Fire extinguisher useful in fighting fires with a particular group of fuel. Specifications for fire extinguishers are set out in the standard AS/NZS 1841, the most recent version being released in 2007. All fire extinguishers must be painted signal red. Except for water extinguishers, each extinguisher has a coloured band near the top, covering at least 10% of the extinguisher's body length, specifying its contents. In Australia, yellow (Halon) fire extinguishers are illegal to own or use on a fire, unless an essential use exemption has been granted, this is due to the ozone-depleting nature of halon. According to the standard BS
Chubb Fire fighting equipment. The name Pyrene was epitomised by their famous 'pump' extinguisher which was installed on public transport, commercial and private vehicles throughout the western world. 1907 A Scottish engineer unable to get backing in the United Kingdom took his idea for a fire extinguisher to the United States. He set up in New York, and eventually became known as the Pyrene Company of Delaware. 1914 The Pyrene Company Limited began in the United Kingdom, when Wallace B. Phillips, an American set up in Great Queen Street, London, selling 'pump' extinguishers. 1918-20 The company moved to Grosvenor Gardens, London in