Types of Fire Extinguishers

One of the most effective tools in combating any kind of fire accidents within your home is the fire extinguisher. If you happen not to have this fire fighting tool, then you may be in grave danger of losing all your property to a fire that you could have easily stopped. But first, you have to be aware of the different fire extinguishers available in the market.

They include the water extinguishers that extinguish majority of the Class A fires, the foam extinguishers that are famous in controlling Class B fires effectively, the dry powder fire extinguisher that is capable of handling Class C fires and the powder extinguisher that is best effective on both Class A, B and C fires. The other type of fire extinguisher is the Co2 extinguisher that only handles fires that are caused by electrical faults and the specialist powder extinguisher that controls the aggressive Class D fires.