Compliance

We run across these stories ALL the time.  Fire extinguishers are the first response against indoor fires. Properly functioning fire extinguishers can put out the majority of early stage fires. In order to protect the lives of those who you are responsible for it is important to ensure that your fire extinguishers are working properly. Here are 10 recent incidents in which fire extinguishers were stolen or vandalized leaving a building at risk in the case of Dickenson High or and in extreme cases like the motel fire in Hoover Alabama, resulted in loss of life.

Fire codes require monthly inspections for a reason -- extinguishers frequently go missing, lose pressure or get obstructed. If any of those situations occur and it is not rectified -- a dangerous situation could be at hand.

Messing around with inspection records is bad enough, but the real crime is that the required monthly inspections are not being done. That puts lives and property at stake.

Electronic monitoring with en-Gauge eliminates the need for monthly inspections and creates records to show compliance with fire codes.

Using undercover video, the Ch. 5 news team in Boston, MA discovered Boston City Hall and the MA State House were not in compliance with fire codes. The issue -- missing and non-inspected fire extinguishers.

Having a full fire safety system -- starting with extinguishers is vital to life safety. The NH State House gets it and installed electronically monitored fire extinguishers to protect safety, history and lives.

A guest at this airport hotel used an extinguisher to out a fire in his room that, according to news reports, appears to have started in a baseboard heater.

Working extinguishers are key to life safety. Codes require 30-day inspections of extinguishers, but fire safety is greatly improved with 24/7 electronic monitoring.

This is hard to write because it is so awful and tragic. Four young women died in a hotel fire. The alleged person responsible tried to use a fire extinguisher on it but said, "it malfunctioned" and "didn't work."

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 they have enough powder or pressure.

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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  

You can't make this stuff up!  LINK