LABEL COLOR
LABEL SHAPE
Fire type
HOW IT WORKS
COMMON USEAGE
100

Class A fire extinguishers have this color label.

What is green?

100

Class A fire extinguishers have this label shape.

What is a triangle?

100

Class A fires involve these materials. 

What are fires with ordinary combustible materials, such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber, and many plastics?

100

Class A fire extinguishers use these substances to put out a fire.

What is water, form or dry chemical?

100

Class A extinguishers are often found in these places.

What is found most often in homes, offices, and schools?

200

Class B fire extinguishers have this color label.

What is red?

200

Class B fire extinguishers have this label shape.

What is a square?

200

Class B fires involve these materials.

What are fires with flammable liquids, combustible liquids, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, alcohols, and flammable gases?

200

Class B fire extinguishers use these substances to put out a fire.

What is foam, CO2 or clean agent?

200

Class B fire extinguishers are often found in these places.

What is essential in workshops, garages, and industrial settings? 

300

Class C fire extinguishers have this color label.

What is blue? 

300

Class C fire extinguishers have this label shape.

What is a circle?

300

Class C fires involve these materials.

What are fires that involve energized electrical equipment?

300

Class C fire extinguishers use these substances to put out a fire.

What is COor clean agent?

300

Class C fire extinguishers are ofter found in these areas.

What is essential in places with electrical systems and equipment, such as electrical panels and circuit breaker boxes, data centers and server rooms, and household wiring and home appliances. 

400

Class D fire extinguishers have this color label.

What is yellow?

400

Class D fire extinguishers have this label shape.

What is a star?

400

Class D fires involve these materials.

What are fires with combustible metals, such as magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium, lithium, and potassium?

400

Class D fire extinguishers use these substances to put out a fire.

What is a dry powder blend of powdered graphite, granular sodium chloride, and fragments of copper? 

400

Class D fire extinguishers are often found in these places.

What is critical in environments where metal fires are a risk, including laboratories handling reactive metals, manufacturing plants that process magnesium or titanium, and metal workshops where cutting, grinding, or casting takes place? 

500

Class K fire extinguishers have this color label.

What is black?

500

Class K fire extinguishers have this shape label.

What is a hexagon?

500

Class K fires involve these materials.

What are fires in cooking appliances with combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats)?

500

Class K fire extinguishers use these substances to put out a fire. 

What is a wet chemical with an alkaline mixture, forming a soapy foam layer? 

500

Class K fire extinguishers are found in these areas.

What is commonly found in commercial kitchens?