Fire Extinguisher Training : Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher Uses

[SuperCrazyStorm1]

Is the handle/lever plastic

[killallianceftw]

Is it normal for these things to just explode out of nowhere? Mine has been sitting on top of my fridge for like 8 years and out of the blue it just explodes.

[AlaskanAWD]

@lucase62

Class K Extinguishers are typically mounted on the wall in the path of egress in a kitchen, they are hand held. What you are talking about is a Kitchen Hood system, these use fusable links on a cable that runs in the hood above the appliances. There will also be a manual pull station located near the closest exit or path of egress and some systems have a button on the control head usually located above the bottle of fire suppressant. When the fusable link reaches a set temperature t

[16kats]

Class BC wont do anything to an A fire which is probably the most common type of fire. Gotta have a class ABC.

[lizmonique]

buy ABC if you want to have a mess to clean up after extinguishing a fire. CO2 is the way to go.

[fireworkfreak100]

powder is really shit stuff.....

[MrGunzKill]

this is really good for the w-96 / s-96

[pk4eva2]

wht about k?

vegtable oils and cookign stuff

[lizmonique]

@pk4eva2 k class is strictly kitchen oriented for oils and food. typically they are about 6 liters for commercial kitchens.

[lucase62]

@lizmonique I'm not an expert, but from what I've been told, class K is mounted above stoves with a pull string, lever, button, etc, to release the chemical and put out a kitchen fire (in restaurants, schools, etc)

[DeadParrotsLTD]

It's the best fire extinguisher available to us... as American citizens.

[clubxtra]

that paticular extinguisher may be good for ABC, but many are only good for BC, and some only good for D fires, so to state brodly that it works on ABC is misleading. Maby sugest them to look at the label and determin what class its good for.

[bestSVMS]

not all classes

thers more that ab and c

[MrStantonP]

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