Author/publisher: International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Protection Association, EducExpert
ISBN 10: 0-76373-112-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-6373-112-0
The term fire suppression refers to all of the tactics and tasks that are performed on he fire scene to achieve the final goal of extinguishing the fire. Fire suppression can be accomplished through a variety of methods that will stop the combustion process. All of theses methods involve removal of one of the four components of the fire tetrahedron. A fire can be extinguished by removing the oxygen, the fuel, or the heat from the combustion process. Interrupting the chemical chain reactions will also stop the combustion process and extinguish the fire.
This chapter presents the methods that are most frequently used by fire fighters for extinguishing fires. The apparatus and equipment used by most fire departments is designed to apply large volumes of water to a fire in order to cool the fuel below its ignition temperature. Although fire departments typically use a variety of extinguishing agents for different situations, water is used more often than any other agent.
Online Course 2005
