Revision question · Incidents, accidents and emergencies

Which conventional extinguisher is intended for solid-material fires rather than flammable liquids?

Revision material from the imported DVSA bank includes source-checked Lanekind learning corrections. These corrections are not newly issued official examination questions, and practice does not reproduce a live test paper.

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Conventional water (red label)

Foam (cream)

Dry powder (blue)

Carbon dioxide (black)

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Conventional water (red label)This was the right answer

Conventional water is for Class A solids, not liquid fires. Some specialist additives have other ratings: check the actual label and training. A red body alone does not identify modern extinguisher contents.

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Check the extinguisher’s type and fire ratingReviewed guidance summary · The correction explicitly identifies conventional water, retaining the supported option without denying specialist labelled products exist.

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