What you should know about Fire Extinguishers?

Angelica — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:36:22 +0000

Fire extinguishers are required under the terms of your insurance.
Fire Extinguishers prevent small fire developing into fully developed fires that can destroy business and lives.
Fire Extinguishers are now required under health and safety legislation
Fire extinguishers can save your business – extinguish a fire before it destroys your business
Fire extinguishers must be installed in all work places and they must be serviced at least annually.

Types of fire extinguisher

Water Fire Extinguishers - The cheapest and most widely used fire extinguishers. Used for Class A fires. Not suitable for Class B (Liquid) fires, or where electricity is involved.
Foam Fire Extinguisher - More expensive than water, but more versatile. Used for Classes A & B fires. Foam spray extinguishers are not recommended for fires involving electricity, but are safer than water if inadvertently sprayed onto live electrical apparatus.
Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers - Often termed the ‘multi-purpose’ extinguisher, as it can be used on classes A, B & C fires. Best for running liquid fires (Class B). Will efficiently extinguish Class C gas fires, BUT BEWARE, IT CAN BE DANGEROUS TO EXTINGUISH A GAS FIRE WITHOUT FIRST ISOLATING THE GAS SUPPLY. Special powders are available for class D metal fires.
CO2 Fire Extinguishers - Carbon Dioxide is ideal for fires involving electrical apparatus, and will also extinguish class B liquid fires, but has NO POST FIRE SECURITY and the fire could re-ignite.
Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishers – Specially designed for class F fires.
For Metal Fires: A specialist fire extinguisher for use on Class D fires – metal fires such as sodium, lithium, manganese and aluminium when in the form of swarf or turnings.

What are these types of classes material?

Class A: Solids such as paper, wood, plastic etc

Class B: Flammable Liquids such as paraffin, petrol, oil etc

Class C: Flammable Gases such as propane, butane, methane etc

Class D: Metals such as aluminium, magnesium, titanium etc

Class E: Fires involving Electrical Apparatus

Class F: Cooking Oil & Fat etc

For further questions contact us by info@cfsg.ie or call us 01 2957540

CFSG supplies a range of fire extinguishers for all types of fires.

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