🔍 Key Concepts
• Fire class definitions for common materials, flammable liquids, electrical fires, and metal fires
• What burns in a galley grease fire—the pan, the stove, or the fuel in the pan?
• The difference between flammable liquids and solid combustibles like wood or paper
đź’ Think About
• Think about what is actually on fire when cooking oil or grease ignites in a pan. Is it a solid, a liquid, an electrical source, or a metal?
• Match that burning material to the correct fire class: which class covers ordinary combustibles, which covers liquids like fuel or oil, which covers energized electrical equipment, and which covers combustible metals?
• Ask yourself: which type of extinguisher is normally recommended for kitchen grease fires, and what class of fire is that extinguisher designed for?
âś… Before You Answer
• Know that Class A is ordinary combustibles like wood, paper, cloth, and some plastics
• Know that Class C involves energized electrical equipment, not the food or grease itself
• Know that Class D is for combustible metals like magnesium, sodium, or aluminum—not common galley materials