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Important:

Th e follow ingW ISH Arule ap plies to the placem en t,use, mainte na nce ,and testingof portable fire extinguishersprovided for the use of employees.Your local fire m arshallalso enforces fire codeswhichaddress fire safetythat are more com prehensiveandmaygo beyondWISHArules.

YOURRESPONSIBILITY:

To provide read ily accessible, appropria teportablefire extinguishers for employees in your workplace

You must

Prov ideportab lefire exting uishers in y ou r workplaceWA C 296-800-30005.....................................................................Page300-3

Se lec t anddistributeportable fire e xtingu ishers in y ou r workplaceWA C 296-800-30010.....................................................................Page300-3

Make sure tha t portable fire ex tingu ishe rs are keptfullycharged,in operatingcond ition ,an d left in the irdes ign ate dplacesWA C 296-800-30015.....................................................................Page300-5

Ins pe ctan d tes t a ll portablefire extinguishersWA C 296-800-30020.....................................................................Page300-5

Train yo urem ploye esto us e portab le fire extinguishersWA C 296-800-30025.....................................................................Page300-9

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E x e m p t i o n s :

• You are exe m ptfrom the req u irementsof portablefire extinguishersif

you have thefollowing:

– A w rittenfire safetypo licythatrequ ires the im m ed iat ean d total

eva cu ationof em ploy ees f rom the workplacewhen there is afire

alarm signal

– An em ergencyactio npla na nd a fire preve ntio npla nw hic hme etthe requirem en tsof WAC 296-24-567

– Portablefire ex ting uis he rsin you rwo rkp lac etha taren 'taccessible

for employeeuse.

• If an oth erW ISHAru le requires portablefire extinguishers,thenyou

must complywith theserequirements.

• W here exting uishe rs are prov idedb ut aren't int en de dfor employee

use andyou have an em ergencyac tionplan an d a fire prevention

plan(wh ichme et therequirementsof WAC 296-2 4-567 ), then only

the requireme ntsof WAC 29 6-8 00 -30 02 0apply.

N ote :

Th e introdu ctionha s im portant inform atio nab ou tbu ilding ,ele ctrica land

fire code sthatm aya pp lyto yo u in ad ditio nto WIS HArule s. Se e“How

do the W ISH Aru lesrela teto bu ildin g,fire an d ele ctr ica lcodes”in the

Introdu ctionSe ction of thisbook.

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Provide portable fire extinguishers in your workplace

You must

Prov ideap proved portablefire ex tingu ishe rs for yo ur w ork plac eand d istr ibu tethemso

the yare read ilyaccessible.

• M akesure that you rportablefire extinguish er doe sn'tuse ex tinguish ingagents

su ch as ca rbo nte trach lorid eor ch lorobrom om eth aneex ting uis hingag en ts. In

addition,so da -ac idfoam ,load edstream ,an ti-f reezeand water extinguishers

of the inverting typesha llno t be recha rgedor pla ce dinto service.

Mo unt, locate,an d iden tifyportablefire extingu ishe rs so em ploy ees ca neasilyreach

the m ,w ithou tbe ingsu bjec tedto poss ibleinjury.

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Selectand distribute portable fire extinguishers in your workplace

E x e m p t i o n :

• Thisdoesn 'tapplyto the portablefire extinguishers providedfor

employees to use outs ideof wo rkp lac ebu ilding sor structures.

• You are e xem ptfrom the distribut ionrequireme ntsof this rule if you

have an em ergencyact ionplan(that m eetsrequirementsof

WAC 296-24-567):

– W hich design atescertain em ploye es to bethe only employees

au thorize dto use the a vailab leportablefire extinguishers

– Requ ires al l o th erem pl oy ee sin the fire area to immediately

ev ac ua tethe affect edw ork area up onthe s ou nd ingof th efire

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• Prov idethe co r rect typ eo f portab lefire ex ting uish ers a nddistribu tethem in y ou r

workplace,dep end ingon th e type ,size , an dsev erity o f fire tha t cou ldoccur.

– Thetypeof portablefire extingu ishersyouha vein yourwo rkpla cede pen dson

the typ esof fire ha zards tha t ex ist in yo ur workplace.

Wood, cloth ,paper, No m ore th an7 5 fee t (22.9m)rubber No te:You m ay use un iformly sp ace d stan dpip esystem sor (Class A Fire Hazards) ho se statio nsinste adof Cla ss A portable fire extinguishers,if

the y m ee tthe requirem en tsof WAC 296 -24 -60 2or 29 6-2 4-6 07

Liquids,grease,gases No m ore th an50 fee t (15.2m)(ClassB Fire Hazards) No te:You m ay ch oos eto use a smallerfire extinguisher in lieu

of thatrequ ired for the 50foot distance .If you chooseto havethe sm allerfire extingu ish er, the traveldistancemustnot begreaterth an 30 feet.Se e UFC Sta nd ard 1 0 C ha pte r 3 for the bas icmin imum

extinguisher ratingallowed.

Live electrical Distrib uteany C las sC portab le fire extinguishersequipment& circuits the sam epa ttern that yo u ha ve for an y C lass A or ClassB(ClassC Fire Hazards) fire hazards.

Note:If the electricalequipmentis de-energized,youm ay us e a Class A or Clas sB portab le fire extinguisher.

Po wder, flak es ,& No m ore th an7 5 fee t (22.9m)residuefromcombustiblemetals,l ike m agn esium&

titan ium,that build upover a 2-weekperiod(ClassD Fire Hazar ds)

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Makesure tha t portable fire extinguishers are kept fully charged , inoperable condition,and left in their designatedplaces

You must

• Makesure thatfire extinguishersfoun dwith de ficie nc iesare rem ovedfrom se rvic e

an d replac edw ith a su itablefire extinguisher.

WAC 296-800-30020

Inspectand test all portable fire extinguishers

You must

• P erform inspections:

– M akesure thatportab lefire extingu ishersor ho sesys tem s(usedins tea do f fire

extinguishers) are visually insp ectedmonthly.

•

Perform ma inten an cechecks: – M ake sure tha t all portablefire ex tingu ishe rs are sub jectedto an an nua l

maintenancecheck.

– Kee precords of all annu al m aintenance checksand m ake ava ilableto the

de partmen tup onrequest.

• For1 y earafterthe lastm aintenan cecheck

• Forthe life of the shell,whichever is less.

– M ake sure that eq ualprotectionis providedwhen portablefire extinguishers

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Most s tored pres sure ex ting uis he rs d on 'trequire an internal ex am ina tion .

Examp les of those that dorequire an internal ex am ina tion are those

conta inin ga loa de dstream agent.

You must

• Perform hy dros ta tictesting:

E x e m p t i o n :

• Dry chemicalext inguishers that have nonrefil labledisposable

con tainersare exe m ptfrom thisrequirement.

• Manu al ly pressu rizedpu m pta nk sare ex em ptfrom thisrequirement.

You must

• Ma ke sure tha t portab leextingu ishers are hy drosta tica llytested

– A t the inte rva lslistedin Table 1,of thissection.

– W henever theysh owevide nceof corros ionor me cha nica linjury.

• Not p erform hydros ta tictestin gon fire extingu ishersif:

– T heun it has beenrepaired by so lderin g,w elding,bra zing ,or use of patching

compounds.

– Th ecylinderor she llthrea dsare damaged.

– Corrosionhasca use dpitting,includ ingco rrosionund errem ov ab lena m eplate

assemblies.

– T heex tinguis he r ha s be enburned in a fire.

– Ca lciumchlorideextinguishingag en tsha ve beenus edin a sta inless s teelshell.

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• Maintainrecords sho w ingtha t hydrosta tictes tingha s be enperformed . Prov idethe

fo llow ingev ide nc eto the departm en tup onrequest:

– D ateof test.

– Testpressure used.

– These rialnu m ber, or oth eriden tifierof the fire ex ting uishe r thatwastested.

– P erso nor ag enc yperform ing the test.• Keeprecordsuntil:

– T h ee x tin gu ish er is retested

– T heextinguis he r is take nou tof service ,w hichev er comesfirst.

• E m pty a ndm ainta in stored -pressure dry ch em ica lextinguishersrequ iringa 12-y ea r

hydrosta tictes t, every 6years.

– W henrecha rgingor hydrostatictestingis performe d,the 6-yea r r equir ement

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Stored pressure water and/or antifreeze 5

Wetting agent 5

Foam (stainless steel shell) 5

Aqueous film forming form (AFFF) 5Loaded stream 5

Dry chemical with stainless steel 5

Carbon dioxide 5

Dry chemical, stored pressure, with mild steel brazed brass or 12

aluminum shells

Halon 1211 12

Halon 1301 12

Dry powder, cartridge or cylinder operated, with mild steel shell 12

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WAC 296-800-30025Tra in your employees to use portable fire extinguishers

You must

• Train you r em ployee s wh ere you hav e providedportablefire ex tingu ishe rs fo r their

use in:

– Thehaz ards inv olvedw ithinc ipientsta gefire figh ting(theea rlysta geof a fire

whe nit ca n be ex tinguishedby a portablefire extinguisher).

– T heg en era lpr inc iple sof fire ex ting uis he r use.• Prov idethe tra iningw he n they are first h ired and thenannually.

H e l p f u lTo o l :

Train in gD oc um e n tat ionF o r m

Th issamp leTrainingDo cum enta tionForm ca n he lpyo u de m on stra tein

w ritingtha t e ac hem plo ye ewh o ne ed strain ingha sreceivedand

understoodit. You ca n find a c op yof this s am pleform in th eR esour ce

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