General info ..

Carbon based fire (wood, timber furniture) - Use water base, foam or dry powder FE

Oil based fire (kitchen, petroleum chemical station) - Use Foam or dry powder FE

Electrical based fire (metal, live electricity) - Use dry powder or Gas discharge (C02, FM3000, Halon) FE

Note * discharge gasses (CO2. FM3000, Halon) all heavier than air thus don't hide in a hole when you use it.. You will suffocate..

Get some training to use the FE and there is an expiry date for dry powder FE (it hardens with age and cannot flow out) so there is a periodic maintenance cost..

Technically the location of FE's are always at the exit routes, never in a storage room..

You grab the FE fight out of a fire NOT risk running into a room (where you might be trapped) getting a FE..

The objective is to save lives and property.. Lives always comes first..

This post has been edited by Richard: Jan 23 2017, 01:16 AM