In Firefighting, Fires are identified according to the Fire Classes and each class designates the fuel involved in the fire to select the right extinguishing agent.
Class A Fires: Fires in ordinary combustible materials, such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber, and many plastics.
Class B Fires: Fires in flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and flammable gases.
Class C Fires: Fires that involve energized electrical equipment.
Class D Fires: Fires in combustible metals, such as magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium, lithium, and potassium.
Class K Fires: Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats.)
Class A Fires: Fires in ordinary combustible materials, such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber, and many plastics.
Class B Fires: Fires in flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and flammable gases.
Class C Fires: Fires that involve energized electrical equipment.
Class D Fires: Fires in combustible metals, such as magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium, lithium, and potassium.
Class K Fires: Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats.)
