Australia Fire Extinguisher Colour Guide
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- In this video, explore the crucial role of portable fire extinguishers as first-response life safety devices. Learn about the five main types of fire extinguishers, including water, foam, dry powder, carbon dioxide, and wet chemical, and their distinctive colour codes for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E and Class F fires, as well as their distinctive colour codes and bands.
Whether you're dealing with wood, paper, textiles, flammable liquids, or electrical fires, get informed about the right extinguisher for a fire. Enhance your fire safety knowledge with valuable insights. For a more in-depth understanding, explore our range of fire extinguishers on the Firewise website.
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KEYWORDS:
Fire Safety
Extinguisher Types
Emergency Preparedness
Class A Fires - Paper, Wood, Textiles
Class B Fires - Flammable Liquids
Class C Fires - Flammable Gasses
Class D Fires - Flammable Metals
Class E Fires - Electrical Equipment Fires
Class F Fires - Cooking Oil & Fat Fires
Awesome video!
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@@Firewize I’m a fire extinguisher enthusiast, so I just love learning more about fire extinguishers in different countries and all about fire extinguishers! I want to work as a fire extinguisher technician in the future!
Thanks Faisal - We are constantly producing videos about new and interesting products, services, Australian Standards, legislation and other relevant fire industry topics. We have a roadmap of new topics, and we'll be sure to add your suggestion to the list!
Hi Sir, can you please create videos on the design of dry and wet systems with BCA codes. And hydrants and fire sprinklers with codes. I will be really thankful for you.
Thanks Faisal - Its on the TODO list! It may take a couple of months, but rest assured, it's on our list!
Sorry but that just gave me a headache due from information overload to the fast delivery.
I have memory issues due to medication I take for an injury and I am unable to remember what the different colour bands are as you jumped from one to the next. Do you have a chart on your website (I looked but didn't find but I could easily have missed it) that can be copied and printed out which I could then laminate for a constant reference to help with what "colour band" I would need. I'll look online and see if I can find something that will help me if you don't have a Colour Chart for fires and recommended extinguishers.
I ran a SOHO fixing computers and I picked up 4 x 1kg powder units and a fire blanket 20 years ago. I know Dry Powder makes a massive mess to clean up but if I was going to have an need to deploy it then it was going to be electrical so a liquid was out of the question. (Powder is still flowing inside the containers with yearly checks and the pressure still reads in the green though I am skeptical) and I have upgraded the fire blanket. As a result of my scepticism I added an additional 1 x 1.5kg Dry Powder in the kitchen and would like a 2.5kg in that location instead of the 1.5kg one. There are 2 x 1mt x 1mt Fire Blankets in easy reach above the extinguisher though I am considering getting a couple of larger blankets. I have 1 x 2.5kg in the garage along with 2 x 9kg units last checked in December 2022 as there is a 9.8kWh Lithium Ion battery in there).
There are 1.5kg and 2.5kg extinguishers in the occupied granny flat (not granny occupied) plus a 1mt x 1.2mt and a 1.2mt x 1.8mt fire blankets there as well. The 1mt x 1.2mt is to smother a kitchen fire and the larger one to be used as protection to exit the building. The granny flat has a single exit and my reasoning behind the large blanket was to get out of the occupied building safely and with minimal if any burns.
I would like to replace the 1.5kg Dry Powder extinguisher in my kitchen with one that can be safely sprayed on an oil fire. I read or watched a video recently that Dry Powder on an oil fire was not a really good idea as it could cause a flare up a bit like when idiots fling water on one. I finding conflicting information about this and your info seems pretty good once I'm able to absorb some of it by watch the videos three or four times. I'm also 68 so that doesn't help either.
Crap, sorry went off topic a bit. What I was trying to ask was *what would you suggest would be the best extinguisher option for an oil fire in the kitchen?* I realise 5 x 1kg, 2 x 1.5kg, 2 x 2.5kg and 2 x 9kg extinguishers is overkill but they are placed all over the two buildings in strategic location to allow us to egress a burning building and maybe extinguish a small fire. They are not for playing pretend fireman. Why is there not any Govt Regulation for having at least a Fire Blanket for the kitchen? I got my first one 27 years ago when they initially became more common and affordable. An extinguisher use needs some training which was not available 27 years ago unless you could organise a suitable number of people for some instruction at your job site. I know this because I wanted my wife to have training on how to correctly handle a cooking oil fire. This should be taught in schools alongside bushfire drills.
My apologies for my _War And Peace_ length post for just a question about the most appropriate type and size of extinguisher for an oil based fire in the kitchen. Also, got any suggestions for an appropriate unit to carry in a car? My 1kg extinguishers have exposed parts that can get knocked in the boot plus there is not a good place if any to mount the holder. Any suggestions on that? I also had to Subscribe so I wouldn't forget your site; don't get old because your memory begins to suck. 🤦♂
If this post is too long, not very coherent and could cause confusion to the readers who will visit then please delete it.
Thank you for your videos. 👍
Try this article: firewize.com.au/extinguisher
Here is the chart @Josept - l.firewize.com/extinguisher-types