Tuesday 2 June 2015

Need To Know About Fire Extinguisher Maintenance

Keeping a fire extinguisher nearby is always a good suggestion whether at home or at work. Safety equipment can save lives if it is ever needed in an emergency situation. Learning how to use a fire extinguisher and keeping it in full-functioning condition are important aspects to safety equipment as well.

Health & Safety Training states that an employer shall provide fire extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily obtainable to employees without subjecting the workers to feasible injury.

A federally mandated inspection schedule must be followed for transportable Fire Extinguisher Maintenance in businesses. These inspections should be recorded on a hang tag attached to each extinguisher. Keeping these tags correct and present is an important part of business safety inspections.

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Monthly and annual inspections are the most often mandated and the best way to ensure they each operate effectively and stored and mounted properly. It is and a good suggestion for private homeowners to do their own visual inspections every month.

Fire extinguisher inspections also check things other than the functionality of the extinguisher. These things include that the extinguishers are in their assigned location, the extinguishers are not blocked or hidden, that the extinguishers are correctly mounted, that pressure gauges indicate adequate pressure is still obtainable and that there's not visual signs of destroy or abuse.

Different types of extinguishers have different types of maintenance requirements. There's stored pressure or dry chemical, water or steam, disposable dry and hydro-static.

Keeping your fire extinguishers inspected and fully functioning is not only the law, it could even be crucial should an emergency ever occur in your home or your business?

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