:216-241-0105 FEMA, The Life Safety Group is an international, non-profit tradeassociation dedicated to saving livesand protecting property throughfirst line of defense fire protectionproducts and OF FIRESC lass A firesare fires inordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, cloth, trash,and B firesare fires inflammable liquids such as gasoline, petroleum oil, and paint. Also included are flammable gases such as propane and butane. Class B fires do not include fires involvingcooking oils and C firesare fires involvingenergized electrical equipmentsuch as motors, transformers,and appliances. Remove thepower and the Class C firebecomes one of the other classes of D firesare fires in combustible metals such aspotassium, sodium, aluminumand K firesare fires in cookingoils and greases such as animalfats and vegetable WOOD PAPERLIQUIDS ELECTRICAL METALSDCOOKING OILS BEFORE USING A FIRE Extinguisher , BE SURE the fire department has been called you have announced the fire to alert others occupants have begun evacuating or are leaving the structure the fire is small
However, dry powder extinguishers are for Class D or combustible metal fires, only. They are ineffective on all other classes of fires. Water Mistextinguishers are a recent develop-ment that extinguishes the fire by taking away the heat from the fire. They are an alternative to the clean agent extinguishers where contamination is a concern.
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