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Fire extinguishers and there uses

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What colour is a water fire extinguisher ?

a)

Red with a blue stripe

b)

Red with a cream strip

c)

All red (Signal red)

d)

Red with a black strip

2.

What colour is a foam fire extinguisher ?

a)

Red with a cream strip

b)

All red (signal red)

c)

Red with a black strip

d)

Red with a blue strip

e)

Red with a yellow strip

3.

What colour is a CO2 fire extinguisher ?

a)

Red with a blue strip

b)

Red with a cream strip

c)

Red with a Black strip

d)

Red with a yellow strip

e)

All red (signal red)

4.

What colour is a dry powder fire extinguisher ?

a)

Red with yellow strip

b)

Red with Blue strip

c)

All red (signal Red)

d)

Red with a cream strip

e)

Red with a black strip

5.

What colour is a wet chemical fire extinguisher ?

a)

All red (signal red)

b)

Red with a blue strip

c)

red with a yellow strip

d)

red with a black strip

e)

Red with a cream strip

6.

What materials would be burning in a class A fire?

a)

fires involving flammable liquids

b)

fires caused by electrical equipment

c)

fires involving organic solids like paper, wood, etc

d)

fires involving flammable gasses

e)

fires involving fats such as used in deep fat fryers

7.

What materials would be burning in a class B fire?

a)

fires involving organic solids like paper, wood, etc

b)

fires involving flammable liquids

c)

fires involving flammable gasses

d)

fires involving fats such as used in deep fat fryers

e)

fires caused by electrical equipment

8.

What materials would be burning in a class C fire?

a)

fires involving flammable liquids

b)

fires involving organic solids like paper, wood, etc

c)

fires caused by electrical equipment

d)

fires involving fats such as used in deep fat fryers

e)

fires involving flammable gasses

9.

What materials would be burning in a class F fire?

a)

fires involving organic solids like paper, wood, etc

b)

fires involving flammable liquids

c)

fires involving flammable gasses

d)

fires involving fats such as used in deep fat fryers

e)

fires caused by electrical equipment

10.

Which fire extinguisher can be used to fight an electrical fire?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
11.

Which fire extinguisher can be used to fight a class B fire ( flammable liquids)

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
12.

Which fire extinguisher can be used to fight a class C fire (flammable gasses)

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
13.

Which fire extinguisher can be used to fight a class F fire (fats as used in deep fat fryers)

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
14.

Which fire extinguishers would be best suited for a inboard boat engine fire?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
15.

Which fire extinguishers would be best suited if the control panel on the vessel catches fire?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
16.

Which fire extinguishers would be best suited if a hot pan of cooking oil caught fire in the galley on a vessel?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
17.

What is a class D fire?

a)

fires involving organic solids like paper, wood, etc

b)

fires involving flammable liquids

c)

fires involving burning metals (eg aluminium swarf)

d)

fires caused by electrical equipment

18.

This is a class D fire extinguisher, what would you use it on?

a)

fires involving organic solids like paper, wood, etc

b)

fires involving flammable liquids

c)

fires involving flammable gasses

d)

fires involving burning metals (eg aluminium swarf)

e)

fires involving fats such as used in deep fat fryers

19.

Which fire extinguishers would be best suited for a outboard boat engine fire?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
20.

How often should a fire extinguisher inspection be carried out ?

a)

Once a week

b)

Once a month

c)

Once a year

d)

Once every 2 years

21.

How often should fire extinguishers be inspected?

a)

Once a year

b)

Once every 2 years

c)

Once every 3 years

d)

Every 6 months

22.

What class of fire would be dangerous to use this extinguisher on?

a)

Class A

b)

Class E and F

23.

What class of fire would be dangerous to use this extinguisher on?

a)

Class A and C

b)

Class B and E

24.

What class of fire would be dangerous to use this extinguisher on?

a)

Class A and B

b)

Class F

25.

What class of fire would be dangerous to use this extinguisher on?

a)

Class A, B,C,D and E

b)

Class F

26.

What class of fire would be dangerous to use this extinguisher on?

a)

Class B,C,D and E

b)

Class F