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A white extinguisher on red, marking firefighting equipment.
Also known as: Fire extinguisher sign, Fire point sign, Extinguisher location sign, ISO 7010 F001
An extinguisher on a red square marks where firefighting equipment is kept. Red here means fire equipment, not a hazard — a distinction people reverse constantly, because red means warning almost everywhere else.
Marks the location of a fire extinguisher or a fire point, so that equipment can be found quickly.
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Does not warn of a hazard. In the safety-sign grammar red squares locate firefighting equipment while yellow triangles carry the hazard warnings, so a red panel means help is here, not that something is wrong here.
The most frequently reversed pair in the whole system, because red signals danger in almost every other context.
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Is often paired with a coloured band or label identifying the extinguishing agent, since the wrong agent on the wrong fire can make it worse.
Contexts: Public information
Belongs to the fire-equipment class of safety signs, drawn as a white pictogram on a red square. Red marks where firefighting equipment is kept. It does not mean a hazard is present — that is the yellow triangle — and this is the distinction most often reversed.
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Is registered in ISO 7010 as F001, fire extinguisher, and belongs to the fire-equipment class of signs — a white pictogram on red. Red here means firefighting equipment, not prohibition and not danger; the same red square marks a hose reel, a fire alarm call point and a fire telephone.
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Says where an extinguisher is and nothing about which fire it suits. The extinguisher itself carries a class letter — A for solids, B for liquids, C for gases, D for metals, F or K for cooking oils — and an electrical rating, and using the wrong class can make a fire worse. The sign is a location marker; the label on the body is the instruction.
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A white cylindrical extinguisher shown in profile with a hose curving from its top, on a solid red square, usually with a small flame drawn beside it.
Red marks firefighting equipment; green marks safety and first aid.