PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER
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| ANNUAL SERVICE INSPECTION & HYDRO TESTING PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER |
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| Description: Sea-Safe Repairs & Inspections |
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Examination and testing of fire extinguishers
1 The extinguishers should be examined annually by a competent person.
2 Each extinguisher should be provided with a sign indicating that it has been examined.
3 Containers of permanently pressurized fire extinguishers and propellant bottles of non-pressurized fire extinguishers should be hydraulic pressure tested as follows:
- powder extinguishers every 10 years;
- CO2 – extinguishers every 10 years; and
- other extinguishers every 10 years.
Containers of non-permanently pressurized fire extinguishers should be hydraulic pressure tested every 10 years.
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