16-219 C.M.R. ch. 5
16 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 5: PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
SUMMARY: This summary is taken from the incorporated materials. “The provisions of this standard apply to the selection, installation, inspection, maintenance, and testing of portable extinguishing equipment. The requirements given herein are minimum. Portable extinguishers are intended as a first line of defense to cope with fires of limited size. They are needed even though the property is equipped with automatic sprinklers, standpipe and hose, or other fixed protection equipment. They do not apply to permanently installed systems for fire extinguishment, even though portions of such systems are portable (such as hose and nozzles attached to a fixed supply of extinguishing agent).”
1. This agency incorporates by reference the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard # 10, Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers, 2018 edition. All rights reserved by the National Fire Protection Association. Copies of NFPA Standard #10 are available through the National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
December 22, 1977 (filed September 27, 1978)
May 15, 1996
August 7, 2001
September 1, 2003 - filing 2003-293
March 17, 2009 – filing 2009-103, NFPA Standard #10 updated to 2007 edition