The portable device which is
discharging the jet of gas, water, foam and other materials to extinguish the
fire is termed as fire extinguisher. This device is used to control the small
fires, during the emergency situations. It consisting of a hand-held cylindrical
pressure vessel containing an agent which can is used to extinguish the fire.
Cartridge operated and stored pressures are the two major kinds of
extinguishers. The services place a tag on the extinguisher to indicate the
types of services performed like new fire extinguisher, recharge, annual
inspection. These extinguishers are divided into cart-mountedalso known as
wheeled extinguisher and the second one is handheld.
HISTORY OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
The most prominent celebrated
chemist was Ambrose Godfrey who has introduced the first fire extinguisher in
England. Fire extinguisher supplier Malaysia
can be known from many journals which are covering the different aspects of
fire. British captain George William Manby has invented this extinguisher. Red
and Campbell of England in the year 1881 has invented cartridge-operated
extinguisher. The Pyrene Manufacturing Company of Delaware in the year 1910 has
filled the patent using carbon tetrachloride so extinguishing the fire could be
easily possible. Fire grenade is another type of extinguisher of carbon
tetrachloride. In the year 1940, Chlorobromomethane was invented by Germany.
