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No Safety-Know Pain
Know Safety-No Pain
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Fire Concept
The Combustion Process
• Three components
• Need all three
components to start a
fire
• Fire extinguishers
remove one or more of
the components.
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Classification of Fire
Class A - Wood, paper, cloth, carpets, trash, plastics
Solid combustible materials that are not metals. (Class A fires generally leave an Ash.)
Carbon dioxide
Fire Extinguishers
WATER TYPE
FOAM TYPE
DRY CHEMICAL POWDER
CARBON – DI – OXIDE
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Fire Extinguisher
PRESSURE GAUGE
DISCHARGE LEVER
(not found on CO2
extinguishers)
DISCHARGE LOCKING PIN CARRYING
AND SEAL HANDLE
DISCHARGE HOSE
DATA PLATE
DISCHARGE ORIFICE
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Method of Extinguishment
4. Inhibited of Flame
(Breaking Chain Reaction)
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Fighting the Fire
Aim low at
A the base of flames