English-Dutch translations for fire extinguisher

• brandblusser
  In de eerst plaats is er het probleem van het gebruik van HCFK in brandblussers. The first is the use of HCFCs in fire extinguishers.
  In de nacht van 6 op 7 december zijn zeven werknemers omgekomen tijdens een brand in de fabriek van ThyssenKrupp; de brandblussers werkten niet. During the night of 6/7 December, a fire that spread through the ThyssenKrupp factory killed seven workers; the fire extinguishers were not working.

Definition of fire extinguisher

• A device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents

Related words

• fire extinguishing agent
• dry chemical fire extinguisher
• portable fire extinguisher
• fire-extinguisher