Fire Extinguisher Training : Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher Uses

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Uploaded by on Sep 26, 2008

Dry chemical fire extinguishers can extinguish paper fires (Class A fires), flammable liquid fires (Class B fires) and energized electrical equipment fires (Class C fires) Get tips for using dry chemical fire extinguishers in this free video on fire extinguisher training.

Expert: Joe Bruni
Bio: Captain Joe Bruni has over 30-years experience as a street firefighter and company officer.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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  • is the powder toxic

  • سق امها

  • Is the handle/lever plastic

  • 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.

  • @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

  • @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)

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

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

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

  • powder is really shit stuff.....

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