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Portable Fire Extinguisher

Portable Fire Extinguisher

A portable fire extinguisher1 also known as a portable non-aerosol fire extinguisher2 or hand-held fire extinguisher is an appliance and type of fire extinguisher that contains a liquid, gas or chemical agent and a propellant stored within a pressure vessel that may be rechargeable or non-rechargeable to control or extinguish a small fire.

The control or extinguishment of a fire is achieved by discharging and directing the agent at the seat of a small fire.

A portable fire extinguisher by its nature is designed to be transported (carried) by a person from its storage location to a small fire and operated manually by hand. The design capacity of a portable fire extinguisher has a gross mass of not greater than 23 kg3.

  • 1

    Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ("ACCC")

  • 2

    Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Australia Manual, Technical Appendix, Schedule H – Fire Extinguishers (07/09/2022)

  • 3

    AS 2444:2001, Clause 1.4.8

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