Pyrene Fire Extinguisher Serial Number

Extinguisher redirects here. Extinguisher may also refer to a candle snuffer. A stored pressure fire extinguisher. Nice polished empty brass vintage 1911 Pyrene Fire Extinguisher in metal bracket. Mounted on oak board. This is a one quart capacity pump style extinguisher that measures 14' from the top of the pump to the bottom. The mounting board measures approximately 16' long. Great collectible piece of Fire Fighting history to own and display.

Pyrene Antique Fire Extinguisher Value

Chubb Fire & Security Ltd
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryFire and Security
Founded1818
(203 years ago)
Founder
HeadquartersAshford, Surrey, UK
Key people
Brendan McNulty
(Managing Director)[1]
ParentCarrier Global
Websitewww.chubb.co.uk
Manufactured

Chubb Fire & Security is a fire and security subsidiary of Carrier Global.

History[]

A 1940's era Pyrene brass fire extinguisher. This little piece of history was purchased at a yard sale for 2 bucks and has now been restored with a nice pati.

The company was founded by Charles and Jeremiah Chubb, who patented their Chubb detector lock in 1818. The company won a government competition for a lock which could not be opened other than by its own key.[2]

In 1835, the company produced its first Chubb safe at its factory in Wolverhampton, UK and, in the second half of the 19th century, the company expanded into the United States, and produced a time lock that was fitted to bank vaults across the country.[3] In the 1800s, Chubb gained some important customers such as the Duke of Wellington and the Bank of England.[4]

How To Check Fire Extinguisher Manufacture Date

Over the next one hundred years, the company turned out more than 2.5m locks.[3] By the 1940s, Chubb expanded its operations in 17 countries. From being a single company manufacturing specialized security products it turned into a broad-based group of companies covering not only many aspects of security but fire protection as well.[5]

The company went on to acquire a number of rival firms including Chatwood-Milner Ltd. (1958), Burgot Alarms Ltd and Rely-a-Bell (1962), Read and Campbell Limited (1964), Josiah Parkes and Sons Ltd. (1965) and The Pyrene Company Limited (1967).[6] It was bought by Racal Electronics in August 1984, from which it was demerged in September 1992, before being acquired by Williams Holdings in February 1997.[7] as the latter company sought to build a security-focused conglomerate. Chubb was again demerged in July 2000.[3]

In August 2000, Chubb sold Chubb Locks, its lock and safe making unit, to Assa Abloy, and concentrated on security systems such as door access and CCTV systems.[8] In May 2002, Chubb held intensive acquisitions talks with Sweden-based Securitas AB, the world's biggest security services business. After 18 months of negotiations,[9] the talks were called off on the grounds that the deal would not be 'financially attractive' to either company's shareholders.[10]

In Australia, Chubb Security bought MSS Security in 1996,[11] but then sold it to Security and Intelligence Services in 2008.[12][13]

In April 2003, Chubb was acquired for £622m by United Technologies Corporation.[14] In March 2007, UTC bought Initial Fire and Security, the security arm of Rentokil Initial and proceeded to merge the business and its assets with Chubb in UTC Climate, Controls & Security. In December 2013, Chubb's Australian cash in transit business was sold to Prosegur.[15]

In 2020, Chubb was spun off with the rest of UTC Climate, Controls & Security into a separate company, Carrier Global.

Chubb Engineer (2008)

See also[]

Dating A Pyrene Fire Extinguisher

References[]

  1. ^'Companies House Report'. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^A Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers, A Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers
  3. ^ abcCOMPANIES & FINANCE UK & IRELAND: Chubb's safe blown wide open but will there be anything left inside?[permanent dead link], Financial Times, Apr 23, 2003
  4. ^The History of Chubb Locks Custodial ServicesArchived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, Chubb Locks Custodial
  5. ^'Chubb – Centuries of Innovation'(PDF). Chubb. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  6. ^'Early Sales/Offices/ChubbGroup/1980s & on'. Chubbarchive.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  7. ^Williams of Britain to buy Chubb Security New York Times, 15 February 1997
  8. ^Troubled Chubb agrees £622m UTC takeover, The Independent
  9. ^Securitas halts Chubb merger, BBC News Online
  10. ^Chubb slips as Securitas calls off acquisition talks, Telegraph.co.uk
  11. ^'ACCC to allow Chubb's acquisition of M.S.S.'Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (Press release). June 18, 1996. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  12. ^'Security & Intelligence Services India Ltd'. Business Standard. Delhi, India. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  13. ^https://msssecurity.com.au/about-us/
  14. ^United Technologies of US is in talks on £1bn takeover of Chubb[permanent dead link], Financial Times, Apr 21, 2003
  15. ^Prosegur Compania de Seguridad SA through subsidiary acquires Chubb Security Services Pty Limited, Reuters, Dec 16, 2013

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chubb Security.
SerialPyrene fire extinguisher serial number cross reference
PreviousNext

    Send to a friend

    Pyrene Fire Extinguisher for oldtimers.

    Pyrene Fire Extinguisher for oldtimers.

    Fire Extinguisher with original mounting bracket made by Pyrene, London England.
    From 1910 this type extinguishers were used in vehicles, aircraft and vessels. The pump mechanism produces a strong jet of 3mm diameter with a range of ± 8 meters. The extinguisher is equipped in accordance with a Dutch text and comes from the Eindhoven city buses (Magirus Deutz type) 1950's. However, the text is in an old spelling before 1934 ?? At the time it was filled with Carbon tetrachloride (CTC or CC14), a highly dangerous product because the saturated steam was a chemical weapon (WWI). CTC inhibits the chemical chain reaction of the combustion process as it dispels oxygen. The extinguisher should not be used in enclosed spaces with people and was usually mounted in the engine compartment. There were many different Pyrene extinguishers manufactured with a wide variety of labels. They were also manufactured in several different countries as well. Research has shown that the patent dates on a large scale are misleading to the actual production dates. There are some dents on the surface (see last photo).
    The condition is used but good
    Manufacturer : The Pyrene Company LTD, Londen England.

    Designer :

    Year : 1955.

    Signed :

    Dimensions : Height 36cm, Width 8cm, weight 1600 gram

    Condition : Good

    Reference :

    Recipient :

    * Required fields

    Cancel or

  • Print
  • View full size