Water fire extinguisher is in solid red color and the word
“water” will be printed in white colored text. This is a classic model that
dispenses water at a high pressure to extinguish fire.
Water Fire Extinguisher Use
This is suitable for Class A
fires:
i.e. extinguisher fights fire in coal, plastic, paper, cloth and
materials related to these.
NOTE: Water fire
extinguisher should not be used on burning oil/ fat/ electrical items.
Water spray extinguisher will be
solid red color and the word “aqua spray” will be printed in white color on it.
This is more effective than traditional water model in firefighting, as they
spray water over wide area with high pressure. Alike traditional
counterpart they are apt only for class A fire.
NOTE: Never use this on
burning oil / electrical appliances.
Both water spray and water consists of some chemical additives
which enhances the effective of extinguisher up to 300%.
The chemicals have the capacity
to remove the natural surface tension of water which soaks burning substances
effectively.
Water Mist
Fire Extinguisher
Water mist
extinguisher is a solid red one with words “water mist” printed in a white
rectangle.
Water mist
extinguisher is a unique type fire extinguisher that can extinguish all class of fires
and also this can combat Class F fire,
which is quite difficult to attack.
This sort of fire extinguishers has a special nozzle
that converts the water to “dry” into small particles which are finally drawn
into fire , cools it and suffocate, thus it extinguish the fire successfully.
This is an effective firefighting as it creates a
safety barrier in between fire and user, as it repels the some of heat and
leave behind no hard to clean residue.
NOTE: These are not
classified as suitable for Class B (liquid) class C (gases).
This type of fire
extinguisher may not be suitable for electrical fires, but when accidently used
on electrical fires will not pose any significant hazard as compared to normal
water extinguisher.
Fire
Extinguisher Types and Uses
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Water Fire Extinguisher
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