- Author
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Voelkert, J. C.
- Title
- Class K Fires: A New Classification for Commercial Cooking Hazards.
- Journal
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International Fire Protection (IFP) Magazine,
No. 22,
90-91,
May 2005
- Keywords
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Class K fires
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cooking
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cooling
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classifications
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fire extinguishers
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standards
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NFPA 10
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UL 711
- Identifiers
- unique nature of fires involving cooking media and modern cooking equipment; saponification and cooling of cooking oil fires; testing of fixed systems paves the way for a new classification; new system designs lead to new extinguishers; new "K" classification test standard