Fire Types

By Brian O’Connor05-Oct-2023

In the hands of a trained person, portable fire extinguishers are great tools to protect people and property from fire during early stages. When using an extinguisher or selecting an extinguisher to install, it’s important to know the characteristics of different fire extinguishers. This blog will address the different types of fire extinguishers by breaking them down by their extinguishing agent, which is the material inside the extinguisher that gets applied to the fire.

Class of Fire	Description
Class A Fires	Fires in ordinary combustible materials, such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber, and many plastics.
Class B Fires	Fires in flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and flammable gases.
Class C Fires	Fires that involve energized electrical equipment.
Class D Fires	Fires in combustible metals, such as magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium, lithium, and potassium.
Class K Fires	Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats).

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