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Fire Tetrahedron

FUEL
O
X
Y
G
E
N

H
E
A
T
CHAIN
REACTION

Fire Tetrahedron

Water works
by cooling

FUEL
O
X
Y
G
E
N

H
E
A
T

(Foams)

CHAIN
REACTION

Fire Tetrahedron

Remove Heat

FUEL
O
X
Y
G
E
N

Shut off the valve

stop the flow of fuel.
H
E
A
T
CHAIN
REACTION

Move the fuel.

Foams??

Fire Tetrahedron

Remove Fuel

FUEL
O
X
Y
G
E
N

CO2
H
E
A
T

CHAIN
REACTION

Something that
will cover
Foam??

Fire Tetrahedron

Remove Oxygen

FUEL

All dry chemicals.

O
X
Y
G
E
N

H
E
A
T

Halon
Clean Agents

CHAIN
REACTION

Fire Tetrahedron

Remove Chain Reaction

Classification
Of
Fires

Water

Halon

Foams

ABC Dry Chemicals

Clean Agents

Class A - Trash, Wood and Paper

Dry Chemicals

CO2

Foams

Clean Agents

Class B - Flammable Liquids

All Dry Chemicals

Clean Agents

CO2

Class C - Electrical

Special Liquid Agents

Class K - Kitchen Greases

DRY POWDERS

Class D - Flammable Metals

Trash, Wood and Paper

Flammable Liquids

Flammable Metals

Electrical

Kitchen Greases

AGENT PROGRAM

First Dry Chemical used in the early 1900

Early chemical
Had trouble with
Moisture they
added
Magnesium Stearate
to help
solve this problem

Early chemicals
were very coarse

Sodium Bicarbonate

DuGas introduced the first modern

Extinguisher using this agent in the
early 20s.
In 1938 Ansul bought
Sodium
DuGas and improved Bicarbonate
the agent
making it 50%
better

Later to be called
Plus - 50- B
(Ansul trade name)

Still a coarse
material
Color - Coded

white

B:C ( only)

Sodium Bicarbonate

Introduced in
the late 1950s

Silicone- replaced
Stearate, agent was
ground to make the
particle size
smaller, felt to
make the agent
more effective
Color - coded

BLUE

B:C only

Plus - 50- C

Sodium Bicarbonate

NRL
Purple - K
Introduced in
1961
Color - Coded
Purple
by everyone

B:C only

Twice as Effective as
Sodium Bicarbonate

Potassium
Bicarbonate

FORAY
( Ansul trade name)

Works on class
ABC
On class A fires it
melts at 350 F coats
the embers

Color - Coded
Yellow
by every one

A:B:C
Monoammonium
Phosphate

NORMAL

Who or what causes these

moisture

SHELF LIFE
???????
HOW LONG WILL DRY CHEMICAL LAST

Storage
Temperature
PLUS 50 C
150

PURPLE-K
120

FORAY
120

Normally Works by cooling One of the olds agents

and most used

WATER
+32

+212

CO2

CLEAN AGENTS

FE 36

HALOTRON

HALON
1211

MET-L-X
A thermo-setting
resin is added to
the agent. That melts
at 450 F
This will then allow
the agent to form
a crust.
Works well
up to about
1500 F

For Class D Fires

Sodium
Chloride

LITH- X
Works by
smothering

Good
above
1500 F

For Class D Fires

Graphite

MET-L-KYL
Developed specifically
for pyrophoric liquids

No UL listing on
this agent
Could be used on
small class B fires

Plus 50 B
Plus a
Silica gel

Marinette, Wisconsin