All of us are aware of fire suppression system; it cuts out the oxygen supply, the very reason of the fire, and stops it. While traditionally water and sand were used for these purposes now a day's lots of better things have come into existence that can help eliminate fire caused by every possible thing. Fire can be caused by different materials and to get a fire suppression system! you need to know about the different classes of fire. The class A is for ordinary combustible materials like wood, plastic, rubber and so on, the class B is for liquids like petrol, gasoline and similar, the class C is for flammable gases, class C is for electrical equipments as well and class D for metals. As for F it's for cooking oil or fat but these classifications differ in different countries. There are different types of fire suppression system, most of the households, offices, institutions and malls uses foam system .It has its own classifications; like class A that is useful for type A fire but cannot be used for any other type. Type B foam has two sub categories synthetic and protein. While synthetic one can put off the burning areas in seconds its post disaster security is very less. On the other hand Protein ones engulf the very reason of the fire and end it from the root, it's slower but has a high post disaster security. This technique was previously used by professionals now used for prevention by industries, military, airport hangers and smaller systems are used in household too. Thus it will help you out a lot by keeping your home and workplace safe. But remember each class of eliminating system is made for its own class of fire using one for some other class can lead to unsatisfactory result.
