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Fire Extinguisher Test Study Guide.
Carbon dioxide - Answers✔A colorless odorless nonconductibe inverted gas that is a suitable
medium for extinguishing class B class C fires
Dry chemical - Answers✔A powder composed of very small particles usually sodium
bicarbonate
Wet chemical - Answers✔Normally an aqueous solution
High pressure cylinder - Answers✔Higher than 500 psi
low pressure cylinder - Answers✔500 psi or lower
Dot - Answers✔Us department of transportation
Dry powder - Answers✔Solid materials in powder or granular form designed to extinguish class
D combustion metal fires
Electronic monitoring - Answers✔A method of electronic communication between an in place
fire extinguisher and an electronic monitoring device
Film foaming foam agents - Answers✔Aqueous film forming foam(afff) and film forming
fluoroprotein form (fffp)
Flammable liquids of appreciable depth - Answers✔Depth greater than 1/4 in
Halogenated agents - Answers✔Halogenated(clean) agents referenced in this standard are of the
following types
Hydrostatic testing - Answers✔Pressure testing of the extinguisher to verify it's strength against
unwanted rupture
Loaded steam charge - Answers✔A water based extinguishing medium that uses an alkali metal
salt as a freezing point depressant
wetting agent - Answers✔A concentrate that when added to water spreads and penetrates
Cartridge/ cylinder operated Fex - Answers✔Fex that has expellant has in a separate container
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Nonrechargeable Fex - Answers✔Fex not intended to undergo complete maintenance and
hydrostatic testing
Rechargeable Fex - Answers✔A Fex capable to undergo full maintenance
Self expelling fire extinguisher - Answers✔A fire extinguisher in which agents have sufficient
vapor pressure at normal operating temp to expel themselves
Stored pressure Fex - Answers✔A Fex in which both the extinguishing materials and expellant
has are stored in a single container
Water mist Fex - Answers✔A Fex containing distilled or de ionized water
Water type Fex - Answers✔A Fex containing water based agents such as water, afff, fffp
What shall be clearly marked on each Fex - Answers✔Id of listing and labeling organization, fire
test standards and the performance standard
Fex listed for class c ratting shall not - Answers✔Contain an agent that is conductor of electricity
Fex containing water based agents that have a conductivity higher than 1.00uS/cm -
Answers✔Shall be considered a conducted of electricity and shall not be rated as class C
I'd content of a Fex - Answers✔Content product name
Hazardous materials
Hazardous materials that are excess of 1%
Chemicals in excess of 5%
Info as to what is hazardous about the agent
Manufactures name, address, phone number
fire extinguisher that are obsolete and shall be removed - Answers✔Soda acid
Chemical foam
Vaporizing liquids
Cartridge operated water and loaded steam
Cooper or brass shell
Co2 with metal horns
Solid charge
Pressurized water manufactured prior to 1971
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Fire Extinguisher Test Study Guide.
Carbon dioxide - Answers✔A colorless odorless nonconductibe inverted gas that is a suitable
medium for extinguishing class B class C fires
Dry chemical - Answers✔A powder composed of very small particles usually sodium
bicarbonate
Wet chemical - Answers✔Normally an aqueous solution
High pressure cylinder - Answers✔Higher than 500 psi
low pressure cylinder - Answers✔500 psi or lower
Dot - Answers✔Us department of transportation
Dry powder - Answers✔Solid materials in powder or granular form designed to extinguish class
D combustion metal fires
Electronic monitoring - Answers✔A method of electronic communication between an in place
fire extinguisher and an electronic monitoring device
Film foaming foam agents - Answers✔Aqueous film forming foam(afff) and film forming
fluoroprotein form (fffp)
Flammable liquids of appreciable depth - Answers✔Depth greater than 1/4 in
Halogenated agents - Answers✔Halogenated(clean) agents referenced in this standard are of the
following types
Hydrostatic testing - Answers✔Pressure testing of the extinguisher to verify it's strength against
unwanted rupture
Loaded steam charge - Answers✔A water based extinguishing medium that uses an alkali metal
salt as a freezing point depressant
wetting agent - Answers✔A concentrate that when added to water spreads and penetrates
Cartridge/ cylinder operated Fex - Answers✔Fex that has expellant has in a separate container
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Nonrechargeable Fex - Answers✔Fex not intended to undergo complete maintenance and
hydrostatic testing
Rechargeable Fex - Answers✔A Fex capable to undergo full maintenance
Self expelling fire extinguisher - Answers✔A fire extinguisher in which agents have sufficient
vapor pressure at normal operating temp to expel themselves
Stored pressure Fex - Answers✔A Fex in which both the extinguishing materials and expellant
has are stored in a single container
Water mist Fex - Answers✔A Fex containing distilled or de ionized water
Water type Fex - Answers✔A Fex containing water based agents such as water, afff, fffp
What shall be clearly marked on each Fex - Answers✔Id of listing and labeling organization, fire
test standards and the performance standard
Fex listed for class c ratting shall not - Answers✔Contain an agent that is conductor of electricity
Fex containing water based agents that have a conductivity higher than 1.00uS/cm -
Answers✔Shall be considered a conducted of electricity and shall not be rated as class C
I'd content of a Fex - Answers✔Content product name
Hazardous materials
Hazardous materials that are excess of 1%
Chemicals in excess of 5%
Info as to what is hazardous about the agent
Manufactures name, address, phone number
fire extinguisher that are obsolete and shall be removed - Answers✔Soda acid
Chemical foam
Vaporizing liquids
Cartridge operated water and loaded steam
Cooper or brass shell
Co2 with metal horns
Solid charge
Pressurized water manufactured prior to 1971
