ISO 7010 · F-series · Fire equipment
F001 Fire extinguisher
A fire extinguisher is here. The sign says where it is, not what kind it is: the colour band and letters on the extinguisher itself say that.
- ISO 7010 reference
- F001
- Registered title
Fire extinguisher
ISO Online Browsing Platform, ISO 7010 - F001, Fire extinguisher, reference number and registered title- Colour and shape
- Red square or rectangle, white symbol: Fire equipment: where the extinguisher, hose, alarm or fire phone is
What the red square or rectangle means
In HSE’s guidance on the UK Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996, a fire equipment sign has a rectangular or square shape
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (a), page 18 and a white pictogram on a red background (the red part to take up at least 50% of the area of the sign)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (b), page 18
Its colour stands for: Firefighting equipment
, Identification and location
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Table 3, red, meaning or purpose (page 26)
In the UK: HSE L64
Fire extinguisher
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), name under the firefighting sign examples from BS EN ISO 7010, page 18The location will normally be indicated through use of a signboard, or by colouring the background behind the equipment red. Where the equipment itself is predominantly red there may be no need to colour the background red as well.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), paragraph 115If for any reason firefighting equipment is placed in a position hidden from direct view, indicate its location using appropriate directional arrows, together with the relevant firefighting equipment sign.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), paragraph 116
In the US: OSHA
The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury.
US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 29 CFR 1910.157 Portable fire extinguishers, 1910.157(c)(1)
Signs people confuse with it, or find beside it
Other fire equipment signs
Sources
ISO 7010 is a paid standard. Its OBP entries are free to view, but they are a script-driven app, so the title and reference number above are copied from the entry's own heading as it lists them (read 2026-09-29), not from the paid text. Other lines in quotation marks are HSE’s or OSHA’s words.
- Health and Safety Executive (HSE): L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition) (published 2015). Used here: name under the firefighting sign examples from BS EN ISO 7010, page 18; paragraph 115; paragraph 116; Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (a), page 18; Part 2, firefighting signs, intrinsic features (b), page 18; Table 3, red, instruction and information (page 26); Table 3, red, meaning or purpose (page 26). www.hse.gov.uk Checked 2026-09-29.
- US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): 29 CFR 1910.157 Portable fire extinguishers (current eCFR text). Used here: 1910.157(c)(1). www.osha.gov Checked 2026-09-29.
- ISO Online Browsing Platform: ISO 7010 - F001, Fire extinguisher (registered safety sign entry). Used here: reference number and registered title. www.iso.org Checked 2026-09-29.