I Have Never Had To Use A Fire Extinguisher - Tumblr Posts

Also if the food in your microwave catches on fire, do not open the microwave.

Turn it off and unplug it.

This will likely smother the fire.

If it doesn’t, you’re going to need a class c fire extinguisher (electrical fire) like carbon dioxide.

Fire extinguishers come with instructions and they say what class of fire they’re used for.

This one is an ABC fire extinguisher.

Good for flammable solids, flammable liquids (like oil!) and electrical fire.

It is not suitable for class D fires (the metal is on fire, and is what’s actually burning)

I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the fire extinguisher you’re around the most.

When using a fire extinguisher, your instinct will be to aim at the fire.

It’s important to remember to aim for the base of the fire.

Why aim for the base if the oxygen is in the air?

Good question.

Fires are made of three components: fuel, oxygen, and heat causing a chain reaction.

To put out a fire, you need to separate two of these things.

The fuel is at the base of the fire, and the oxygen is in the air.

So to separate the oxygen from the fire, you need to aim at the base of the fire where the fuel is.

Firefighter demonstrates how to put out a kitchen fire