That answers the question then. Firefighters, or anyone really, cannot put out a fire with cold. Other Weather Conditions and Their Influence on Fire. Now that we’re certain that cold cannot put out a fire, we thought we’d take this section to discuss the effects of weather on fire.
My sister, who goes camping a lot, claims that cold alone will put out a fire. She says that if you have a fire going under a grate and then put on a cold pan of water, the fire will damp (i.e. burn less brightly). I can think of a few reasons why cold conditions would cause a fire to burn less brightly: Cold air near the fire will reduce local air convection, depriving the fire of a renewing …
Can extreme cold put out a fire? : askscience – reddit
While as others have pointed out that heat is necessary for fire, that isn’t so say that putting fire in something very very cold will put it out, in fact if the very very cold substance is liquid oxygen the fire will almost always turn into something closer to an explosion.
If the fuel has markedly lower vapor pressure, there is less in the necessary gaseous state. Less fire! If you can cool down the fuel enough to reduce how much of it evaporates, yes. If you could reduce it to a temp where it will not evaporated you could put the fire out it that fuel is the only combustible available.
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Why is water used as a fire extinguisher?
fire triangle one of the reasons water is used to combat fire is that it acts as a coolant, thereby removing the heat component of fire; it also slightly removes the oxygen portion by smothering. Extreme cold would perform the same action.
How do you make a CO2 extinguisher?
The fuel is oxygen and your breath is mostly CO2 so when you blow you are displacing the oxygen. You can make a CO2 extinguisher by combining baking soda and vinegar in a bottle and holding it up to a candle. The gas will extinguish the flame.
Can liquid oxygen burn in a fire?
Liquid oxygen is VERY cold, but if you dump liquid oxygen on a fire, you get a HELL of a fire. So the chemical reaction alone is more than sufficient to overcome just cold. 1 Share ReportSave Continue this thread level 2 Comment deleted by user· 9 yr. ago Continue this thread level 1 · 9 yr. ago
Can liquid oxygen burn in cold temperatures?
Liquid oxygen is VERY cold, but if you dump liquid oxygen on a fire, you get a HELL of a fire. So the chemical reaction alone is more than sufficient to overcome just cold. 1 Share ReportSave Continue this thread
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Reference:
https://www.usfa.fema.gov/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_extinguisher