Stages of fire

Stages of fire

There are four stages of fire like ignition, growth, fully developed and burnout.

Ignition: At this Initial stage, a fire extinguisher can control the fire. The selection criteria of fire extinguisher is depends on fuel.

Growth: The growth of fire is increase due to additional fuel ignites.

Fully developed: At this stage the damage is cause due to increasing the temperature above threshold level.

Burnout: At this stage, concentration amount of fuel reduce. Due to that the fire gets less intense.

In order to select the right type of extinguisher to put out a fire, you must understand the different modes of fires or classes of fires.