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<p>The fire classification system is designed to categorise fires into groups based on the type of fuel involved. Each fire class is represented by a letter of the alphabet (with the exception of electrical which are simply referred to as "electrical fires") and an icon. This helps users to select an appropriate fire extinguisher in the event of a fire.</p>
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<th class="center" width="14%">Class Icon</th>
<th class="center" width="20%">Name of Class</th>
<th>Type of Fire / Fuel</th>
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<td class="center"><img title="Class A Fires - Solid Combustibles" src="../templates_core/templates/guides/images/fire-extinguishers/class-a.jpg" alt="Class A fires icon" width="51" height="53" /></td>
<td class="center"><strong>Class A Fires</strong></td>
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<h3>Solid Combustibles</h3>
<p>Fires involving solid combustible materials such as wood, textiles, straw, paper, coal etc.</p>
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<td class="center"><img title="Class B Fires - Flammable Liquids" src="../templates_core/templates/guides/images/fire-extinguishers/class-b.jpg" alt="Class B fires icon" width="51" height="53" /></td>
<td class="center"><strong>Class B Fires</strong></td>
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<h3>Flammable Liquids</h3>
<p>Fires caused by combustion of liquids or materials that liquify such as petrol, oils, fats, paints, tar, ether, alcohol, stearin and paraffin.</p>
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<td class="center"><img title="Class C Fires - Flammable Gases" src="../templates_core/templates/guides/images/fire-extinguishers/class-c.jpg" alt="Class C fires icon" width="51" height="53" /></td>
<td class="center"><strong>Class C Fires</strong></td>
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<h3>Flammable Gases</h3>
<p>Fires caused by combustion of gases such as methane, propane, hydrogen, acetylene, natural gas and city gas.</p>
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<td class="center"><img title="Class D Fires - Flammable Metals" src="../templates_core/templates/guides/images/fire-extinguishers/class-d.jpg" alt="Class D fires icon" width="51" height="53" /></td>
<td class="center"><strong>Class D Fires</strong></td>
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<h3>Flammable Metals</h3>
<p>Fires involving combustible metals such as magnesium, aluminium, lithium, sodium, potassium and their alloys. Combustible metal fires are unique industrial hazards which require special fire extinguishers.</p>
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<td class="center"><img title="Class F Fires - Flammable Cooking Media" src="../templates_core/templates/guides/images/fire-extinguishers/class-f.jpg" alt="Class F fires icon" width="51" height="53" /></td>
<td class="center"><strong>Class F Fires</strong></td>
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<h3>Combustible Cooking Media</h3>
<p>Fires involving particularly hot or deep oil and grease fires, such as deep fat fryers in commercial kitchens or overheated oil pan fires in homes. Wet chemical extinguishers are unique in that they lay a cooling foam layer on top of the burning fat/oil and react with the liquid, stopping air supply to the fire. Normal water-based extinguishers with large droplets would cause an 'explosion' of steam and carry burning oils and fats from the container. Equally, a CO2 extinguisher's jet would carry burning oil out of the container and also would have insufficient cooling effect to stop re-ignition.</p>
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<td class="center"><img title="Electrical Fires" src="../templates_core/templates/guides/images/fire-extinguishers/electrical.jpg" alt="Electrical fires icon" width="51" height="53" /></td>
<td class="center"><strong>Electrical Fires</strong></td>
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<h3>Electrical Appliances</h3>
<p>Fires involving electrical appliances such as computers, electrical heaters, stereos, fuse boxes etc.</p>
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