When fighting an oil or gasoline fire, which...

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When fighting an oil or gasoline fire, which of the listed fire extinguishing agents should NEVER be sprayed directly into the fire?

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When fighting an oil or gasoline fire, which of the listed fire extinguishing agents should NEVER be sprayed directly into the fire?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Class B fires (flammable liquids like oil and gasoline) and how different agents affect the surface of the liquid • Difference between high-velocity fog, low-velocity fog, dry chemical, and steam smothering in terms of impact force and smothering ability • Why agitating or splashing a burning liquid is dangerous

💭 Think About

• Which agent would strike the surface of the burning liquid with the greatest physical force, potentially spreading the fuel or breaking the surface of the liquid? • Which methods (steam smothering, low-velocity fog, dry chemical) are designed more to blanket/smother the fire rather than blast into it? • Think about what happens if you hit a pan of burning oil with a strong water stream—what is the similar risk with one of these agents?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice produces the highest impact velocity at the fire surface • Confirm which agents are commonly used successfully on Class B (flammable liquid) fires without excessive splashing • Eliminate any option that is specifically designed to gently blanket or smother the fuel surface rather than drive into it

Question 1 of 27070

When fighting an oil or gasoline fire, which of the listed fire extinguishing agents should NEVER be sprayed directly into the fire?

High velocity fog

Steam smothering

Dry chemical

Low velocity fog

Question 1 / 270705eccef9ebacbc34ba4d462a9

Question 1 of 270705eccef9ebacbc34ba4d462a9

When fighting an oil or gasoline fire, which of the listed fire extinguishing agents should NEVER be sprayed directly into the fire?

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Question 1 of 27070

When fighting an oil or gasoline fire, which of the listed fire extinguishing agents should NEVER be sprayed directly into the fire?