STOPS FIRE
January 1st 2005

Chubb Fire has developed a short training video on Pyromet, an extinguisher specifically designed to deal with Class D fires.

The extinguisher is designed to deal with any fires involving lithium, magnesium, sodium and aluminium. It works by insulating the metal to prevent the fire spreading to other material in the immediate vicinity, and smothering the fire to prevent oxygen from the atmosphere reaching the metal.

The extinguisher has a lance delivery system that enables the user to tackle the fire from a safe distance. It also has a low velocity applicator to reduce the energy of the jet, allowing the powder to gently smother the surface of the burning material, avoiding scattering the burning metal particles. In doing this, it stimulates the burning metal to form an air excluding crust that puts out the fire.

The training video is available free with every Pyromet extinguisher sold.

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