Fires involving alcohol fall under Class B fires. Class B fires are fueled by flammable liquids, including alcohols, oils, gasoline, and solvents. These types of fires require specific extinguishing agents, such as foam, dry chemical, or carbon dioxide, rather than water, which can spread the fire.
Rubber, wood, paper or plastic
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Class A combustibles are generally considered to be ordinary items such as wood, paper, trash. Class A fires are extinguishable with a Class A fire extinguisher -(Water)
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Class B extinguishers fight Flammable Liquid fires. The extinguisher classes: Class A: flammable solids Class B: flammable liquids Class C: fires involving electrical equipment. These agents don't conduct electricity. No extinguisher is rated as only for Class C fires; you will find Class B-C and Class A-B-C extinguishers. Class D: flammable metals Class K: kitchen fires
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Just use the memory key A is for ash. Anything that leaves an ash is a class A fire. So paper, wood, cloth would all be good examples of class A fires. Class B is liquids such as gasoline or oil. Class C is electrical fires and class D is a special class for metals that burn such as magnesium.