With the increase in the types of fire incidents and sources of fire it has become very important for an individual to acknowledge themselves of the various kinds of fire extinguisher present in the market so that in case an individual happens to stuck up in a fire incident, he can successfully tackle with the specific source of fire with a specific fire extinguisher meant only for that fire.
The various types of fire extinguishers present in the market are:-
1) ‘Foam Type fire extinguisher’
These types of fire extinguishers are most commonly used and have broad fire specificity. A foamy material if formed on shaking the bottle and when the nozzle is pressed and allowed to release on the fire it covers the layers of fire with foam and finally cuts off the supply of oxygen supporting the fire.
2) ‘Dry powder Type fire extinguisher’
These types of fire extinguishers are not very common for the reason that these effectively cease off the fire but after sometime when the cooling effect of the ‘Dry powder type fire extinguisher’ has stopped the fire may take place again. But still it is used in for fires caused due to electrical appliances.
