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2. Minimax Limited - Wikipedia

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   Minimax Limited was a British manufacturer of fire extinguishers founded in England in 1903. Their unique conical fire extinguisher was known as 'The Minimax'. The company was purchased by The Pyrene Company Limited in 1955.

3. The Pyrene Company Limited - Wikipedia

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   In 1971 Chubb Fire Security Ltd was formed. In that same year a Bristol Britannia aircraft, flown by test pilot Donald Chubb, landed on a carpet of Pyrene foam at Manston. In 1976 Fireward Ltd, manufacturers since 1964 of plastic-bodied portable dry-powder fire extinguishers, also merged with Pyrene Panorama, to form the new company, Chubb ...

4. Fire extinguisher - Wikipedia

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   A fire extinguisher is a handheld active fire protection device usually filled with a dry or wet chemical used to ... The CAFS extinguisher (example: TRI-MAX Mini-CAF ...

5. ABC dry chemical - Wikipedia

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   Dry chemical powder is used on all classes of fires. Dry chemical powder puts out the fire by coating the burning material with a thin layer of dust, thereby separating the fuel from the oxygen in the air. The powder also works to interrupt the chemical reaction of fire, so these extinguishers are extremely effective at putting out the fire.

6. Fast Flow Extinguishers - Wikipedia

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   The larger the burn pan fire, the larger the rating and the longer the extinguisher must discharge to be able to handle the larger volume of fire before running out. For a given size extinguisher the resulting effect is a lower flow rate, resulting in a higher UL rating. Generally for same size extinguishers (agent capacity)

7. FBI seizes 150 homemade explosive devices from Virginia farm ...

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   A Virginia man arrested two weeks ago on an illegal gun charge was allegedly concealing the largest arsenal of “finished explosive devices” ever seized by the FBI, the bureau said in court ...