Category Archives: Compliance

Businesses may have inoperable fire extinguishers

January 12, 2008 – 5:39 pm

From Jefferson City MO:  LINK
This makes the whole industry look bad.
Some businesses in the KY3 area may have fire extinguishers that don’t work because the company that serviced them didn’t do its job properly. The Missouri attorney general’s office says customers of Missouri fire extinguisher of Cabool should have their extinguishers checked to see if [...]

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Fire Extinguisher Stories for December 2007

December 30, 2007 – 7:22 am

Domestic terrorism incident put out with fire extinguisher LINK
Holiday decorations fire put out with fire extinguisher LINK 
Vandals attack church with fire extinguishers in Knoxville LINK  
Church fire extinguished with fire extinguisher in Portland OR LINK
Vandals shoot off 7 fire extinguishers at a park building in Green Bay LINK 
Customer puts out fire at Anderson SC Applebee's LINK 
Wal-Mart [...]

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Ironic? Fireproof Door Maker Cited for Fire Code Violations

December 23, 2007 – 5:32 pm

You can't make this stuff up!  LINK
Among the 49 serious citations, the company was cited for blocked, unmarked or unilluminated exits; blocked fire extinguisher access; no fire extinguisher for a battery charging area; a defective powered industrial truck; crane safety defects; numerous instances of unguarded machinery; a variety of electrical hazards; unsecured compressed gas [...]

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Boston Globe Reports Nightclub Fire Extinguishers Were Not Ready

November 30, 2006 – 2:43 pm

The latest about the Station Nightclub Fire From The Boston Globe: 
Denis P. Laroque, West Warwick's fire marshal, said in an interview with investigators five days after the February 2003 fire that he had concentrated his inspection the prior November on the club's failure to fix a previously cited problem with an exit [...]

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Dubai Makes Extinguishers Mandatory in Cars

August 28, 2006 – 10:53 am

The Dubai Civil Defence and the Roads and Transport Authority are studying a proposal to make fire extinguishers mandatory in vehicles, reported Gulf News. There has been a significant increase in the number of car fires over the past five years and 77 have been recorded in the first five months of 2006. The ruling [...]

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Fire Chief Says Electronic Extinguisher Monitoring is “Improved reliability and added safety”

July 1, 2006 – 6:53 pm

i.e. - not a bad thing.  Electronic monitoring of fire extinguishers; a good thing according to Fire Chief:
According to the NFPA, electronically monitored fire extinguishers allowed under their codes must include the ability to assess proper location, access without obstruction and pressurization. In addition, the system must provide record-keeping in the form of an electronic [...]

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UK’s Tech Digest Review’s Kidde

June 6, 2006 – 11:33 am

Tech Digest does its' take on Kidde's brushed aluminum finish design. Available only in the UK, we think it looks great.
Picture this: you’re in your house and a fire has broken out. You really want to save the day, but all you have to hand is this horribly dull fire extinguisher in that boring [...]

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