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All new fire extinguishers are required to be red to meet BS-EN 3: 1997.
A one page article to assist in clarifying the current position with relation to the colours of fire extinguishers in the workplace.
Portable Fire Extinguisher Identification
BS EN3 – 5 1996 Portable Fire Extinguishers Specification and
Supplementary Test
Section 7 Extinguisher identification
7.1 Colour
Subject to national regulations, the colour of the body shall be red, but in
addition to the marking, a zone of colour of area up to 5% of the external area
of the body may be used to identify the extinguishing agent in accordance
with national specifications.
BS 7863 1996 Recommendations for colour coding to indicate the
extinguishing media contained in portable fire extinguishers.
4 Colours for extinguishers
The red colour of the body of the extinguisher should be signal red (BS381C
ref 537 or RAL 3000)
The colouring coding used to denote the extinguishing medium should be as
given in Table 1.
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