🔍 Key Concepts
• Fire classes and what type of fuel each one covers (solids, liquids, electrical, metals)
• Whether rubber behaves more like a solid combustible, a flammable liquid, an electrical fire, or a metal when it burns
• How typical shipboard firefighting manuals group materials like plastics and rubber
đź’ Think About
• First, decide what kind of material rubber is in a fire situation: is it mainly a solid, a liquid, an energized electrical component, or a metal?
• Think about what usually burns along with rubber items (for example, tires, rubber gaskets, hoses) and which fire class those are normally treated as.
• Ask yourself: which class of fire does standard water, foam, or dry-chemical extinguishers commonly target when dealing with burning rubber items?
âś… Before You Answer
• Be sure you know the basic definition of each fire class (A, B, C, D).
• Verify whether rubber is normally listed with wood, paper, and cloth or together with flammable liquids like gasoline and oil in training materials.
• Confirm which class is associated with energized electrical equipment only and which with combustible metals only, so you can rule those out.