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Suthanthira Selvan
• Beating
• Blanketing
• Use of Sand
• Use of Water
• Foam
• Carbon Di-Oxide
• Dry Chemical Powder
“Flammable liquids”
Oil, gasoline, solvents
“Energized circuits”
Electrical equipment
and computers
INEXPERIENCED
• Don’t know about the proper
type of extinguisher
• Don’t know how to make a
“Fight or Flight” analysis
• Unfamiliar with the
“P.A.S.S. method”
• Works by cooling.
• Numerical rating indicates amount of agent,
duration, and range of discharge on test fires.
• Area of Class A fire which a “non-expert” can
extinguish, with proper training
– 1-A is equivalent on Class-A fire to five liters of water .
– 2-A contains has twice as much extinguishing agent.
Suthanthira Selvan, HRM
HOW THEY WORK:
• WATER
• DRY CHEMICAL
• CO2 and Halon
Suthanthira Selvan, HRM
WATER
• Water + CO2 propellant
• ONLY for Class fires
– wood / paper, etc.
• Spreads burning liquids!
• DANGER of electric shock if
used on on live circuits!
Suthanthira Selvan, HRM
DRY CHEMICAL
MULTI-PURPOSE RATED
Either Or
-Suthanthira Selvan