In firefighting, fires are identified according to one or more fire classes. Each class designates the fuel involved in the fire, and thus the most appropriate extinguishing agent. The classifications allow selection of extinguishing agents along lines of effectiveness at putting the type of fire out, as well as avoiding unwanted side-effects.

IntechOpen New Technologies in Protective Coatings New Technologies in Protective Coatings Edited by Carlos Giudice and Guadalupe Canosa Abstract Fire retardant coatings are often required to protect a wide range of products of both flammable and nonflammable against fire. It is an oldest, most efficient,

Flame or fire-retardant electrical cable coatings have been used in commercial nuclear power plants to limit the spread of fire. A limited set of empirical data from the 1970s provides the basis for regulatory guidance.