How a Fire Extinguisher Works

A fire extinguisher is an absolute necessity in any home or office. While there's a good chance that the extinguisher will sit on the wall for years, collecting dust, it could end up saving your property and even your life. Find out how these essential devices kill flames in this HowStuffWorks video. Credits: , HowStuffWorks

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• howto
• fire
• extinguisher

[TJvigilante]

Actually most common fire extinguishers today are a dry chemical, not CO2 gas...it helps them put out more than just a paper fire by smothering the fire rather than displacing oxygen in the atmosphere. It's more efficient in an open-air environment where more oxygen just rushes back in to the still-hot fuel and reignites it.

[irelandcool1]

this guy is better then howcast and ehow 

[etproductions661]

got here from nukes

[iAmPwny]

i drew a diagram of this in school and my stupid elementry school principle cough cough Dr payne. thought it was a drwing of a bomb and i got suspended

[DannyV1991]

how many PSI is that thing?

no seriously!

[april76301]

@jumanjalepeno Well god gave me the abilty... But gods gift to earth is not fire... Also im not a joke in life becuase im not the one trolling here .And well i must say myself your trolling is well pretty bad i recommend you go work on it... Also pyrokineis is not fake... Its a real abilty

[jumanjalepeno]

@april76301 you're merely a joke in life if you think fire is god's gift to earth or some shit like that? and pyrokinetiwutever is bullshit you big flamer lol

[april76301]

@SpecializedChild462 k

[SpecializedChild462]

@april76301 Good idea and yes i do mean the halon fire extinguisher. i am very weird and I like halon! :D It is very clean and leaves no mess but it can also cause asphyxiation and even halon poisoning. But of course I am not stupid enough to go dump a halon extinguisher on my friends! idk i'm just weird! It's usually fire and ice but in my book it's fire and halon.

[april76301]

@SpecializedChild462 I'm serious pyrokinesis is a real abilty if your trained well enough you can ignite and de-ignite things with your mind.Also well to be honest your minorly confusing... Halon? The chemical agent Halon? Wtf... Yes i know blocking people will not stop them from replying to you on videos.It stops them mostly on your channel.Also yes we should get along this is all just silly.I dont even know anymore why most of this started.

[SpecializedChild462]

@april76301 sorry I wasn't trying to argue with you. i just assumed that you were lying about the volcano thing when your friend fell into it. BTW it won't stop people from replying to your comments in other peoples videos but that isn't why I did this.

just please can we get along and be nice even though you are fire and i am halon?

[SpecializedChild462]

@april76301 well you can't leave it burning forever especially without a pit around it and i highly doubt that an imaginary power would work therefore you need to use a type of extinguishing method before it gets out of control. anyeays I guess you hate the fire department then. But okay yes I have a seperate power (halon) and you are fire. so yes we then do have a reason to hate each other in imaginary terms but in real life we should be nice and just get the fuck along!