Fire accidents are very common and can be very fatal. Although fire is useful, it can have catastrophic effects if one is careless around it. Fire can cause a lot of damage to human life and property. There are many ways of dousing fires such as using sand, water, cloth, fire extinguishers etc.
A fire extinguisher is a sturdy portable metal container that discharges a jet of foam, liquid or gas to extinguish a fire. It basically helps removing one or more of the three elements that maintain fire – oxygen, fuel and heat. It tends to smother the fire and manages to stop it. A fire extinguisher is almost always red in color. There are many types of fire extinguishers – water fire extinguishers, foam fire extinguishers, dry powder extinguishers, and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers and there are the chemical specialist extinguishers. continue reading…












