fire extinguisher Emoji
🧯 · U+1F9EF · Emoji 11.0
What does the fire extinguisher emoji mean?
Calmness and preparedness are conveyed by the fire extinguisher emoji, which literally represents a portable device used to put out or control small fires, typically found in homes, offices, and public spaces, and is also used figuratively to signify a solution to a problem or a way to diffuse a tense situation, as well as in slang to express that something is being shut down or stopped, often in a humorous or sarcastic way, and to symbolize a sense of safety and security.
fire extinguisher emoji examples
- just used the fire extinguisher to put out the kitchen fire 🧯
- your drama is getting out of hand time to break out the 🧯
How to copy the fire extinguisher emoji
To use the fire extinguisher emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F9EF), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
fire extinguisher emoji on different platforms
How the fire extinguisher emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.



fire extinguisher Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🧯 |
| Name | fire extinguisher |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1F9EF |
| Shortcode | :fire_extinguisher: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 11.0 (2018) |
fire extinguisher Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F9EF, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :fire_extinguisher:.
People also search for the fire extinguisher emoji as extinguish, extinguisher, fire, quench.