Fire Extinguishers

All fire extinguishers supplied by Firecall are manufactured to the highest standard in the UK. They are approved to BS EN3 where applicable and carry the British Standards Kitemark - your guarantee of quality.

All fire extinguishers are supplied, installed, commissioned and serviced by a 'competent person' as defined in BS5306-3:2009-09.

There are 3 types of fire:

A guide to the different fire classes

Class A: Fires mainly involving organic materials such as paper, wood and fabrics.
Class B: Fires involving flammable liquids such as oil and petrol
Class C: Fires caused by burning gases

There are five main types of fire extinguisher for dealing with them, the extingusher chosen needs to match the potential risk:

Water

For Class A* fires containing organic materials like paper, wood, straw, textiles, etc. Must NOT be used on fires involving flammable liquids or live electrical equipment.

AFFF Foam

For Class A* and B* fires containing materials like paper, wood, straw or textile. Also for fires involving flammable liquids, leaded or unleaded petrol, diesel, oil, and fat. Not suitable for fires involving live electrical equipment.

Dry Powder

For Class B* and C* fires caused by oil-based substances such as petrol (leaded or unleaded), oil, gas, paint, solvents and greases. Also suitable for fires involving electrical equipment and gas.

CO2

For Class B fires involving flammable liquids, including leaded or unleaded petrol, diesel, oil, etc. Suitable for use on fires involving live electrical equipment. Must not be used in confined spaces.

Wet Chemical

For use on Class F (cooking oil fires) in food and catering establishments such as fast food outlets and restaurants. This is the only extinguisher to use if you have a deep fat fryer.

*Available Products* 

A summary of extinguisher and the sizes available from Firecall Limited.

Product	Size
Water Extinguisher	9 Litre
Carbon Dioxide Extinguisher	2 kg and 5 kg
ABC Dry Powder Extinguisher	2 kg 4 kg 6 kg 9 kg
Foam (AFFF) Extinguisher	2 Litre 6 Litre 9 Litre
Wet Chemical Extinguisher	6 Litre

 

All extinguishers kite marked and to BS EN3

NICOLA HOPLIN: ESL (CHELTENHAM) LTD

We now use Firecall to service our fire extinguishers. We previously used a major national extinguisher company. Firecall's prices were 25% cheaper. Their engineers are polite and easy to work with. Their back office is very effecient with the paperwork and certificates.