All items · Hazardous materials
Fire extinguishers and smoke alarms
Also covers: extinguisher, smoke detector, co alarm
Can you donate fire extinguishers and smoke alarms to a UK charity shop? No.
The short answer
They say no
Of the 153 UK charities we track, 29 say no and none says yes.
Evidence last verified
Why shops may refuse it
Pressurised, dated safety equipment can't be resold.
What to do instead
Council recycling centres take extinguishers; smoke alarms go in small-electricals recycling.
Charity by charity
29 mentions-
Can't accept
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“Firefighting equipment”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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Not accepted even when new.
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“Firefighting equipment, extinguishers, smoke detectors (used or new)”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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“Fire fighting equipment”
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“FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, GAS CANISTERS, PAINT POTS”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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“Fire-fighting equipment and fire extinguishers”
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“Fire fighting equipment”
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“Fire fighting equipment”
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“Fire fighting equipment”
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“Fire-fighting equipment”
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“firefighting equipment”
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“firefighting equipment”
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“fire extinguishers”
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Shown when searching 'Firefighting Equipment'.
Their wording
“Thank you for thinking of us. Unfortunately, we’re unable to accept this item for health and safety reasons. We can’t guarantee to our customers that second-hand safety equipment is still fully protective or hasn’t been damaged before.”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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'Firefighting gear' not accepted.
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“Safety and sports equipment: Including helmets, harnesses, life jackets, and firefighting gear.”
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“Fire fighting equipment”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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Fire extinguishers or fire safety equipment listed under items the charity cannot take.
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“Mobility equipment or aids e.g. commodes, fire extinguishers or fire safety equipment, pillows and duvets, petrol or diesel fuelled garden equipment”
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“Firefighting equipment (e.g., fire extinguishers and smoke / CO2 detectors)”
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“Firefighting or safety equipment”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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“Fire fighting equipment”
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“Firefighting equipment”
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“Firefighting equipment.”
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“Firefighting equipment”
Not mentioned in 124 charities' guidance
Absence from a charity's list doesn't mean they accept it — it just isn't singled out. Ask your local shop.
- Accord Hospice
- Acorns Children's Hospice
- Age UK
- Ardgowan Hospice
- Ashgate Hospicecare
- Ayrshire Hospice
- Barnardo's
- Barnsley Hospice
- Blythe House Hospice
- Bolton Hospice
- British Red Cross
- Butterwick Hospice
- Children's Hospice South West
- Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
- Claire House Children's Hospice
- Cransley Hospice Trust
- Crisis
- DEBRA
- Derian House Children's Hospice
- Dogs Trust
- Dorothy House
- Douglas Macmillan Hospice
- Dr Kershaw's Hospice
- East Lancashire Hospice
- Eden Valley Hospice and Jigsaw, Cumbria's Children's Hospice
- Ellenor
- Emmaus
- Farleigh Hospice
- Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity
- Garden House Hospice Care
- Great Oaks Hospice
- Great Western Air Ambulance Charity
- Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
- Heart of Kent Hospice
- Helen & Douglas House
- Highland Hospice
- Hope House & Ty Gobaith Children's Hospices
- Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland
- Hospice in the Weald
- Hospice Isle of Man
- Hospice of the Valleys
- Jersey Hospice Care
- Julia's House
- Katharine House Hospice (Stafford)
- Katharine House Hospice, Banbury
- Keech Hospice Care
- KEMP Hospice
- LOROS Hospice
- Marie Curie
- Martin House Children's Hospice
- Mountbatten Isle of Wight
- Moya Cole Hospice
- Naomi House & Jack's Place
- Nightingale House Hospice
- North Devon Hospice
- North London Hospice
- Nottinghamshire Hospice
- Octavia Foundation
- Oxfam
- PDSA
- Pendleside Hospice
- Phyllis Tuckwell
- Pilgrims Hospices
- Primrose Hospice
- Prospect Hospice
- Queenscourt Hospice
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
- Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care
- Rotherham Hospice
- Royal Trinity Hospice (London)
- Saint Francis Hospice
- Samaritans
- Save the Children
- Scope
- Sense Scotland
- Severn Hospice
- Shelter
- Shooting Star Children's Hospices
- St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Crawley)
- St Catherine's Hospice (Lancashire)
- St Christopher's Hospice
- St Clare Hospice
- St Columba's Hospice
- St Cuthbert's Hospice
- St David's Hospice Care
- St Helena Hospice
- St John's Hospice (London)
- St Luke's Cheshire Hospice
- St Luke's Hospice (Harrow & Brent)
- St Luke's Hospice Basildon & Thurrock
- St Luke's Hospice Plymouth
- St Margaret's Hospice Care (Somerset)
- St Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)
- St Nicholas Hospice Care
- St Peter & St James Hospice
- St Raphael's Hospice
- St Richard's Hospice
- St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
- St Vincent's Hospice
- St Wilfrid's Hospice
- Strathcarron Hospice
- Sue Ryder
- The Kirkwood
- The Myton Hospices
- The Prince of Wales Hospice
- The Shakespeare Hospice
- Traid
- Treetops Hospice Trust
- Trinity Hospice (Blackpool)
- Tynedale Hospice at Home
- Wakefield Hospice
- Wales Air Ambulance
- Weldmar Hospicecare
- Wigan and Leigh Hospice
- Willen Hospice
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Willow Wood Hospice
- Willowbrook Hospice
- Wirral Hospice St John's
- Wisdom Hospice
- Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
- Woodgreen Pets Charity
- YMCA (England & Wales)