Homes should have extinguishers

To guard against small fires or to keep a small fire from developing into a big one, every home should be equipped with fire extinguisher.

Because almost all fires are small at first, they might be contained if a fire extinguisher is handy and used properly. You should take care, however, to select the right kind of fire extinguisher, because there are different ones for different kinds of fires.

• Class A fires involve common combustibles such as wood, paper, cloth, rubber, trash an plastics.

• Class B fires involve flammable liquids, solvents, oil, gasoline, paints, lacquers and other oil-based products.

• Class C fires involve energized equipment such as wiring, controls, motors, machinery or appliances.

• Class D fires involve combustible metals.