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Summary: When buying a fire extinguisher, find one that is suitable for the location, such as a multi-use class B and C fire extinguisher for the kitchen and a class A fire extinguisher for the living room. Have several fire extinguishers in the house at all times with helpful information from a security system lead-tech in this free video on home safety.
Peter Lowe, a lead-tech for Pinnacle Security systems, is one heck of a safety guru! From day one, Lowe has been trained in the importance of home safety, especially security systems....read more
"Hi my name's Peter and I'm here today to teach you how to buy a fire extinguisher. When you buy a fire extinguisher, you want to make sure that you buy a fire extinguisher that is appropriate for the location in your home which you're going to be using it. In a kitchen, you're going to have most of the time, problems with grease fires and electrical fires, that's your main danger in the kitchen. So you're going to want to buy a fire extinguisher that is a class B and C fire extinguisher, a class B fire extinguisher means that that fire extinguisher will put out grease fires, liquid fires, anything of that kind of sorts. A class C fire extinguisher puts out electrical fires which is also a great danger in your kitchen as well. So you're going to want to get a multi use fire extinguisher that covers a class B and C. For any other places in your home such as a home fireplace, you're going to want to make sure that you have a class A fire extinguisher. A class A fire extinguisher puts out wood fires, it puts out paper fires, clothing fires, anything that can happen to you, however they also make class A, B and C fire extinguishers which are more appropriate for a location in the home like a fireplace. But in the kitchen you want to make sure you get the class B and C and they make special fire extinguishers that are kitchen fire extinguishers only. And that's how to buy a fire extinguisher."
eHow Article: How to Buy Fire Extinguishers
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