Fire Extinguishers, Fire Safety and Personal Protection Products

Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishers a legal requirement for caterers
Although the history of the modern canister type fire extinguisher dates back to the early 19th Century, Wet chemical fire extinguishers are very much the baby of the brood. British Standard 7937 was first published in the year 2000 and gives detailed specifications for portable fire extinguishers for use on cooking oil fires together with the establishment of a new Class F rating for extinguishers of this type. Previous to the development of Class F fire extinguishers there was no satisfacto... read more

Fire Proof Filing Cabinet is a wise investment
Fire proof filing cabinets have a key role to play in many businesses despite today's digital age where we are constantly bombarded with requests to move to paperless transactions including e-billing and text communications. The need to store paper based files and business critical documents securely is a must have for many businesses but their protection against the impact of a fire is often overlooked. The common or garden filing cabinet is often used to store Contracts, deeds, confidential... read more

Water extinguishers to be used with care
Ask the average person in the street what a fire extinguisher contains and the odds are water extinguishers will come top of the list. The problem is that although water has been used to extinguish fires for millennia the types of fire a water extinguisher can tackle are very limited particularly in a home or office environment. These limitations are not widely appreciated by the general public who mistakenly see water as a catch all solution for fire fighting. In practice water extinguishers... read more

Powder Extinguishers - things to know
Powder extinguishers also known as Dry Chemical and Dry Powder fire extinguishers are widely available and commonly found in virtually every business premises. What is possibly not widely appreciated is that Dry Powder is a catch all description for a group of fire extinguishers that use different types of chemicals each of which have different fire fighting capabilities. To simply purchase one of the many dry powder extinguishers available at discount prices all over the web simply based on the... read more

Co2 Extinguishers - Things you should know
Co2 extinguishers originally came into prominence as a replacement for halon or BCF extinguishers which were banned for most applications in 1993 under the Montreal protocol after it was discovered that halons had the highest ozone-depleting capacity of any chemicals in common use.  Co2 extinguishers contain liquefied carbon dioxide under extreme pressure and are notable for not having a pressure gauge on the canister and a hard flute shaped discharge horn. In the UK they are also colour coded w... read more