1503.09 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
(a) No person, directly or through an agent, shall sell or offer for sale in the city any make, type or model of extinguisher either new or used, unless such make, type or model of extinguisher has first been tested and is approved and labeled by the Factory Mutual Laboratories, or Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or other testing laboratory approved by the Fire Chief as providing adequate and reliable tests and examinations; and no person, directly or through an agent, shall deliver or make available for use in the city, any make, type or model of extinguisher which is not first tested and/or serviced as required in the standards of the National Fire Protection Association entitled "Standard for the Installation, Maintenance and Use of Portable Fire Extinguishers" (NFPA No. 10 and 10A).
(b) No person, directly or through an agent, shall sell or offer for sale in the city any make, type or model of vaporizing liquid fire extinguisher, whether laboratory approved or not, except for use on a motor carrier as authorized by the laws of this State and laws of the United States relating to motor carriers.
(c) "Standard fire extinguisher" means a portable fire extinguisher which bears the label of a national testing laboratory acceptable to the Chief of the Division of Fire.
"Service man" means a person qualified and trained in the proper installation, repair, recharge or testing of fire extinguishers.
"Service" where used in reference to fire extinguishers, means the inspection, repair, recharging or testing of fire extinguishers.
(d) Extinguishers shall be inspected annually and shall be recharged as specified by the N.F.P.A. Every fire extinguisher, when installed, shall be fully charged and ready for immediate use. Where an extinguisher is likely to be obscured by piles of stock, lumber or otherwise, a sign shall be installed and maintained which will mark the location of such extinguishers in a manner legible at a distance of at least fifty feet. All extinguishers shall be maintained in good condition and ready for immediate use at all times. Every fire extinguisher shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test five years after the date of manufacture and every five years thereafter as prescribed by the N.F.P.A. If the date of manufacture or the date of the last pressure test is not readily available, a pressure test shall be made at a time prescribed by the Bureau of Fire Prevention and subsequent pressure tests as required by the N.F.P.A.
(e) Every fire extinguisher shall have attached thereto a tag, which clearly indicates the dates of inspection and recharging and the signature of the service man. Every such fire extinguisher which has passed the hydrostatic pressure test as prescribed shall be fitted with a test record, recognized by a certified extinguisher service agent (serviceman), of metal or equally durable material on which the following shall appear:
(1) Date of test,
(2) Test of pressure,
(3) Name of person or firm making the test,
(4) State of Ohio certified service company.
(Ord. 2004-206. Passed 12-21-04.)