TYPES OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS:
FIRE EXTINGUISHER: The equipment that is used for fire extinguishing is known as fire extinguisher.These are different type like chemical type, mechanical type etc.
These are used in factory,mill,substation,shopping mall,cinema hall,laboratory etc for fire extinguishing.
The different type of fire extinguisher is given below:
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| Fire class chart |
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| Class A fire |
These type of fire extinguish by given below fire extinguisher:
a) Water type: In this type the extinguishing material is water.It lower the temperature of fire and thus it extinguishing the fire.
b) Dry Powder: In this type the extinguishing material is soda acid.It makes a layer on fire thus contact between fire and air (oxygen) vanishes thus it extinguish the fire.
c) Halon: It is a liquified, compressed gas that extinguish the fire.
2.CLASS - B FIRE: These fire include fire of transformer oil, CT oil, PT oil, circuit breaker oil fire, diesel, petrol etc.These are also known as oil lubricant fire.
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| Class B fire |
a) Chemical foam type: In this type of extinguisher the extinguishing material is foam produced by carbon dioxide gas.It covers the fire and lower the temperature of fire thus extinguishing the fire.
Some cases dry powder,halon fire extinguisher also used in class-b fire.
3.CLASS - C FIRE: These type of fire include fire of generator,motor,transformer winding,domestic and power wiring fire, wire insulation, control panel wiring fire etc.
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| Class C fire |
These type of fire extinguish by given below fire extinguisher:
a) Carbon dioxide gas cylinder: In this type of extinguisher the extinguishing material is carbon dioxide.
b) Carbon tetra chloride fire cylinder: In this type of extinguisher the extinguishing material is carbon tetra chloride it produce phosgene gas that extinguish the fire.
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