Restaurant Kitchen Fire Extinguisher Class K Portable Fire Extinguisher

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) categorizes fires in commercial kitchens as Class K fires because of the high heating rates of vegetable oils and other cooking products commonly used there. As a result, all restaurant kitchens are required by law to have at least one Class K fire extinguisher ready.

As a restaurant owner, you can choose from different types of Class K extinguishers. Many dry chemical extinguishers use potassium bicarbonate as the extinguishing agent. Wet chemical extinguishers spray a fine mist of potassium acetate that forms a soapy foam to suppress vapors and steam to reduce the risk of fire re-flash as the flames go out.

Find the technical parameters of Fireless 1.0+ as below:

Kitchen Fire Extinguisher Safety Tips

• Once a fire starts in a deep fat fryer, traditional range hood fire extinguishing methods are not always enough to put out the fire. Human intervention with the appropriate fire extinguisher may be necessary to smother the flames.
• Never use a Class A air-pressurized water or carbon dioxide extinguisher to put out a fire in a deep fat fryer. The results could be explosive.
• In case a fire starts in your restaurant kitchen, only use the Class K fire extinguisher .
• Fireless Class K extinguishers agents is non-conducting. This means you don’t need to use the fire extinguisher after electrical power to the kitchen appliance in question has been turned off. Because it’s applicable for ABCE fires as well.
• Travel distance between kitchen appliances and the Class K fire extinguisher should not exceed 30 feet.

Class K fire extinguisher inspection, testing and maintenance

Installing a Class K extinguisher in your restaurant is only the first step.

To remain in compliance with NFPA rules and regulations, you must also seek annual services. For Fireless 1.0 , we just need appearance checking, check the ring-pull, check the press button, clean the dust on the extinguisher. The life service of Fireless 1.0 is 4 years. So you don’t need to recharge agents and appearance checking is enough. And you have to replace the extinguisher every 4 years.

Far too often, restaurant owners research which extinguisher they need, install it and forget all about it. However, if a fire breaks out four or five years after the initial installation and the fire extinguisher has a problem unbeknownst to you or your staff, you could have a serious fire emergency on your hands.