Britannia Fire
1970 - 2000
Norwich-born Roger Carr founded Britannia Fire in 1970 to manufacture and service fire extinguishers. He began the portable production with the ‘Norfolk Range’ a fitting name for the place of manufacture, and throughout the next 30 years introduced and upgraded the product ranges including the Key Range, Jetspray Range, Iceni Range, Blazex Range and the well-known Patented Britania Range which also included the triclass nozzle. One of the key design features were the large neck ring, a body which was hot zinc sprayed and a colour coded head cap which were a huge hit with the offshore market and introduced selling worldwide.
2000 - 2020
Roger Carr spent a brief retirement between 2006-2009 designing his biggest invention – The P50, the world’s FIRST composite fire extinguisher! The launch of the 6ltr model followed a year later in 2010 and completely changed the way fire extinguishers were manufactured. This sparked interest from all different industries with the many benefits the P50 had to offer, including no corrosion, multi-purpose, lightweight, environmentally friendly and no servicing costs, saving time and money for many businesses. Due to the success, Roger then designed and introduced a 2ltr and 9ltr model in 2016. Since the launch dates, we have sold over 350,000 P50's around the globe to over 12 countries with our authorised P50 partners. 🌍
2020 - 2023
The P50 Range continued expanding with the introduction of a 2ltr and 6ltr Water mist in 2022 with another nozzle design breakthrough. Our quality team also worked tirelessly throughout 2022 and early 2023 to test and approve a PFAS (fluorine) free foam P50 6ltr which launched in August 2023. They continue to work on a 2ltr and 9ltr to complete the P50 range along with our 45ltr and 135ltr Norfolk Wheeled range and we aim to have these available by the end of 2024 and operating a PFAS free factory. 🌱
2024
From July we discontinued the Britannia and Blazex Portable Range. This was a huge decision, years in the making, and after analysing the data on our customer base, we saw a large percentage are switching over to the technologically advanced P50 Range. This year the P50 manufacturing is expanding, and we have invested £1Million in new machinery across the factory floor. One of our important goals is that we are aiming to achieve carbon net zero manufacturing. This has begun with the install of solar panels across our site, recycling energy and manufacturing the P50 recyclable product. We also offer safe disposal of all our products. 🌱🧯🌍 Please opt in to our news subscription to stay informed on any product launches and updates.