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How Extinguishers Work

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Fire extinguishers all work in much the same fashion, holding their contents under pressure and releasing them through a nozzle or horn when the operating lever is squeezed. The fire extinguishing agent or extinguishant inside works by removing one or more of the three things a fire needs to burn; oxygen, heat and fuel. What Happens Inside a Fire Extinguisher. Regular dry powder exti...

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Fire Safety for Business

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Archives for Fire Safety for Business. September 9, 2008. You may have the best quality, shiniest fire extinguishers in your business premises, but they will only be effective if your staff can find them when they need them most! Fire safety equipment signs are a vital part of your fire safety provision for your office, factory, warehouse, hotel, shop, or outdoor site. Green informat...

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Multi-class Fire Ratings

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Certain types of fire extinguishers are suitable for use on two or more classes of fires. A B Rated Fire Extinguishers. A B C Rated Fire Extinguishers. ABC (multi-purpose) powder fire extinguishers are the only ones suitable for all the standard classes of fire including Class C flammable gas fires. They will be red with a blue panel above the instructions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) fire ...

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Foam Fire Extinguishers

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Foam fire extinguishers have come a long way in 30 years. The original foam was thick, gloopy and smelled appalling, due to its high animal protein content. (Not good for vegetarians, then! How Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Fire Extinguishers Work. The foam also penetrates absorbent materials, and cools the fire as the water in the foam evaporates. AFFF extinguishers are lighter t...

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Fire Safety at Home

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Archives for Fire Safety at Home. Know Your Smoke Alarms. September 9, 2008. When it comes to keeping your family safe from fire, your first line of defense is an effective – and functioning – fire alarm. Smoke Detectors: Pull Your Finger Out! Not all Smoke Alarms are Equal. There are three main types of alarm that can protect you and your home:. 1 An ionisation smoke alarm. Detects ...

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Wet Chemical Extinguishers

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Wet chemical fire extinguishers are the new kids on the fire extinguisher scene, developed specifically for use on deep fat cooking fires. The first such extinguisher on the market was the Chubb FryFighter, and its appearance gave rise to a new fire class, Class F and a new British Standard, BS 7937: 2000. How Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishers Work. The active ingredient in a wet chemi...

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Fire Ratings

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. All fires are grouped into classes, according to the type of materials that are burning. The classes of fire for the UK and Europe are different to those used in the USA and Australia so remember to always read labels carefully if overseas. Fires are those involving free burning materials, such as paper, wood, fabrics and other textiles, and also plastics. In order to standardise mar...

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FE-36 Clean Agent

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. With the worldwide ban on Halon 1211, the race was on to create a clean, safe alternative for use in highly sensitive areas. As a result, the US manufacturing giant DuPont created FE-36, or Hydrofluorocarbon-236fa (HFC-236fa). How Fire Extinguishers Containing DuPont FE-36 Work. FE-36 Fire Extinguishers in Europe. Although not yet widely available in the UK and Europe, these extingui...

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Dry Powder Extinguishers

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Dry powder fire extinguishers are excellent all-round fire extinguishers, often recommended for use on vehicles and in the home. All powder fire extinguishers are red with a blue panel, are either ABC or BC rated and are safe to be used on fires involving electrical equipment. (Remember to look for the electrical safety pictogram.). How Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers Work. Some BC rat...

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Extinguishers For Metals

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All you'll even need to know. How To Use Extinguishers. Fire Safety at Home. Fire Safety for Business. You are here: Home. Specialist fire extinguishers are required to tackle Class D flammable metal fires. As you might expect when dealing with such volatile and specialist materials, you need the correct agent for the metal being extinguished. However, flammable metals are more common than you might imagine, as under certain conditions, even powdered aluminium or swarf can catch fire. While you may not e...