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Prepared by:
Eng. Michael Adel
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Fire Classification
• Class (A):
Ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, carton, textile and PVC.
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Fire Classification
• Class (B):
Flammable Liquid or gaseous fuels such benzene, gasoline, oil, butane and
natural gas.
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Fire Classification
• Class (C):
Involving energized electrical equipment, often caused by short circuits or
overheated electrical cables.
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Fire Classification
• Class (D):
Combustible metals such as iron, aluminum, sodium and madnesium
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Fire Classification
• Class (K):
Containing a fat element such as cooking oil.
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Class Description
Class A Fires in ordinary combustible materials, such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber, and many
plastics.
Class B Fires in flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based
paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and flammable gases.
Class C Fires that involve energized electrical equipment.
Class D Fires in combustible metals, such as magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium, lithium,
and potassium.
Class K Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal
oils and fats).
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Co2 Fire Extinguisher
• Dry Chemical Powder Fire Extinguisher
•Clean Agent Fire Extinguisher
•Wet Chemical Fire Extinguisher
•Water and Foam Stored pressure Fire Extinguisher
•Modular Automatic Fire Extinguisher
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Co2 Fire Extinguisher
✓ Co2 is a liquefied gas, which is highly effective fighting B and
C class of fires.
✓ These extinguishers are ideal for areas where contamination
and/or clean-up area concern, such as data processing centers,
labs, telecommunication rooms, food storage and processing
areas, etc.
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Dry Chemical Powder Fire Extinguisher
✓ Dry Chemical powder extinguishers utilize a specially
silicon zed Sodium Bicarbonate.
✓ It chemically insulates class B, C fires by forming a cloud
and cutting off the oxygen supply, thus extinguishing the
fire.
✓ It smothers and breaks the chain reaction of Class B fires
and will not conduct electricity back to the operator.
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Clean Agent Fire Extinguisher
✓ Fire extinguishers offer the superior performance and
reliability you expect from quality products.
✓ CLEAN AGENT replaces Halon1211 as the agent-of-choice
for applications where the agent must be clean, electrically
nonconductive, environment friendly, extremely low in
toxicity and effective on class A, B, C fires.
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Wet Chemical Fire Extinguisher
✓ Wet Chemical fire extinguishers are the best choice for restaurant
kitchen appliance (class k fires).
✓ Fire Blanket usually used with kitchen fire protection procedures A
Fire Blanket is a highly flame-resistant blanket that can be used to
either extinguish a small fire or to wrap around a person.
✓ They are made from 2 layers of woven glass fiber fabric and an inner
layer of fire retardant film.
✓ They work by cutting off the oxygen supply (oxygen is one of the
three elements that a fire needs to burn)and smothering the fire
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Water and Foam Stored pressure Fire Extinguisher
Water
✓ These extinguishers are intended primarily for use on Class A fires.
✓ Certain types of water fire extinguishers contain antifreeze which will
allow the extinguisher to be used in freezing conditions.
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Water and Foam Stored pressure Fire Extinguisher
Foam
✓ Rated for use on both Class A and Class B fires.
✓ They are not suitable for use in freezing temperatures. An
advantage of this type of extinguisher when used on Class B
flammable liquid fires of appreciable depth is the ability of
the agent to float on and secure the liquid surface, which helps
to prevent reignition.
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Fire Extinguisher Types:
• Modular Automatic Fire Extinguisher
✓ The extinguishing agent may be Co2, dry chemical or clean
agent.
✓ Installed in ceiling (hanging).
✓ Automatic activated when the desired temperature is achieved
by the spraying nozzle
✓ sprinkler attached in the bottom.
✓ Needs no human interference.
✓ Safer to be used in case of none occupied places
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 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Quantity of Extinguishers for Class A Hazard ( NFPA 6.2 )

Each A is equivalent to 1.25 gallons

2A = 2.5 Gal
4A = 5 Gal
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Quantity of Extinguishers for Class A Hazard
Extinguishers Placed 106 ft (32 m) Apart to Comply
with 75 ft (22.9 m) Travel Distance and 11,250 ft2
(1045 m2 ) Maximum Floor Area per Extinguisher.
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Quantity of Extinguishers for Class A Hazard
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Quantity of Extinguishers for Class B Hazard ( NFPA 6.3 )

The B rating is equivalent to the

amount of square footage that
the extinguisher can cover,
handled by a professional.
20 B= 20 square feet of coverage
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Quantity of Extinguishers for Class D Hazard ( NFPA 6.5 )
• The amount of agent needed is normally figured according to the
surface area of the metal.
• Fire extinguishers or extinguishing agents (media) shall be located
not more than 75ft (22.9 m) of travel distance from the Class D
hazard
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Quantity of Extinguishers for Class K Hazard ( NFPA 6.6 )
• Class K fire extinguishers shall be provided for hazards where there is a potential for fires
involving combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats).
• Maximum travel distance shall not exceed 30 ft (9.1 m) from the hazard to the extinguishers.
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