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2. Here’s Where You Should Store Your Fire Extinguisher at Home ...

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   Here are the most effective places in your home to keep a fire extinguisher on hand. Each Level of the Home. The more levels a home has, the harder it can be to escape a fire, ...

3. Kidde - Wikipedia

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   In 1923, Kidde purchased the patent rights for a siphon device that allowed quick release of carbon dioxide, improving the function of fire extinguishers.In 1924, the company produced the first portable carbon dioxide fire extinguisher and in 1925 it installed the first built in industrial fire extinguishing system.

4. Fire extinguisher - Wikipedia

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   An anecdotal report of a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher was published in Scientific American in 1887 which describes the case of a basement fire at a Louisville, Kentucky pharmacy which melted a lead pipe charge with CO 2 (called carbonic acid gas at the time) intended for a soda fountain which immediately extinguished the flames thus saving ...

5. Odorizer - Wikipedia

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   Odorizers are used in carbon dioxide fire extinguisher systems, the odorizer assembly injects wintergreen oil into the carbon dioxide stream when the agent is discharged. Approximately 50 cc of wintergreen oil contained within a frangible glass cartridge is mounted within a protective housing attached to the discharge piping in such a manner as ...

6. Gaseous fire suppression - Wikipedia

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   Gaseous fire suppression, also called clean agent fire suppression, is the use of inert gases and chemical agents to extinguish a fire. These agents are governed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard for Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems – NFPA 2001 in the US, with different standards and regulations elsewhere.

7. Firefighting foam - Wikipedia

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   Hand-held foam extinguishers used the same two chemicals in solution. To actuate the extinguisher, a seal was broken and the unit inverted, allowing the liquids to mix and react. Chemical foam is a stable solution of small bubbles containing carbon dioxide with lower density than oil or water, and exhibits persistence for covering flat surfaces ...