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Class D and Class F fires

Integrated Science · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes

Burning metals and burning cooking oil: two more classes made far worse by water.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. What fire is
  2. The fire triangle
  3. Fuel: the first side
  4. Oxygen: the second side
  5. Heat: the third side
  6. How a fire spreads
  7. Natural causes of fire
  8. Human causes of fire
  9. The classes of fire
  10. Class A fires
  11. Class B and Class C fires
  12. Class D and Class F fires
  13. Fires involving electricity
  14. Breaking the fire triangle
  15. Types of fire extinguisher
  16. Using an extinguisher safely
  17. Fire in the kitchen
  18. The dangers of fire in nature
  19. What to do in a fire
  20. Making a fire safety poster