Fire Extinguishers

Review of Literature

•Water and Foam fire extinguishers extinguish the fire by “taking away the heat element of the fire triangle. Foam agents also separate the oxygen element from the other elements. Water extinguishers are for Class A fires only - they should not be used on Class B or C fires. The discharge stream could spread the flammable liquid in a Class B fire or could create a shock hazard on a Class C fire"

•Carbon Dioxide fire extinguishers extinguish fire by taking away the oxygen element of the fire triangle and also be removing the heat with a very cold discharge. Carbon dioxide can be used on Class B & C fires. They are usually ineffective on Class A fires.

•Dry Chemical fire extinguishers extinguish the fire primarily by

To put it out, turn off the oven and then use salt or baking soda to smother the flames. Shut the oven door immediately to stop air supply.

•Throwing water onto grease fire will make it worse- grease doesn’t mix with water. To put out grease fire, turn the oven off and use salt or baking soda to smother its flames. Covering the oven with a lid is also helpful as it cuts off oxygen supply.

•The best way to keep cooking fires away from your home is to always ensure your stove top and oven are clean by wiping the heating elements and surfaces with a degreaser. Use drip pan when cooking fatty meat in oven. Having a Type B fire safety extinguisher in your kitchen is a great idea. The worst type of household fire is the natural gas fire. For natural gas fire outbreak, try to locate the shut off, turn it off and immediately call the Florida fire department. If you can’t reach the shutoff, take a heavy cloth or heavy carpet and smother the burning flames. If you can’t put out the fire, get out of the building and let professionals do it. If you are successful in extinguishing the fire, you will need to stay away from the building since leaking natural gas is always a

I’ll discuss the two primary examples of the preheat flame and the burning process, as well as two other examples of which the cutting machine operator should be made aware.

•To stop the connection of the fire triangle, you need to remove one of the ingredients from the equation and cause the fire to die out.

•Fire is a chemical process. Three things are needed for this process: oxygen, heat and fuel. Without one of these elements a fire cannot start or continue.

•Each part in the triangle influences the other parts and when you remove one ingredient it causes the other ingredients to fail in completing the full product which is fire

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/how_it_works/fire.html says that “With certain things, like paper or wood, the oxidation rate of the molecules can be very fast. If the heat cannot be released faster than it is created, then combustion happens.