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The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to virtually every type of premises and has been the Law since October 2006. In effect, if any person will enter the premises, it is the legal duty of the premises owner/manager to ensure their safety by supplying and maintaining the correct fire extinguishers. To decide what to install, there are classes of fires and different extinguishers have the ones they are good for listed on top of the front label. A quick guide is as follows
Class A fires (wood, paper, material, cloth, etc)
Recommended extinguishers include water (all red), water with additive (all red), AFFF foam spray (red with cream area above label), ABC powder (red with blue area above label)
Class B (flammable liquids such as petrol, spirits and diesel)
Recommended extinguishers include AFFF foam, ABC powder, CO2 or carbon dioxide (red with black area above label), Monnex powder (red with blue area above label)
Class C (flammable gas)
Recommended extinguishers include powder but only when the gas can be turned off
Class D (flammable metals)
Recommended extinguishers include M28 powder, L2 powder and other specialised powders
Class F (deep fat cooking oil)
Recommended extinguisher is only the wet chemical (red with yellow area above label) and no other
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