EN-3 (BSI)

What is EN-3 ?

EN3 is a European standard for portable fire extinguishers, this standard was set by European Committee for Standardisation.

Compliance with the standard is legally required for the construction of all fire extinguishers in the European Union. In the UK this standard is certified by the British Standards Institution.

What is the aim of EN-3 ?

The purpose of the EN3 standard is to ensure that extinguishers are fit for purpose.

Are constructed to cope with pressure changes as well as other atmospheric/physical changes that may prevent an extinguisher from working correctly.

More about EN-3

EN 3 replaces the older BS 5423:1987, which was withdrawn in 1997. Until then the UK had a unique colour coding system to identify the various Fire Extinguishers. BS EN3 requires that at least 95% of the body of the extinguisher MUST be coloured red, allowing only 5% colour coded zones on the extinguisher.

BSI is a business standards company that helps organizations make excellence a habit – all over the world. They are the UK’s National Standards Body. Which represents the UK at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the European Standards Organizations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI). Formed in 1901, BSI was the world’s first National Standards Body.