Tips Every Homeowner Should Know About Fire Extinguishers

Posted on: 27 Mar 2021

Keeping the right quality and type of fire extinguishers at home is all you need, as the safety of your closed ones is what matters to you in the end. You never know when a spark may flare up by any of the flammable objects at your home, resulting in creating havoc. Therefore, it is necessary to equip your home with a portable fire extinguisher as it can prevent the flames from spreading all over and helps in extinguishing the fire at its earliest stage.

Most people find it difficult to figure out which fire extinguishers are the best for home purpose, or where it should be kept and how it functions.

Let's talk about the category of fire extinguishers compatible with different types of fires. Also, let's study some important tips considering its purchase, maintenance, and usage at home.



Category of Fire Extinguishers

Each fire extinguisher has an alphabetical letter labeled on it to make users easily understand the type of fire on which it will be effective. Make sure to use the correct category of fire extinguisher on the fire that is occurred by different substances.

Category A- used on fires involving flammable solid substances such as wood, paper, cloth, etc.
Category B- Used on fires involving flammable and volatile liquids such as petroleum oil, kerosene, etc.
Category C- Used on fires involving flammable gases, industrial gases, etc.
Category ABC- Used on all classes of fires mentioned above.

Tips for Purchase, Maintenance, and Usage

Category- Consider buying a category ABC fire extinguisher as it is a multi-purpose fire extinguisher for the home. As we can find a lot of combustible substances at our home which can cause any class of fire, be it Class A, Class B or Class C, so to tackle with such classes of fire at its earliest stage, category ABC fire extinguisher is all you need at your home.
Dimension- A fire extinguisher compatible at your home is the one that is light-weighted, small in size, easy to carry, and easy to use by any age group that allows easy and controllable discharge of its compound on the fire to extinguish it.
Quality- Purchase a fire extinguisher that is ISO 9001 certified because this type of device is introduced into the market after proper testing. Moreover, make sure to buy a fire extinguisher, the body of which is made up of high-quality MS Steel and not of Aluminum Tin, as it has a high chance of getting exploded under extremely high temperature.
Lifespan- A well-formed fire extinguisher generally comes with a life span warranty of 3-5 years. However, some fire extinguishers cannot be refilled once used completely, while some have the features of getting refilled after being used.



Fire1on1 offers a portable fire extinguisher, AQUAFIRE Guard that has the ability to quench any class of fires with its single-use. An AQUAFIRE Guard fire extinguisher possesses all the qualities mentioned above, making it the best personal fire extinguisher for home to deal with the fire issues at their initial stage that may exist at any time.