Learn How to Use a Fire Extinguisher
You pass them all the time as you walk the hallways at work or school, and hopefully at home too, but you’ve probably given little thought as to how you actually use a fire extinguisher. Majority of Malaysians don’t know how to use an extinguisher, even if they have one in their home. This is […]
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Best Smoke Detector: Ionization, Photoelectric Or Dual Sensor?
Types of Smoke Detectors The two primary types of residential smoke detectors contain either ionization or photoelectric sensors. Each type of smoke alarm detects distinctly different types of fires, so dual sensor alarms, which utilize both types of sensors, have risen in popularity. Smoke detectors consist of two basic parts: a sensor to sense smoke […]
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Preventing Fires in the Home
Preventing Home Fires – Top 3 Simple Ways Accidental house fires remain a serious safety threat to homeowners, renters, and their families. Each year, roughly 3,400 people are killed in home fires or by burn injuries, making them the third-most-common cause of accidental deaths at home. Eight out of 10 fire-related deaths occur at home—the […]
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How Fire Extinguishers Are Made?
The Manufacturing Process of Fire Extinguishers Manufacture of the tank-type or cylinder fire extinguishers requires several manufacturing operations to form the pressure vessel, load the chemical agent, machine the valve, and add the hardware, hose, or nozzle. 1. Creating the pressure vessel Pressure vessels are formed from puck-shaped (disc) blocks of special aluminum alloy. The […]
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Types of Fire Extinguishers
Classes of Fire Class Type of Fuel Source Method Suitable Extinguishers A Solid Fuel Wood, Paper, Cotton Cooling, Blanketing Water & Foam, Dry Chemical, Wet Chemical, Clean Agent, Water Mist, Cartridge Operated Dry Chemical B Liquid Fuel Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene Starvation, Smoothering, Break Chain R. CO2, Dry Chemical, Clean Agent, Cartridge Operated Dry Chemical C Gaseous […]
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Fundamentals of Fire Engineering
FIRE TRIANGLE Based on the fire triangle, the basic 3 elements required to produce fire are namely heat, fuel and oxygen. Absence of any one of the 3 components will prevent fire from being created. FIRE TETRAHEDRON Besides the 3 elements shown on the fire triangle, there is a forth element which is essential […]
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