Class C is used for fires that involve energized electrical equipment. Class D is used for fires in combustible metals, such as magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium, lithium and potassium.

On July 13, 2010, seven career fire fighters were injured while fighting a fire at a large commercial structure containing recyclable combustible metals. At 2345 hours, 3 engines, 2 trucks, 2 ...

BURLINGTON — Welding ignited pieces of combustible metal at an industrial building Thursday afternoon, and firefighters remained there for hours making sure everything was out, the Burlington Fire ...

Combustible metals in these forms are much more dangerous to firefighters. The Los Angeles Fire Department established a committee to revise policies concerning combustible metals.

The class of your fire extinguisher determines what fires it works best on, such as combustible, electrical, and oil.

While combustible fences directly attached to homes are crucial to address in fire risk areas, Ivan also points out that replacing parallel fences with concrete, masonry, cinder block, or metal ...

These were: NFPA 652 (fundamentals of combustible dust), NFPA 61 (agricultural and food processing), NFPA 484 (combustible metals), NFPA 655 (sulfur), NFPA 664 (woodworking) and NFPA 654 (all ...

How to identify combustible dust hazards and implement proper protection systems tailored to your specific industrial ...

Multiple agencies were battling an "extensive" fire at a Manatee County metal scrapyard on Friday, according to the fire marshal with the North River Fire District. The column of smoke created by ...

"It could have combustible metals in there, such as sodium, magnesium. There could be different alloys in there, but we did have some metals that were involved.