What are the different types of fire extinguishers?

What are the different types of fire extinguishers?

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There's a lot of different types of fire extinguishers, as there are four classes of fire. As far as your extinguishers, you have your basic dry chemical extinguishers which we call a multi-purpose ABC extinguisher. We have a water extinguisher, which is primarily used on class A fire. You also have a combustible fire extinguisher, which deals with ordinary combustible material, paper, wood, plastic. And finally you have a CO2 extinguisher, which we would primarily like to use on electrical fires, or class B fires, which are your flammable liquids fires. And that's because there's no residue when you use this type of a fire extinguisher. Halon used to be pretty common, but they've actually changed the chemical formation of it. Halon is still around, it's just under a different name. But, those are the different types of fire extinguishers. As far as the consumer is concerned, your ABC multi-purpose fire extinguisher, that's the one you want to buy.