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Description Of A Class Fire Extinguisher
766 wordsA fire extinguisher is a portable or movable apparatus used to put out a small fire by directing onto it a substance that cools the burning material, deprives the flame of oxygen, or interferes with the chemical reactions occurring in the flame. Water performs two of these functions: its conversion to steam absorbs heat, and the steam displaces the air from the vicinity of the flame. Many simple fire extinguishers, therefore, are small tanks equipped with hand pumps or sources of compressed gas ...
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Carbon Dioxide Common Type
505 wordsIs fire truly a living thing? It consumes fuel and oxygen, produces heat and waste, it grows and moves. Weather fire is alive or not, it is still dangerous, so you should always treat it with care. There are four main types of fires which are rated in class A, B, C and D. Knowing how to put particular fires out could save your property, someone's life, or your own life. In order to know how to put fires out, you must first know how one starts. For a fire to occur, there must be three things pres...
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Life On Earth B And C
1,459 wordsCarbon dioxide is a colorless, odorless, non-toxic, and slightly acid-tasting gas. Sometimes referred to as a carbonic acid gas, the molecule consists of one atom of carbon joined to two atoms of oxygen. It occurs naturally in the atmospheres of many planets, including that of earth. Carbon dioxide is uniformly distributed over the earths surface at a concentration of about 0. 033 %, or 330 parts per million. It was called fixed air by the Scottish chemist and physician Joseph Black in the 1750 ...
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Class B Class D
771 wordsThe value of controlled airspace in the United States is for the safety of all commercial and general aviation flights. Utter chaos reigns in skies without controlled airspace. With thousands of airplanes in the skies every day carrying hundred of thousand of people the necessity of a means of controlling them becomes relevant. The (FAA) Federal Aviation Administration is the regulative department of the United States Government that controls the skies in the U. S. The FAA divided the airspace i...
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B And C Fire Extinguishers
522 wordsEverything Anyone Could Possibly Know About Everything Anyone Could Possibly Know About Dumb Fire Extinguishers Name: I am poo September 27, 1999 Block 3, Davis Fire Extinguishers There are four different basic types of fire extinguishers. They all are used to put out fires, but each fire extinguisher is used to put out specific types of fires. Newer fire extinguishers use a picture or labeling system to tell what kind of fire they should be used on. The four basic fire extinguishers are the Dry...
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