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Class C Fires and Its Extinguishing Agents

Posted Date:2024/11/26

I.Role of Fire-fighting Agents in SDS

In the fifth section of the SDS on "Firefighting Measures," relevant requirements should be described to ensure that the SDS provides a firefighting guidance plan in case of fire, including fire-fighting agents, fire-fighting methods, and fire-fighting precautions.

Because workers or SDS users are unlikely to be fire-fighting experts and may not be able to make the right choice in case of a fire, choosing the wrong fire-fighting agent (i.e., one that reacts with flammable materials) would be disastrous. In this article, we will teach you how to choose suitable and unsuitable fire-fighting agents in the fifth section of the SDS.

Today, we will focus on "Class C Fire and Its Fire-fighting Agents."

II. Suitable and Unsuitable Fire-fighting Agents for Different Types of Fires

Class C fire: Class C fire refers to gas fire. Such as gas, natural gas, methane, ethane, propane, hydrogen and other causes of fire.

Suitable extinguishing agent: dry powder, halon, carbon dioxide type fire extinguisher. Class C fires are generally caused by combustible gases such as methane, liquefied gas, and natural gas, so they are gas fires. Therefore, dry powder fire extinguishers can be used to extinguish fires, carbon dioxide fire extinguishers and halon fire extinguishers can also be used to extinguish fires, but dry powder fire extinguishers are widely used.

Inappropriate extinguishing agents: water, foam.