CO2 fire extinguishers are popular fire suppression equipment in the home and business place. These types of fire extinguishers are designed to fight Class B and C fires. These Class B and C fires are those caused by flammable liquids and electrical equipment dysfunctions from appliances, sockets, wirings or circuit breakers. Carbon Dioxider fire extinguishers are very effective to use for these classes of fires. You should not deploy them for the other classes of fire.
Because of the high volume and quantity of fuel oils and flammable cargoes ships carry, the risk of fire is very great. For their fire protection, ships are equipped with various types of firefighting equipments. One of them is the CO2 fire extinguisher in portable and multi-cylinder system. Most if not all ships are now equipped with a CO2 fire fighting system.
How do you operate a CO2 fire extinguisher? When a class B or C fire breaks out, go and get the CO2 fire extinguisher. You pull the safety pin; aim the nozzle in a downward direction to the fire area. When you depress the lever, some amounts of pressurized liquefied carbon dioxide are released. As soon as the liquefied CO2 is released, it goes back to being gas. It transforms itself like a blanket that blocks off the oxygen that fuels the fire. In the process, it removes the heat from the atmosphere and cools the environment.
The release flow disrupts the triangle and eliminates the oxygen from the picture putting the flames out. This type of fire extinguisher depends on this non-flammable gas, carbon dioxide. This gas is non-conductive, non-flammable and non corrosive. This gas is available anywhere. It is highly pressurized in 50 bars and stored in a liquefied state inside the fire extinguisher. It has the power to displace oxygen because carbon dioxide gas is heavier. The gas is one atom of carbon to two atoms of oxygen, meaning it is 1.5 times denser than air. CO2 has the advantage of not providing any hazardous and damaging chemical residue. Use it when there is fire on your computers and electronic and electrical appliances. It is not good for class A fires which are suited for water type of extinguishers or chemical fires.Â
Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguishers are available in various sizes. They usually come in 2kg, 3.5kg and 5kg models. You can distinguish it by the black band pattern around the cylinder locate near the top. Many establishments purchase different sizes of CO2 fire extinguisher to be prepared for different intensity of fires and for storage space usage. Education and training is very important. You need to familiarize yourself and your people to know what kind of fire extinguisher to use for a particular scenario. CO2 extinguishers are dangerous for chemical ignited fires. It is advisable to have different types of fire extinguishers to be able to put up a solid defense against whatever type of fire may ignite and attack your home or work place anytime day or night.
Because of the high volume and quantity of fuel oils and flammable cargoes ships carry, the risk of fire is very great. For their fire protection, ships are equipped with various types of firefighting equipments. One of them is the CO2 fire extinguisher in portable and multi-cylinder system. Most if not all ships are now equipped with a CO2 fire fighting system.
How do you operate a CO2 fire extinguisher? When a class B or C fire breaks out, go and get the CO2 fire extinguisher. You pull the safety pin; aim the nozzle in a downward direction to the fire area. When you depress the lever, some amounts of pressurized liquefied carbon dioxide are released. As soon as the liquefied CO2 is released, it goes back to being gas. It transforms itself like a blanket that blocks off the oxygen that fuels the fire. In the process, it removes the heat from the atmosphere and cools the environment.
The release flow disrupts the triangle and eliminates the oxygen from the picture putting the flames out. This type of fire extinguisher depends on this non-flammable gas, carbon dioxide. This gas is non-conductive, non-flammable and non corrosive. This gas is available anywhere. It is highly pressurized in 50 bars and stored in a liquefied state inside the fire extinguisher. It has the power to displace oxygen because carbon dioxide gas is heavier. The gas is one atom of carbon to two atoms of oxygen, meaning it is 1.5 times denser than air. CO2 has the advantage of not providing any hazardous and damaging chemical residue. Use it when there is fire on your computers and electronic and electrical appliances. It is not good for class A fires which are suited for water type of extinguishers or chemical fires.Â
Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguishers are available in various sizes. They usually come in 2kg, 3.5kg and 5kg models. You can distinguish it by the black band pattern around the cylinder locate near the top. Many establishments purchase different sizes of CO2 fire extinguisher to be prepared for different intensity of fires and for storage space usage. Education and training is very important. You need to familiarize yourself and your people to know what kind of fire extinguisher to use for a particular scenario. CO2 extinguishers are dangerous for chemical ignited fires. It is advisable to have different types of fire extinguishers to be able to put up a solid defense against whatever type of fire may ignite and attack your home or work place anytime day or night.
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