What colour fire extinguisher is carbon dioxide and which one is dry powder?

I remember when all extinguishers use to be different colours.





1) BLUE - Dry powder


2) BEIGE - Foam


3) RED - Water


4) BLACK - CO2





Now they are red with a coloured panel. Does that mean you run across a building to find out it's the wrong one for the fire because they look the same? Mad to me.





Also, side point, fire exit signs now shows a man running to a white box. I thought you were suppose to leave in an orderly manner by walking??





More EU crap.What colour fire extinguisher is carbon dioxide and which one is dry powder?
I think ALL extinguishers are now red and the stickers indicating what they are for are different colours - bit stupid I think - when there's a fire you want it to be as clear as possible which extinguisher you can use - not run around looking at labels!What colour fire extinguisher is carbon dioxide and which one is dry powder?
ZONE COLOUR - EXTINGUISHER TYPE


Red - Water


Cream - Foam


Blue - Powder


Black - Carbon Dioxide


Canary Yellow - Wet Chemical





In the UK we were used to a system of


using the colour of the body of the


extinguisher to indicate its contents.


However this system has been peculiarly


British, with all extinguishers in European


countries being coloured completely red.


Since extinguisher colour is not used to


identify the type of the extinguisher, it falls


to the standard pictograms to illustrate the


types of fire that the extinguisher can be


used on. These pictograms will be clearly


visible on the body of the extinguisher.





A concession was made in this latest


standard for a small zone of colour to be


available on the body of the extinguisher


to further help identify the contents of the


extinguisher. A colour zone of up to 5% of


the surface area of the extinguisher can


be positioned on the top half of the front


of extinguisher body and be visible from


180 degrees.
CO2 black dry powder Blue
I wouldn't hang around to find out. I'd be too busy legging it in the opposite direction.
Co2 is black and dry powder is blue and white
all fire extinguishers are red now but are clearly labelled as to what they can be used for i.e. dousing electrics etc
they are all red nowadays but black and blue respectively. something to do with the European union?
Due to EEC interference they are now all Red with a label telling you which type. At the same time any compartment should contain an extinguisher for that type of compartment, ie electrical, office mainly paper etc.


CO2 extinguisher's can be ID in the dark by the discharge ';Horn';,


NB keep yer hands orf it when in use. Unit used to be Black.


Dry Powder used to be Blue, in the dark can be ID by a ';Operating Press lever'; at the nozzel. Contains Bi-carbonate of soda, good for heart burn !!!!!!
Sir,


I am colour blind and only read Doric, a living language from North East Scotland,


Which EU approved extinguisher do I use for an Electrical Fire


Quick
The body of all extinguishers are red now but a C02 one will have a black band round the top and the powder one will be blue.
The fire extinguisher is the one which contain dry powder thats why its colourless





half of it is powder and by the way it contains corbon di oxide


and when anyone breaths it gets greater in size