CHAPTER 8 - PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

• In all buildings with over two apartments without or with a staircase. 
   
• Within 30 feet (9144 mm) of commercial cooking equipment. 
   
• In areas where flammable or combustible liquids are manufactured, stored, handled and used, including dispensing.
   
• On each floor of structures under construction, alteration or demolition, except detached occupancies, in accordance with the fire code.
   
• Special-hazard areas, including but not limited to laboratories, computer rooms and generator rooms, where required by the Fire Chief or the Chief Fire Marshal. 

• The travel distance to reach a portable fire extinguisher shall not exceed 10 meters of distance from an entry point of a room/building.

§ 803. Maintenance. Portable fire extinguishers shall be maintained in accordance with this section. 

• Monthly inspection. An inspection to verify that the portable fire extinguishers are readily available and in a good working order shall be conducted at least once a month. The person conducting such inspections shall keep records of all portable fire extinguishers inspected, including the date the inspection was performed, the person performing the inspection, and those portable fire extinguishers found to require corrective action. Such recordkeeping shall be either kept on a tag or label securely attached to the portable fire extinguisher, on an inspection checklist maintained on file, or by an approved electronic method that provides a permanent record.
   
  • Exception: An inspection to verify that the portable fire extinguishers are readily available and in a good working order shall be conducted at least once every 6 months by the fire marshal for dry-chemical or halogenated agent portable fire extinguishers that are monitored by a listed and approved electronic monitoring device complying with all of the following requirements: 
    • The electronic monitoring device shall continuously confirm the proper location and charge of each portable fire extinguisher so monitored. 
       
    • Loss of power to the electronic monitoring device or other interruption of the proper functioning of such a device shall initiate a trouble signal at an approved location on the premises at which the portable fire extinguisher being monitored is installed. 
       
    • The portable fire extinguisher being monitored shall be located indoors or in cabinets outdoors. The portable fire extinguisher being monitored shall not be in a corrosive environment. 
       
    • The periodic inspection of the portable fire extinguisher shall include inspection and testing of the electronic monitoring device. 
       
    • An electronic record that the electronic monitoring of the portable fire extinguisher is being maintained, and that the portable fire extinguisher is properly located and charged, shall be maintained in accordance with the fire code.

• The name and certificate of fitness number of the person who serviced the portable fire extinguisher. 
   
• The month and year the portable fire extinguisher was serviced. 
   
• The name, street address, and telephone number of the portable fire extinguisher servicing company, if any, servicing the portable fire extinguisher.