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Fire Extinguisher Exam Study Guide.
Carbon dioxide - answer✔A colorless odorless nonconductibe inverted gas that is a suitable
medium for extinguishing class B class C fires
Dry chemical - answer✔A powder composed of very small particles usually sodium bicarbonate
Wet chemical - answer✔Normally an aqueous solution
High pressure cylinder - answer✔Higher than 500 psi
low pressure cylinder - answer✔500 psi or lower
DOT - answer✔Us department of transportation
Dry powder - answer✔Solid materials in powder or granular form designed to extinguish class D
combustion metal fires
Electronic monitoring - answer✔A method of electronic communication between an in place
fire extinguisher and an electronic monitoring device
Film foaming foam agents - answer✔Aqueous film forming foam(afff) and film forming
fluoroprotein form (fffp)
Flammable liquids of appreciable depth - answer✔Depth greater than 1/4 in
Halogenated agents - answer✔Halogenated(clean) agents referenced in this standard are of the
following types: halocarbons( HCFC, HFC, PFC, FIC) and halons (1211 and/or1301)
Hydrostatic testing - answer✔Pressure testing of the extinguisher to verify it's strength against
unwanted rupture
Loaded steam charge - answer✔A water based extinguishing medium that uses an alkali metal
salt as a freezing point depressant
wetting agent - answer✔A concentrate that when added to water spreads and penetrates
Cartridge/ cylinder operated Fire extinguisher - answer✔Fire extinguisher that has expellant has
in a separate container
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Nonrechargeable Fire extinguisher - answer✔Fire extinguisher not intended to undergo
complete maintenance and hydrostatic testing
Rechargeable Fire extinguisher - answer✔A Fire extinguisher capable to undergo full
maintenance
Self expelling fire extinguisher - answer✔A fire extinguisher in which agents have sufficient
vapor pressure at normal operating temp to expel themselves
Stored pressure Fire extinguisher - answer✔A Fire extinguisher in which both the extinguishing
materials and expellant has are stored in a single container
Water Mist Fire Extinguisher - answer✔A fire extinguisher containing distilled or de ionized
water
Water type fire extinguisher - answer✔A Fire extinguisher containing water based agents such
as water, afff, fffp
What shall be clearly marked on each Fire extinguisher - answer✔Id of listing and labeling
organization, fire test standards and the performance standard
Fire extinguisher listed for class c ratting shall NOT - answer✔Contain an agent that is
conductor of electricity
Fire extinguisher containing water based agents that have a conductivity higher than 1.00uS/cm
- answer✔Shall be considered a conducter of electricity and shall not be rated as class C
ID content of a Fire extinguisher - answer✔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 - answer✔Soda acid
Chemical foam
Vaporizing liquids
Cartridge operated water and loaded steam
Copper or brass shell
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