Foam Fire Extinguishers

Use the Right Kind of Fire Extinguisher for the
Kind of Fire

Not just any kind of fire extinguishers are usable for all kinds of fire. Their makers design specific types of fire extinguishers for use against the kind of fire that happens, which are also of different types or classes. The foam fire extinguisher for example is good only for use against Class B fires, which include those from burning petrol, oils, fats, paints and tars. Class B fires, which are caused by the combustion of liquids that liquefy cannot be extinguished by water, as they are liable to spread over a wider area when hit by the water jets from water fire extinguishers. Thus, there is a need for you to see first what caused the fire in the first place, before getting the appropriate fire extinguisher.

People however, who work in shops doing painting of items like toys, make sure that the fire extinguishers on stand-by for any emergency are the foam fire extinguishers, that are suitable for use against the industrial type of fires that they normally experience in their line of work. If there are other types of extinguishers like the water fire extinguisher, they are placed outside the painting areas so as not to confuse the people inside the painting section who might have to use the fire extinguishers for the Class B fires they normally have. Also, if there are different kinds of fire extinguishers, a marking system appropriate for the units, to guide the users on the type of extinguisher they are getting.

Foam fire extinguisher is not usable to combat deep fat fryer fires, which is another kind of fire still. Only wet chemical fire extinguishers can tackle this particular kind of fire.

The foam fire extinguisher that you buy come already fully charged with the foam materials that you use to subdue the industrial fires and can also be easily recharged later after the contents have been fully exhausted. They all come with the standard five-year warranty on all parts.

The foam fire extinguishers are easy to use with just one hand as they are not very heavy – their weights are only a little over 3 kilos per unit. They have also shrouded heads to avoid being tangled when in use. Other descriptive details include:

1. Dimensions: Height - 365mm, Width - 152mm, and Depth - 110 mm
2. Stored pressure of foam is ready for use when delivered.
3. Easy to read pressure gauge
4. Wall-mounting included in package

These kinds of fire extinguishers have only 16 seconds discharge time of their contents, so it is vital that one using it must hit the target accurately, so as not to waste the foam contents at all. The user also must be near enough to the fire because this kind of extinguisher has a range of only two meters. It is thus practical to have more units of the foam fire extinguishers, especially if the work area is a big one.