(a) Approva1 Required Prior to Sale or Delivery. 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 been first 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 examination. 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) Vaporizing Extinguisher Prohibited Except on Motor Carrier. 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 laws of Ohio or the United States relating to motor carriers.
(c) Fire Extinguishers and Servicing; Definitions. "Standard fire extinguisher" means a portable fire extinguisher which bears the label of a national testing laboratory acceptable to the Fire Chief. "Service man" means a person qualified and trained in the proper inspection, repair, recharge or test of fire extinguishers. "Service", where used in reference to fire extinguishers, means the inspection, repair, recharging or testing of fire extinguishers.
(d) Maintenance Test. Extinguishers shall be inspected annually, shall be recharged as specified by NFPA. 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 NFPA. If the date of manufacture, or the date of the last pressure test shall not be readily available, a pressure test shall be made at a time prescribed by the Fire Chief and subsequent pressure tests shall be made every five years thereafter.
(e) Inspection and Test Tags. 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 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.
(Ord. 1969-5. Passed 2-10-69.)