本标准规定了便携式灭火器的特性，性能要求和试验方法。 关于灭火器适用于气体火灾（C类火灾）的适用性由制造商自行决定，但仅适用于已获得B级或A级和B级等级的粉末灭火器。 灭火器适用于D类火灾（涉及易燃金属的火灾）在测试火灾范围内不在本标准的范围内。但是，根据本标准对粉末灭火器的要求，所有其他方面都涵盖了D级适用性的灭火器。 在F级火灾中，粉尘和二氧化碳灭火器被认为是危险的。因此，为了符合本欧洲标准F级的要求，不排除粉末和二氧化碳灭火器。 注意金属火灾的灭绝呈现出如此具体的情况（就金属本身，其形式，火焰的配置等而言），为了测试目的不可能定义代表性的标准火灾。灭火器对D级火灾的效率需要根据具体情况确定

This standard specifies the characteristics, performance requirements and test methods for portable fire extinguishers. Reference to the suitability of an extinguisher for use on gaseous fires (class C fires) are at the manufacturer’s discretion, but are applied only to powder type extinguishers which have gained a class B or class A and class B rating. Suitability of extinguishers for use on class D fires (fires involving flammable metals) is outside the scope of this standard in respect of test fires. However, extinguishers claiming class D suitability are covered in all other respects by the requirements in this standard for powder extinguishers. It is considered hazardous for powder and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers to be used on Class F fires. For this reason powder and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers are excluded for conformance with regard to Class F in this European Standard. NOTE The extinction of a metal fire presents a situation so specific (in terms of the metal itself, its form, the configuration of the fire etc.) that it is not possible to define a representative standard fire for the purposes of testing. The efficiency of extinguishers on class D fires needs to be established on a case by case basis.