Fire Signs – Fire Extinguisher

Fire extinguisher signage in the full range of site formats — the sign that marks where an extinguisher is, for buildings and sites where the extinguisher itself is not visible from a distance.

Fire equipment identification is covered by AS 2444. The principle behind it is that equipment nobody can locate is equipment nobody uses, which is why extinguishers are signed at height rather than at the extinguisher.

Four sizes from 300 x 225mm to 900 x 600mm landscape. Five materials: sticker and decal at $7.50 for a smooth column or wall where a rigid panel will not sit flat; corflute for construction sites, where the sign is cable-tied to a fence and genuinely disposable at the end of the stage; polypropylene and composite ACM white for permanent interior and exterior fixing; and 1.6mm aluminium, to $272.16 at the largest format, for post mounting and long-term outdoor positions.

For a commercial building where you want the extinguisher position marked on a cupboard door rather than on the open wall, the engraved-style text plates in the statutory range are usually the better match for the rest of the door signage.