Product type
Recalls involving household fire extinguishers.
8 official CPSC notices published 1991–2026, covering at least 43 million units.
Type the model number from your fire extinguisher's label. Every model number named in a fire extinguisher recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
64 model numbers
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Kidde fire extinguishers · 18-022 · 2017
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Kidde XL Fire Extinguishers · 09-151 · 2009
Ansul K-GUARD®, SENTRY® and FLAG FIRE® Model Fire Extinguishers · 07-507 · 2006
BRK Brands First Alert fire extinguishers · 00-188 · 2000
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The recalled fire spray canister can deteriorate overtime, causing it to rupture and fail to operate during a fire, posing the risk of serious injury or death from fire and burn hazards.
The fire extinguishers can become clogged or require excessive force to discharge and can fail to activate during a fire emergency. In addition, the nozzle can detach with enough force to pose an impact hazard.
A faulty valve component can cause the disposable fire extinguishers not to fully discharge when the lever is repeatedly pressed and released during a fire emergency, posing a risk of injury.
The pressurized cylinders in the recalled fire extinguishers could lose pressure and fail to operate. In the event of a fire, this failure could put a consumer and property at risk.
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If the fire extinguisher is dropped horizontally from a height of approximately 2 to 3 feet, the pick-up tube could crack at the threads between the pick-up tube adaptor and the stainless steel tube. If a pick-up tube is cracked, the extinguisher can fail to discharge properly when activated, which can put users at risk during a fire.
The extinguishers can fail to discharge when the trigger is activated, failing to put out a fire, which puts consumers at risk of fire-related injuries.
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Because of the high-pressure contents of these fire extinguishers, they can explode and expose consumers to flying debris, causing puncture wounds and blast injuries.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 7 of 8 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 8 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (2), Menards (2), The Home Depot (2), Walmart (2), and Sears (1) are the stores named most often in the 7 notices that say where fire extinguishers were sold. 3 of the 7 notices mention online sales.
The 7 notices that give a price range from $4 to $225. Half of them name a price of $18 or less.
By the 6 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 15 months or less; the longest for 2.5 years. Half the recalls came within 18 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A replacement in all 3 notices that name a remedy.
Fire is named in 7 of the 8 notices (88%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then explosion (2), burn (1), and impact (1).
5 of the 7 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 1 reports injuries. 2 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
6 of the 8 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 3, date codes or manufacture dates in 5. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on the cannister label and include the following”, “on the extinguisher's label, above the”, and “on the fire extinguisher label”.
Mexico (2), United States (2), China (1) and United States and Mexico (1), in the 6 notices that name a manufacturing country.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 8 recall notices for fire extinguishers since 1991, covering at least 43 million units. The most recent is “Prepared Hero Recalls Fire Spray Canisters Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire and Burn Hazards” (CPSC 26-755), announced September 10, 2026.
Yes. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 1 recall notice for fire extinguishers in 2026, on September 10, 2026 (CPSC 26-755).
“Kidde Recalls Fire Extinguishers with Plastic Handles Due to Failure to Discharge and Nozzle Detachment: One Death Reported” (CPSC 18-022), announced November 2, 2017: about 38 million units.
Brands named most often: Kidde (3), Walter Kidde Portable Equipment (3) and BRK Brands, plus 3 more brands. Brand-name products are often made by another firm, so one recall can span several brands.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 6 of the 8 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 3 and date codes or manufacture dates in 5.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across fire extinguisher recalls, the remedies offered most often are replacement (3).
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