Fire classification
In general, class or classification of fire is divided into six classes. The first class is labeled specifically for Class A fire caused by fire materials highly flammable such as plastics, wood, cardboard, and paper. While the second class is a class or Class B fires involving liquid materials or flammable liquid excellent in sparking the fire. Liquid ingredients are included in it is a kind of fuel such as gasoline to kerosene.
While Class C being the third classification of fire covering fire caused flamable gas or gas that is sensitive to the fire so it is easy to cause a fire. Gas is included into this type is methane, to gas propane and butane gas. As for fires caused by fire flamable Metal or metal that is easy to burn such as sodium and potassium, as well as the type of titanium to magnesium is classified into four classes of fire classification or Class D.
The fifth class is different from the four previous classes. This class is commonly labeled with the letter F. Special class five fires include fires are common in the kitchen cooking space or space triggered by fat and cooking oil. However, in other regions such as the countries in Europe, a fire in the kitchen space is usually classified into the sixth class to label the letter K, while the fifth class is labeled with Class E, which includes fires are network errors or mistakes in the electronic tools that relating to electricity.
