Best for

  • Limited number of liquid fires.

Dangers

  • Do not use on chip or fat pan fires.
  • Generally not recommended for home use

How to use

For fires involving liquids
  • Do not aim jet straight into the liquid.
  • Where the liquid on fire is in a container, point the jet at the inside edge of the container or on a nearby surface above the burning liquid.
  • Allow the foam to build up and flow across the liquid.
For fires involving solids
  • Point the jet at the base of the flames.
  • Keep it moving across the area of the fire.
  • Make sure that all areas of the fire are out.

Works by

  • Smothers fire with foam film on surface of burning liquid.
  • Has a cooling action with a wider extinguishing application than water on solids.

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