Answer to Question #43607 in Physical Chemistry for Zeph

Question

you have been asked to give advice relating to the provision of fire fighting equipment to the owner of a small engineering factory manufacturing motor car components. there are a wide range of industrial risk on site but the building is NOT protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system.

1. list some of the various work areas you would expect to find in the building
2. list fire risk that are likely to be found in each of the areas identified
3. state the most appropriate extinguishing agent for each risk you have identified in 2 above
4. if you had the choice of only TWO extinguishing agents, which would be capable of dealing with all the risks identified