You are here：Home > news2024

Class F Fire and Its Extinguishing Agents

Posted Date:2024/12/17

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 F Fire and Its Fire-fighting Agents."

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

Class F fire: refers to fires in cooking appliances containing cooking materials (such as animal and vegetable fats), also known as kitchen fires.
Appropriate fire extinguishers: foam, which sprays out large amounts of carbon dioxide and foam, which can adhere to combustible materials and isolate them from air, thus achieving the goal of extinguishing the fire.
Inappropriate fire extinguishers: water, carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers can only temporarily extinguish F-class fires and are prone to reigniting. Using water to extinguish a fire may cause oil-based substances to splatter.