Fire prevention-eliminate hazards involving cigarettes, electricity, and space heaters
Family fire safety-create and practice an escape plan, keep matches and lighters away from children, and cook safely
Home fire safety-install smoke alarms and automatic sprinklers
Personal fire safety-crawl low under smoke and stop, drop, and roll
The use of composite materials has opened the way for new and improved technical solutions in many industries, but the need for fire protection of such materials is considerable, especially in the offshore industry. FFBS has been the answer to these needs.
is a trade association started in 1963 by a small number of fire equipment distributors. It has grown to represent over one thousand fire equipment distributors, suppliers, and affiliates.
There are basically four different types or classes of fire extinguishers, each of which extinguishes specific types of fire. Newer fire extinguishers use a picture/labeling system to designate which types of fires they are to be used on.
Older fire extinguishers are labeled with colored geometrical shapes with letter designations. Both of these types of labels are shown below with the description of the different classes of extinguishers.
Fire Safety Datasheets and Brochures
aims to be a vital and successful link in communicating the fire safety message to members, the fire safety industry, other businesses and industry, and to the wider community.