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and protecting property through
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How to use a
Portable Fire
Extinguisher
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Summary of Contents for Fema Portable Fire Extinguisher
- Page 1 FEMA, The Life Safety Group is an international, non-profit trade association dedicated to saving lives and protecting property through first line of defense fire protection products and education. How to use a Portable Fire Extinguisher For more fire protection training materials, please visit: www.femalifesafety.org...
- Page 2 TYPES OF FIRES BEFORE USING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BE SURE Class A fires are fires in TRASH WOOD PAPER ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, cloth, trash, • the fire department has and plastics. been called Class B fires are fires in LIQUIDS flammable liquids such •...
- Page 3 When it’s time to use a Fire Extinguisher, PASS! just remember PULL Pull the pin. Aim the nozzle or hose at the base of the fire from the recommended safe distance. SQUEEZE Squeeze the operating lever to discharge the fire extinguishing agent.
- Page 4 T Y P E S O F E X T I N G U I S H E R S Dry Chemical Halogenated or Clean Agent fire extinguishers extinguish the extinguishers fire primarily by interrupting the chemical reaction are either based on halocarbon agents or on the in the fire.