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FIRE FIGHTING
SEGAS SERVICES TRAINING PLAN
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PHASE 1 -BASIC COURSE-

INSTRUCTOR:
MOHAMED ABDEL AZIZ

May, 2003
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Extinguisher Training and Fighting the Fire

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Objectives

• Understand the combustion process and different

fire classes.

• Understand fire extinguisher types, operating

procedures, capabilities, and limitations.

• Understand basic firefighting concepts:

– R.A.C.E.
– P.A.S.S.
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Fire Emergency Response

R Rescue

A Alarm

C Contain

E Extinguish
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Fire Tetrahedron
The Combustion Process

FUEL

TEMPERATURE
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Fire Classes
A Trash Wood Paper C Electrical Equipment
• wood
• cloth • energized
• paper electrical
• rubber equipment
• many plastics

• gasoline COMBUSTIBLE • magnesium

B Liquids Grease
• oil • sodium
• grease • potassium
• tar • titanium
•

•
oil-based
paint
lacquer
D •
•
zirconium
other
flammable
• flammable METALS metals
gases
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Fire Classes (cont.)

CLASS K FIRES

K Cooking Media
• Recently recognized by NFPA 10.

• Fires involving combustible

vegetable or animal non-saturated
cooking fats in commercial
cooking equipment.
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Fire Extinguisher Anatomy

PRESSURE GAUGE
DISCHARGE LEVER (not found on CO2
extinguishers)

DISCHARGE LOCKING PIN CARRYING

AND SEAL HANDLE

DISCHARGE HOSE

DATA PLATE

DISCHARGE NOZZLE BODY

DISCHARGE ORIFICE
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Fire Extinguisher Applications

FIRE CLASS EFFECTIVE EXTINGUISHER TYPES
A Trash Wood Paper

PRESSURIZED WATER, MULTIPURPOSE DRY

CHEMICAL, LARGER SIZE HALON, WET CHEMICAL

B Liquids Grease

MULTIPURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE,

HALON

C Electrical Equipment

MULTIPURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL, CARBON DIOXIDE,

HALON, WET CHEMICAL

COMBUSTIBLE

COMBUSTIBLE METAL
D
METALS

K Cooking Media

K WET CHEMICAL
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Fire Extinguisher Types

PRESSURIZED WATER
• Class “A” fires only
A Trash Wood Paper
A Trash Wood Paper
• 2.5 gal. water at 150-175 psi (up to 1
minute discharge time).

• Has pressure gauge to allow visual

B Liquids Grease
B Liquids Grease
capacity check.

• 30-40 ft. maximum effective range.

C Electrical Equipment
• Can be started and stopped as
C Electrical Equipment
necessary.

• Extinguishes by cooling burning

material below the ignition point.
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Fire Extinguisher Types (cont.)

CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
• Class “B” or “C” fires.

A Trash Wood Paper

A Trash Wood Paper • 2.5-100 lb. of CO2 gas at 150-200 psi
(8-30 seconds discharge time).

• Has NO pressure gauge--capacity

B Liquids Grease
verified by weight.
B Liquids Grease

• 3-8 ft. maximum effective range.

• Extinguishes by smothering burning

C Electrical Equipment
C Electrical Equipment materials.

• Effectiveness decreases as
temperature of burning material
increases.
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Fire Extinguisher Types (cont.)

MULTIPURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL
• Class “A”, “B”, or “C” fires.
A Trash Wood Paper
A Trash Wood Paper

• 2.5-20 lb. dry chemical (ammonium

phosphate) pressurized to 50-200 psi
by nitrogen gas (8-25 seconds
discharge time).
B Liquids Grease
B Liquids Grease

• Has pressure gauge to allow visual

capacity check.

C Electrical Equipment
C Electrical Equipment • 5-20 ft. maximum effective range.

• Extinguishes by smothering burning

materials.
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Fire Extinguisher Types (cont.)

COMBUSTIBLE METAL
• Class “D” combustible metal
fires only

• 30 lb. pressurized dry powder

optimized for specific combustible
metal (also available in bulk containers
for hand scooping onto fire to
extinguish).

• 6-8 ft. maximum effective range.

• To activate, must first open nitrogen

COMBUSTIBLE cylinder on back to pressurize body.

• Extinguishes by smothering burning

D materials.
METALS
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Fire Extinguisher Types (cont.)

WET CHEMICAL

A Trash Wood Paper

• Class “A”, “C”, and “K” fires.
A Trash Wood Paper

• 1.5 gal. of stored pressure PRX wet

chemical extinguishing agent (40 sec.
C Electrical Equipment
C Electrical Equipment
discharge time).

• 10-12 ft. maximum effective range.

K Cooking Media
• On Class “K” fires, don’t use until after
fixed extinguishing system has
activated.

• Extinguishes by cooling and forming

foam blanket to prevent reignition.
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Fighting the Fire

P Pull the pin

Aim low at the

A base of flames
Squeeze the
S handle

S Sweep side to side

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Fire Extinguisher Summary

EXTINGUISHER TYPE WORKS BY EFFECTIVE AGAINST
PRESSURIZED
COOLING
WATER

CARBON DIOXIDE SMOTHERING

MULTIPURPOSE
DRY CHEMICAL SMOTHERING

HALON SMOTHERING

COMBUSTIBLE
SMOTHERING
METAL D
COOLING/
WET CHEMICAL
SMOTHERING
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