A brief history of the fire extinguisher The first fire e | Honest historian
A brief history of the fire extinguisher
The first fire extinguisher was patented on February 7, 1863. This date is considered the birthday of the fire extinguisher.
Attempts to create a fire extinguisher were made before that time. As early as the XVII century, glass flasks with water were used as fire extinguishers, which were installed in rooms in case of fire. Around 1715 in Germany a construction in the form of a wooden barrel filled with 20 liters of water and equipped with a small amount of powder with a fuse was created. In the event of a fire, the primer would be ignited, the barrel would be thrown or rolled into the hearth, where it would explode and extinguish the fire with its contents. A similar device was made in England in 1723. In 1734, a German doctor invented a fire extinguisher, which was a glass ball filled with salt water. It was thrown into the fire, where it broke and extinguished the flames.
In 1815, a Russian chemist suggested using waste products from soap factories to fight fire. In 1954, the first prototype of a self-operating fire extinguisher was patented in Japan.
