Nearly 38 million fire extinguishers sold in the United States have plastic handles that could become clogged or require excessive force to discharge.

I want to raise awareness about the misuse of fire extinguisher cabinets found on building floors. A few days ago, I was visiting a friend in Al Nahda 2 area of Dubai and came across a cabinet ...

The model number is printed on the fire extinguisher label. For units produced in 2007 and beyond, the date of manufacture is a 10-digit date code printed on the side of the cylinder, near the bottom.

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY — A Japanese company at K 2013 has found a potentially red-hot new market for replacing metal with plastics — hand-held fire extinguishers.