Extinguishers commonly available on fire apparatus include dry chemical (A-B-C rated or B-C rated) and pressurized water, but apparatus may also carry water extinguishers with foam or other ...

One dry chemical fire extinguisher with a minimum 80-B:C rating. One 2½-gallon or larger water extinguisher. For mobile water supply apparatus, the following extinguisher is to be provided: ...

Remember, all fire extinguisher labels will instruct you: 1) to fill with proper amount of chemical in pounds, and 2) what the total gross weight should be of that particular fire extinguisher.

Typical chimney fire operations take more than an hour to mitigate. Learn how PPV and a dry chemical extinguisher can cut the extinguishment time to 10-15 minutes.

After only 20 minutes of discussing what fire is and how to fight it with an extinguisher, we went outside to battle our first blaze, supplied by a BullEx propane-powered fire simulator.

A fire extinguisher isn't really a tool, but it's a must for your vehicle. Get the 23⁄4-pound dry-chemical ABC-rated type. An engine fire won't necessarily ruin your vehicle — if you can ...

At our local 4x4 club's outing last week, one of the members showed me a new fire extinguisher that he had just bought. He said it was foam and wouldn't make a mess like a dry chemical ...

According to Daniel Grimm with Keller Fire and Safety, all homes should have at least one red fire extinguisher somewhere in the kitchen or garage. “It’s kind of like insurance,” Grimm said.

Remember, all fire extinguisher labels will instruct you: 1) to fill with proper amount of chemical in pounds, and 2) what the total gross weight should be of that particular fire extinguisher.