Classes of fire

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Sailing School app https://apps.apple.com/app/sailing-sc... • https://skippercheck.net/ • in order to extinguish a fire properly, you have to understand the materials that are burning. • A fire involving wood must be handled differently than a fire involving petrol. • Therefore fire is divided into 6 classes: • Class A fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth, plastic and paper. • Class B fires involving flammable liquids or flammable solids such as grease, paint, oil, petrol, varnish and fat. • Class C fires involving gases such as butane, propane, acetylene. • Class D fires involving burning metals such as magnesium, titanium, potassium. • Class E fires involving electrical hazards. • Class F fires involving flammable liquids such as deep fat fryers. • A class D fire should only be tackled by qualified personnel trained in the handling of this class of fire.

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