Fire Extinguisher Wall Mount Height
Extinguishers under 40 pounds.
Fire extinguisher wall mount height. The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and shall mount locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury. The actual mounting heights for cabinets housing this equipment can be determined by reviewing the exact dimensions of the specified cabinet and the positioning of the fire equipment within that cabinet. Two major factors figure into how you mount an extinguisher. For 2 fire extinguishers to be sited side by side with one extinguisher total mass above 4kg and the 2nd extinguisher below 4kg both extinguishers can be mounted on the wall at the heaviest extinguisher handle fixing height of 1 metre.
If you go back to 1910 157 c 1 you ll see all the osha regulation has to say on the issue of mounting height. How high above the floor the extinguisher goes as mandated in paragraph 1 6 7 in nfpa 10 facilities must securely install extinguishers on the hanger or bracket supplied by the vendor. A fire extinguisher weighing less than 40 pounds like the extinguishers found in your home should be hung so that the top is not more than five feet above the ground but no lower than four inches above the floor according to the national fire protection association s standard for portable fire extinguishers nfpa 10. Any extinguishers over 2kg inc the 2kg co2 should have the handles at 1m from the ground.
Mounting bracket fire extinguishers fire safety the home depot. Now let s turn our attention to fire extinguisher mounting height requirements. Get free 2 day shipping on qualified mounting bracket fire extinguishers products or buy electrical department products today with buy online pick up in store. The carrying handle of a portable fire extinguisher with a total gross mass of less than 4kg should be sited at 1 5 metres from the floor.
According to the ada if an object is mounted to the wall like fire extinguishers often are and their leading edges are located between 27 inches and 80 inches above the finished floor the mounted object can protrude no more than four inches into walkways corridors. Nfpa 10 standard 6 1 3 8 1. Smaller ones should be 1 5m.