Title: Identify the types of fires and the methods used to extinguish them.
Course: Welding III (13207-III) > Section: Applying Basic Safety Standards

Identification should include

- classifications of fires (A, B, C, D, and K)
- causes and prevention of fires
- types of extinguishers
- extinguishers associated with types of fires.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why do fires have different classifications, and what are they?
- What is the fire triangle?
- What are the three things needed to start a fire?
- Why is it important to know the classification of a fire when trying to extinguish it?
- Why should extinguishers be inspected, and how often should they be inspected?
- What are the classifications of extinguishers?