FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires. Typically, a fire extinguisher consists of a hand-held cylindrical pressure vessel containing an agent which can be discharged to extinguish a fire.

Fire extinguishers are further divided into handheld and cart-mounted (also called wheeled) extinguishers.

Handheld extinguishers weigh from 0.5 to 14 kg and are therefore easily portable by hand.

Cart-mounted units typically weigh more than 23 kg. These wheeled models are most commonly found on construction sites, airport runways, heliports, as well as docks and marinas.