Purchasing a portable fire extinguisher for your office is an important step toward protecting your building from fire. At Fire Protection Specialists, we want to provide you with the most effective fire extinguishers you can buy. Before you buy a fire extinguisher, it is important that you do your research so you can determine the best type of extinguisher for your building.

The first step to deciding what fire extinguisher you should buy is to decide which type would be best suited for your building’s needs. It is important to first recognize the four classes of fire:

Fire extinguishers usually have big letters on the sides that indicate the class of fire they are designed for. It is imperative that you choose the right type of extinguisher – for instance, you would never want to use a class A-only fire extinguisher (usually filled with water) on a class C electrical fire. In general, most business owners throughout the area choose ABC fire extinguishers, which are suited to put out every fire that normally occurs in a building.

FPS has a number of different fire extinguishers available for purchase designed to suit a variety of different situations. If you are ready to purchase a new fire extinguisher for your home or office building, call Fire Protection Specialists today.

ABC dry chemical fire extinguishers, also called multi-purpose fire extinguishers,  use a specially fluidized and siliconized monoammonium phosphate dry chemical. Commonly purchased in office buildings, they are appropriate for most normal types of fire, including wood, paper and plastic fires, as well as flammable liquid and electrical fires. ABC fire extinguishers work by either melting on and smothering Class A fires or absorbing heat and breaking the chain reaction of Class B and C fires.

Often purchased for use by oil, gas, chemical and utility companies, Purple K dry chemical fire extinguishers use a purple-colored siliconized potassium bicarbonate dry chemical that is electrically nonconductive and is extremely effective against Class B flammable liquid fires and Class C electrical fires.

Using a cloud of white carbon dioxide, CO2 fire extinguishers remove heat and quickly smother Class B and C fires without any messy residue. CO2 fire extinguishers quickly cool down flames and can reach and exterminate even hidden flames. CO2 fire extinguishers can be used safely on all electrical and electronic equipment with no risk of electric shock to the extinguisher operator or damage to devices. CO2 fire extinguishers are not recommended for use against Class A fires, as the speed of the discharge is likely to cause flaming materials to blow away, potentially spreading the flames. 

Designed to supplement a kitchen fire suppression system, K-Guard kitchen-class fire extinguishers contain the unique Ansulex liquid fire suppressant and are designed to knock down flames, cool down grease and form a vapor securing blanket to prevent further fire outbreaks. K-Guard kitchen-class fire extinguishers are usually purchased for food-service establishments such as restaurants, convenience stores, food courts and cafeterias.

Cleanguard fire extinguishers contain DuPont FE-36, a chemical that is clean, electrically nonconductive, environmentally friendly, low in toxicity and highly effective against Class A, B and C fires. Non-magnetic Cleanguard fire extinguisher models designed for MRI rooms and operating rooms are available. Cleanguard fire extinguishers are often purchased to protect computer and data storage centers, control rooms, laboratories and hospitals.

If you want to purchase a new fire extinguisher for your business, call FPS today. We can help you choose the fire extinguisher that’s right for you so you can make sure your building and equipment are fully protected.

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