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    This document provides an introduction to fire extinguishers, including their classifications and uses. It discusses the common types of fires - Class A for ordinary combustibles, Class B for flammable liquids, and Class E for live electrical equipment. It then explains how different types of portable fire extinguishers work to put out these various fire classes: water extinguishers for Class A fires by cooling, dry chemical extinguishers as multi-purpose for Classes A, B, and E by blanketing fuel and displacing oxygen, and CO2 extinguishers best for Class B liquid and electrical fires due to their short range. The document concludes with safety tips on proper fire extinguisher usage and calling emergency services first when discovering

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    An Introduction to

    Fire Extinguishers

    SOME COMMON FIRE


    CLASSIFICATIONS
    Ordinary combustibles
    Paper, wood, rubber, plastics
    and textiles.

    Flammable liquids
    Oil, petrol, solvents

    Live Electrical equipment

    equipment and computers

    HOW THEY EXTINGUISH CLASS A FIRES:

    Works by cooling.
    Use on paper, wood, rubber, plastic & textile
    fires.

    HOW THEY EXTINGUISH CLASS B FIRES:

    Works by blanketing the fuel.


    Interrupts chemical reaction at fuel surface.
    Use on flammable liquids e.g. oil, gas,
    solvent fires

    HOW THEY EXTINGUISH CLASS E FIRES:


    use on live electrical equipment

    Works by displacing oxygen, smothering fire.


    Use on electrical equipment

    Portable Fire
    Extinguishers
    Can be CARRIED to a fire
    Weigh from ~2kg to ~13kg

    Portable Fire
    Extinguishers
    LIMITED IN:
    Capacity - .5kg to 11kg
    approx of extinguishing agent

    Range - Typically 1m to 6m
    Duration - Discharge their
    contents in only 5 to 45 seconds!

    Extinguisher
    Common features

    Safety pin (and plastic tamper tag)


    Carrying handle / operating lever
    Pressure gauge
    Label :

    Type (Water, C02, Dry Chemical)


    Classification (A, B, E)
    Capacity Rating (in Kg)
    Instructions

    Discharge nozzle or horn

    SOME COMMON TYPES OF


    FIRE EXTINGUISHERS:

    WATER
    DRY CHEMICAL
    CO2

    E
    E

    WATER
    Propellant: compressed
    air or nitrogen
    ONLY for Class
    fires

    wood / paper, etc.

    DRY CHEMICAL

    MULTI-PURPOSE RATED
    Either

    Or

    Best for general use:


    Reduced risk of re-ignition
    A 4.5kg DCP unit can last upto 20s.
    Effective range of 2m to 6m

    C02 -

    E
    E

    Rated

    Best on burning liquids / electrical


    SHORT range 1m to 2m
    2kg, 3.5kg and 5kg extinguishers available

    DISPERSES QUICKLY!
    Unit gets VERY cold - hold properly

    In case of burning odour


    or smoke:
    Raise the alarm!
    Call Emergency Services 0 0 0 or 112 for
    mobile phones, First!
    Disconnect Equipment if safe to do so
    Remove combustibles, ONLY IF SAFE TO
    DO SO

    Notify Other Staff and Wardens

    RACE
    upon discovery of fire or smoke

    Remove persons in immediate danger!


    Alert others and Emergency Services
    Contain fire and smoke (close doors)
    Evacuate &/or extinguish

    Use a portable extinguisher


    ONLY if the:
    Fire Service has been called (Dial 0 0 0 or 112 mobiles)*

    EXIT IS CLEAR (fight fire with your back to an exit )


    Proper extinguisher is at hand, and...
    You have been trained and know how to use it!
    * If practicable

    Remember
    the PASS
    word:
    1) Keep your back to
    a clear escape route,
    2) Stand back 2m to
    5m from the fire,
    3) Then

    >>:

    P.A.S.S.

    PULL
    AIM

    SQUEEZE
    SWEEP

    PULL the pin

    AIM
    LOW at the base of the fire

    SQUEEZE
    the lever

    SWEEP
    from side to side (slowly)

    OK, Its out


    Now What?
    WATCH the fire area
    If the fire flares up again repeat!
    If you cant control the fire, LEAVE immediately!
    Recharge or replace any used fire extinguisher!

    The End

    Use of Fire Extinguishers

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    Prepared by:

    Deirdre Huppatz, Chief Fire Warden for Lower North District Office Staff
    Reviewed by FSI Fire Safety Training (A Division of Chubb Fire
    Australia) Unit 1, 49 Holland Street, Thebarton SA 5031 Telephone (08)
    8443 3733 Fax (08) 8443 3788 FFE Building Services
    ABN 4700 006 7541 www.chubb.com.au/training_fire.asp
    John Hisco, Project Officer Training, DECS

    October 2003

    Use of Fire Extinguishers

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