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Fire Glossary

Fire Glossary

Definition & Glossary

ABC dry powder
Powder is nearly the most versatile extinguishant. It forms a cloud of powder, the particles of fire bring to a halt. Dry powder is weather resistant (non-freeze to - 30 ° C), water-repellent and long-term stability. It is not harmful and chemically neutral. JOCKEL powder extinguishers are universally used in the Class A, B and C.

Extinguisher
This fire extinguisher consists of an extinguisher and a propellant tank. If the extinguisher thrown between the two containers, a connection is made. The propellant cartridge is punctured. The blowing agent (also called LPG / we put CO2) flows into the extinguisher and puts it under pressure. They say the extinguisher is charged, he is now ready to expel the extinguishing agent.

Release mechanism
A trigger device called the type of fitting. In JOCKEL are 3 valves in the program: lever faucet, striking head valve and the automatic valve.

Auto extinguisher
Auto extinguishers are portable extinguishers, which were designed specifically for use in the car. Jockel The PS Series includes 1 and 2 kg of equipment. The particularly low weight and user-friendly design allows handle cover with rounded edges to the requirements of the automobile industry, easiest and safest to use, guaranteeing the key for the successful suppression of time. These extinguishers are available with special vehicle owners.

Automatic Faucet
Here, only the command to be drawn, then the extinguisher is triggered and it can be deleted. The portable extinguisher 6 kg powder P6AJ and 6l foam S6AJ give any additional information about the readiness of the extinguisher. A damaged seal or a stamp to show when triggered clearly reaches the pin and the pressure gauge whether a service is required outside of the turn.

Fire classes
Fire classes reveal that the extinguishing agent is suitable for your needs. The data used in extinguishing a fire extinguisher, because of their extinguishing effect of certain types of fires likely are divided into fire classes. The fire classes are marked on each extinguisher and illustrated with pictograms and abbreviated by the letters A, B, C, D and F. The suitability of a fire extinguisher for certain classes, often derived from the colloquial name, such as an ABC extinguisher for Class A, B and C is suitable.

Fire Class A
This class includes all fire resistant materials primarily organic in nature, the embers burn normally, such as Wood, coal, paper, straw. As extinguishing agents are powder, foam water extinguisher.

Fire Class B
These include fires involving flammable or combustible liquids. These include, for example, petrol, alcohol, tar, wax, and many plastics. As extinguishing agents are powder, foam and carbon dioxide, into question.

Fire Class C
The class C is for fires involving gases such as acetylene, hydrogen, natural gas and propane. can be deleted such fires with dry powder extinguishers.

Class D
The class D metal fires is based on aluminum, magnesium, sodium and potassium. There are special powder.

Fire class F
The fire class F deals with fires of edible oil and fat. This have been specially developed chemical, to avoid fat explosions. The 6 l grease fire extinguisher F6J and 2 l household extinguishers F2J can not only effectively be used on grease fires, but also in the Class A and B.

Fire Class E
With the introduction of Europe-wide standard EN2 fire class E for fires in electrical low voltage systems (up to 1,000 volts) has been eliminated, as all fire extinguishers that meet this standard, to be employed in low-voltage systems in compliance with the safety distance (see printing extinguisher) .

Fire protection / fire protection
In fire protection covers all measures to prevent and fight fires with the aim of life, health, property, property and protect the environment. The fire is broken down as follows:

   
1. Fire Prevention
      
Fire prevention is divided into the structural fire protection, building and plant engineering and industrial fire protection and fire protection organization. Thus, it includes all measures taken in advance to prevent the emergence, spread and impact of fires effectively and reduce.
   
2. Defense of fire
      
includes all measures to be taken when, the fire prevention, even if only partially failed. This task is usually carried out by firefighters.

Structural fire protection
Structural fire protection is concerned inter alia with fire behavior of building materials, fire resistance of components, distribution of building in fire zones by fire walls and fire doors, escape planning, fire fighting by Akiv sprinkler systems and areas for the fire department.

Fire alarm systems
A fire alarm system is an electronic system that contains information on fires of various fire detectors receives, evaluates and responds. This can be done by for example the fire alarm or a built-in fire extinguishing system is triggered.

Flammability
Construction materials are classified according to their flammability flammability in:
A = non-combustible materials
A1 = no organic substances, proof is not required (concrete, brick, iron, glass, granite, stone wool, gypsum)
A2 = with organic ingredients, proof is required (special foam, glass wool, Spezielträgerplatten, bituminous limestone)
B = flammable materials
= B1 flame resistant (hard foam, hardwood, chipboard special polymer-bonded artificial stone)
B2 = flammable normal (soft wood, silicone, textiles)
B3 = flammable (straw, wallpaper, polystyrene)

Classification of components CE marking
The CE marking means that the product complies with all applicable European regulations and the required conformity assessment procedure has been subjected.

Stored pressure
Stored pressure: (Permanent extinguisher) fire-extinguishers in which extinguishing agent and the propellant are combined in an extinguisher, the in-fighting agent container contains a propellant (nitrogen and air) exerts an ongoing (permanent) pressure on the chemical. After pressing the trigger device, the extinguishing agent under pressure flows through the riser pipe into the hose through the nozzle or gun from the quencher.

DIN EN 1866
see admission

DIN EN 3
see admission

Extinguisher
Unit to combat incipient fires. Distinguish between portable fire extinguishers, also known as mobile or portable fire extinguishers fire extinguishers. Furthermore, a distinction between pressure and duration Aufladetypen.

Arrester
Hard stables are devices to hold open fire degrees such as fire doors, smoke doors or rolling doors between fire areas. This is to ensure that escape routes remain accessible as long as possible and the financial statements in a fire or in case of smoke are securely closed.

Fire Resistance
The fire resistance of a component is measured at the time, which remains a component to fire its function. In admission procedures are component parts using various test criteria which include, among other things, the fire resistance tested, and retrieving such a zoning approval.

Fire resistance classes
Fire resistance classes (including fire resistance classes) shall be determined in fire tests:
F0 = The device complies with the fire less than 30 minutes its function
F30 = The device complies to fire at least 30 minutes its function (technical name: fire-retardant)
F60 = The device complies with fire if at least 60 minutes its function (technical name: high fire-retardant)
F90 = The device complies with fire if at least 90 minutes its function (technical name: fire-resistant)
F120 = The device complies to fire at least 120 minutes its function (technical name: highly fire-resistant)
F180 = The device complies to fire at least 180 minutes its function (technical name: the most fire-resistant)
The combination of flammability and fire resistance rating can still be made more specific: this means eg "F90-B" = "fire-resistant - the flammable substance"

Building and plant-specific fire protection
GS means tested safety and is a voluntary mark. It signals the valuation of a product, based on safety, quality and product quality by a neutral, expert body.

Lever faucet
Command and pull the lever to release the quencher.

Hydrants
In towns and cities takes the fire hydrant to the fire water, the drinking water system installed in the central water collection points. We distinguish underground fire hydrants and Überflurhydanten. The former are underground and are flush with the road surface. The take out the fire water using a standpipe to the network. Hydrants extend beyond a few feet from the ground. Using a special key the connections for the hoses of firefighters are released.

Carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide, CO2
The extinguishing agent is carbon dioxide, a colorless and odorless gas, and completely erased any residue. It is therefore particularly suitable in cases where no contamination is likely caused by the chemical, such as electronic data processing areas and laboratories. The fire extinguisher is mounted liquid form. It is obtained from the environment.

Extinguishing systems
In a fire extinguishing system, there is a constantly operating technical system that can extinguish a fire with an extinguisher. Stationary extinguishing systems may indirectly by fire alarms and fire control systems, or directly by fire detection and release elements such as Smoke or heat, as well as manual trigger.

Extinguishing Media
For fire extinguishers for their extinguishing agents divided into powder, foam, water and CO2. The extinguishing agents differ in their performance and are suitable for different classes of fire.

Extinguisher
The extinguisher is the fire extinguisher body and containing the chemical. In typically these are made of sheet steel. In this special equipment is also available in aluminum.

Extinguishing units
This is a measure that makes it possible to compare the performance of various extinguishers and extinguishing ability to add up the various fire extinguishers.

Water line "wet" or "dry-wet"
Water line "wet" or "wet dry" water pipes in buildings that are provided to the first fire fighting by the layman.

The ease of use of these self-help is designed to enable anyone to fight arisings fire until the arrival of the fire quickly and effectively. For with fire just the first few minutes are crucial to prevent a major fire spread with great material damage.

Water line "wet" or "wet dry" are constantly filled with water and the benefits immediately operational and the lines are filled only in case of fire by remote control fire water.

Water pipes "dry"
Water pipes "dry" lines in buildings which are used by firefighters for transportation of the fire water to avoid the time consuming installation of fire hoses.

Metal fire powder
Metal fire extinguishers have this special powder extinguishing agent for extinguishing flammable light metals.

Standard fire
The standard fire is a standardized Prüffeuer for testing of fire extinguishers, which corresponds to the DIN EN 3rd On standard fire performance of fire fighting equipment (fire power) is examined and evaluated.

In the Class A and B, the assets in the light extinguishing fires of different size standard is tested. The largest is deleted at the same time, the maximum standard fire extinguishing capability of the fire extinguisher (also called rating) dar. Since this type of fire vary depending on the test object, it is determined separately for each class of fire.

Each test object is replaced by an abbreviation describing the type and size of the standard fire.

Standard Fire Class A (solids Brand)
Burning wood stack of 14 layers of uniformly stacked wooden sticks of pine wood at a distance of 60 mm horizontally, in cross-section of 40 x 40 mm. Overall levels of standard fire-wood about 56 cm stack. Entire depth of the standard fire-wood pile about 500 mm. Entire width of the standard fire-wood pile varies according to the desired discharge rate:
5 A = 500 mm
8 A = 800 mm
13 A = 1.300 mm
21 A = 2.100 mm
27 A = 2.700 mm
34 A = 3.400 mm
43 A = 4.300 mm
55 A = 5.500 mm

Standard fire class B (liquid fire)
A cylindrical steel container with flammable liquid and water in a ratio of 2:1. Filling height of the container: 30 mm. The diameter of the container and the capacity of the mixture varies depending on the desired fire management:
21 B = 21 ltr. Ø 920 mm
34 B = 34 ltr. Ø 1.170 mm
55 B = 55 ltr. Ø 1.480 mm
70 B = 70 ltr. Ø 1.670 mm
89 B = 89 ltr. Ø 1,890 mm
113 B = 113 ltr. Ø 2.130 mm
144 B = 144 ltr. Ø 2.400 mm
183 B = 183 ltr. Ø 2,710 mm
233 B = 233 ltr. Ø 3.000 mm

Organizational fire protection
This includes the appointment of fire protection officer to be entrusted with the performance of industrial fire protection to the leaders in companies and institutions in fulfilling their statutory responsibilities and in all functions of fire protection:

    
* Setting up of fire protection systems and compliance with legal requirements (alarm and fire plan, escape and rescue plans ,...)
    
* Training of fire volunteers
    
* Supervision of fire protection equipment
    
* Monitoring the usability of escape and rescue routes
    
* Determine from fire and explosion hazards
    
* Carrying out fire safety inspections
    
* Organisation of fire drills
    
* Cooperation with supervisory authorities and fire brigades

Rating / extinguishing capability
Since mid-1992 portable fire extinguishers in Germany to DIN EN 3 are admitted. A key difference with the previous approval, the assignment and verification of the assets of each fire extinguisher on the basis of test objects (delete objects, standard fires) Instead of the level.

The standard fire is a standardized in EN 3-1 Prüffeuer for testing of fire extinguishers. Regulated the assignment and verification of the assets of each fire extinguisher on the basis of different sized probes (delete objects). The biggest test object that can be extinguished with a fire extinguisher nor defined its maximum quenching capacity (rating). Since this type of fire vary depending on the test object, it can be determined separately for each class of fire. Each test object is replaced by an abbreviation describing the type and size of the standard fire.

RWA systems
Smoke and heat venting systems (RWA) facilities are an important part of structural fire protection. They ensure that are removed in case of fire smoke and combustion gases from the interior of a building to the outside. A distinction must be mechanical and natural smoke ventilation systems. The former ensures that the combustion products can escape through vents (ceiling or wall openings).

Foaming agent
Chemical foam to prevent rapid fire spread. In addition, re-ignition will be suppressed.

Push button valve
Command pull and push the firing button to activate the extinguisher.

Snow tube / snow nozzle
This device is found for carbon dioxide extinguishers in the actual nozzle. Occurs when using CO2 than gas-mixed cloud of snow from a snow tube.

Sicherheitsberstscheibe
These are found in CO2 extinguishers at the valve. If the pressure in the tank for example due to temperature fluctuations, strong, and leaves open the Sicherheitsberstscheibe this pressure completely.

Sprinkler system
Sprinkler systems are automatic, stationary fire extinguishing systems. They trigger automatic action in the heat and spread like a spray head, the extinguishing agent to the fire.

Sprühnebeldüse
This particular nozzle is to be found in all of our foam extinguishers. It ensures a smooth application of extinguishing agent and prevents the spread of the fire. In addition, this nozzle provides a high surface coverage.

Steering wheel
The steering wheel indicates that the fire extinguisher is for shipping in accordance with Directive 96/98/EC MED (Marine Equipment Directive) approved. This is a Directive on equipment in the shipping industry.

Propellant cartridge / CO2 cartridge
This includes the blowing agent and is on extinguisher either inside or outside the container.

Underground fire hydrants
s. hydrants

Hydrants
s. hydrants

Wall Hydrants
s water supply line

Water
If the water is increased extinguishers are water extinguisher with extinguishing agent, the effectiveness of using phrases such as frost protection and network resources considerably.

Admission
German standard for portable fire extinguisher is DIN EN 3 Among others, the scope of testing for fire extinguishers and the requirement is addressed to the expert.

European standard for portable fire extinguishers is DIN EN 1866th