In an emergency, knowing how to effectively use a fire extinguisher can mean the difference between safety and disaster. When ...

While it did act in a similar way (tightly packed CO2 is released into the atmosphere) there was nowhere near the quantity required to for an effective CO2 fire extinguisher that you would use to ...

Environmental Health and Safety staff offers courses in fire safety and fire extinguisher use. The fire safety class explains the physics and chemistry of fire; how fires start and continue to burn; ...

Water, sand, and carbon dioxide-based fire extinguishers are commonly used, but you’re probably familiar with blowing out a candle using your breath. Counter-intuitively, we also blow on a fire ...