Frequently questions about the use of fire extinguishers at home

Fire extinguishers are increasingly coming into the home, in use or not, I believe there is some confusion about the direction of the use of fire extinguishers, listed below are two common questions for your reference.

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Furniture on fire can use water-based fire extinguishers

What fire extinguishers should not be used for electrical fires

Furniture fire can use water-based fire extinguishers?

Furniture fires can use water-based fire extinguishers. Furniture fires are solid fires, which are classified as Class A fires, and are suitable for extinguishing with water, foam extinguishers, water-based extinguishers, and so on. Putting out a fire with water will not expand the fire. Water-based fire extinguishers can be used to fight solid or non-water-soluble liquid fires, is the development and processing of wood and bamboo, fabric, paper, and oil substances, storage and transportation of the necessary firefighting products. Water-based fire extinguishers have the advantages of easy operation, high efficiency, no need to invert when using, long validity, anti-combustion, double extinguishing, etc., so it is widely promoted and used.

Water-based fire extinguishers for storage pressure containers, in transport, storage should avoid a collision, in addition to fire extinguishers should be placed in a dry and ventilated place to prevent freezing moisture, avoid rain and exposure to the sun. Water-based fire extinguishers according to national regulations for the use of 6 years, the factory should be the first repair after 3 years, after every 1 year are required to carry out - a repair, a total of no more than 3 times.

Water-based fire extinguisher scope of application: can be used for family frying pans, furniture, kitchen appliances, household appliances, factories without the risk of explosion of the usual mechanical equipment, electrical lines, cars, ships, aircraft cabins, hotels, shopping malls, restaurants, KTV, offices, schools, hospitals, non-hazardous chemical warehouses, and another early fire extinguishing.

What fire extinguishers should not be used for electrical fires

Electrical fires cannot use acid and alkaline fire extinguishers and foam extinguishers, because these two extinguishers have a certain conductivity of the extinguishing liquid. Electrical fire belongs to the E class fire, you can use acid money salt dry powder fire extinguisher, carbonic acid flourishing dry powder fire extinguisher, Wei oxidation broken fire extinguisher fire, cannot use the carbon dioxide fire extinguisher equipped with metal horn spray Jane.

The use of fire extinguishers for electrical appliances needs to pay attention to.

l First of all, we must fully understand how to use the equipment switch, which direction to the flame can be more quickly extinguished, do not understand to find professionals to understand the training.

l Different types of equipment composition are not the same, is set according to the different causes of fire, when using the type of composition must pay attention to the type of counterproductive otherwise dangerous.

l When using, must be 1.5m-2m away from the source of the fire spray, must be aimed at the root of the fire spray, from the root of the fire will be extinguished, must stand in the direction of the fire upwind spray.

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