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Fire equipment supplies includes; fire extinguishers, helmets, boots, gloves, rescue tools, water pumps, ladders, hoses, nozzles, foam, flash lights, power tools for cutting drilling and any equipment that enables fire fighters gain quick access to any premises and rescue whatever they can in the shortest possible time with the slightest of opportunities.

Fire is usually categorized into domestic or industrial fires. Fire equipment supplies usually have to do with local authorities or fire stations. They train and prepare to fight all types of fire and upon being notified of fire outbreak would require precise and concise information about the nature of fire, what is burning, the extent, and what is at risk and potential risk factors.

Potential risk factors may include the nature of equipment stored in nearby buildings like inflammable gases or chemical supplies that may explode and worsen the fire. Knowing what is burning helps fire fighters decide what equipment to carry for the operation. Generally water canons are used to pump water at high pressures to try forcefully put out the fire.

In domestics cases it is not always recommended to use water because oil based fires are often made worse by splashing waters on them which mat cause them to spread and cause more damage and injuries. Fire equipment supplies prefer to have all people using premises fitted with such equipments trained both on how to use them and in what situation. Staff members may be trained on how to use different types of fire extinguishers be they powdered, or chemical based and how to identify these. All these are aimed at maximizing the benefits of fire equipment supplies, making the best of an impossible situation, saving property and lives.

During training on the uses of such equipment, one is reminded of basic rules to follow like lying on the floor if room is covered by smoke and trying to scrawl to towards exits before inhaling smoke which is said to be the major killer in fire incidents. It is for example recommended that one fights fire with his or back to the exit to leave no room for being cornered by fire. It is also recommended that fire extinguisher nozzles be directed at the base of fire instead of at the top since that is less effective in controlling fire.

Fitness equipment suppliers of advise on how to position certain equipments used for fighting fire to ensure that they strategic to bring fire under control incase of an outbreak.