Wet Chemical Fire Extinguisher

The UK's love of fried food demanded a better form of fire safety for cooking fat fires than a normal extinguisher, and so Chubb Fire created their FryFighter, and ours is identical as it is made by Thomas Glover (Chubb Fire sister company) in the same factory. This extinguisher was so unique that a new fire class, Class F, was devised to accommodate it.

Wet chemical extinguishers work by saponification (creating a soapy layer across the entire surface of the oil), smothering the flames and cooling the oil at the same time. One 6 litre wet chemical fire extinguisher is sufficient to contain a 75 litre fat fire burning at a blistering 340 degrees.

A wet chemical fire extinguisher is a mandatory extinguisher type for commercial kitchens under UK fire regulations. It also works on Class A fires, giving kitchens cover for cooking oil and general combustibles from a single unit.