Provides schedules for the maintenance of portable fire extinguishers installed in all locations. It also includes recommendations for handling certain obsolescent types of extinguishers, for which no maintenance schedules are provided.

Cross References:
BS 6643-2:1985
BS 7937:2000
BS 740:1959
BS 1382:1948
BS 1721:1968
BS 3326:1960
BS 3465:1962
BS 3709:1964
BS 5423:1987
EC Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000
Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997, SI 1997 No. 1840, as Fire Precautions (Workplace) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, SI 1999 No. 1877
Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, SR 2001 No. 348
Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000, SI 2000 No. 128
Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations 2001, SI 2001, No. 1426
Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002, SI 2002 No. 528
Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2003, SR 2003 No. 97
Health and Safety at Work Act etc. 1974
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, SI 1999 No. 3242
99/36/EC
ADR European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road:2003
Council Regulation (EC) No. 3093/94
97/23/EC
BS 5306-8:2000
BS 6643-1
BS 7863:1996
BS EN 3
BS EN 1802
BS EN 1803
BS EN 1968
BS EN 25923
BS EN 27201-1