Recently a Sainsbury's tanker caught fire in Whitby, North Yorkshire, not far from the superstore while fully-laden with almost 40,000 litres of fuel. The quick thinking driver had the presence [...]
I visited the local Sunday market this week and in passing a stall I noticed a chap examining a fire extinguisher. The stall was typical car boot fodder from [...]
The MSA who oversee competitive Motor Sports in the UK have very strict safety regulations and require cars to carry a fire extinguisher during competitions for use in the [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Foam fire extinguishers, or more correctly AFFF extinguishers offer some key advantages over the better known water equivalents. AFFF is short for Aqueous Film Forming Foam and, although it [...]
When it comes to Fire Extinguishers I like to think I am pretty clued up on Standards and legislation and at Fire and Safety Centre we have invested a [...]
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