Fire extinguisher inspection and service
The interval is written into the fire code your insurer and inspector work to, so the calendar stays. What converts is the gap between visits: a discharged unit found in month 11 is what a pressure sensor exists for.
What does a fire extinguisher inspection and service involve?
Fire extinguisher inspection and service checks: gauge in the green zone, weight against the tare on the label, tamper seal intact, inspection tag dated. Observed by visual by a competent person; annual service by a service technician. Monthly visual and annual service are set by fire codes (BS 5306-3, AS 1851, NFPA 10). Condition sensing supplements the visits; it does not replace them.
- Condition that replaces the interval
- None that replaces the interval. A weight or pressure-gauge sensor per extinguisher can flag a discharged or under-pressure unit between visits.
- Reading that proves it
- Gauge in the green zone, weight against the tare on the label, tamper seal intact, inspection tag dated
- Why the interval stays
- Monthly visual and annual service are set by fire codes (BS 5306-3, AS 1851, NFPA 10). Condition sensing supplements the visits; it does not replace them.
- Evidence an auditor accepts
- Dated inspection tag on every unit and the annual service certificate listing each extinguisher by location
- First move
- Keep the monthly and annual visits on the calendar and record the tag date per unit in the register, not per building.
What it is evidence for
Clause references from the published standards text. A clause marked reference is named, not reproduced.
Statutory intervals that must stay on the calendar ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 · ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 4.2 · ISO 55001:2014 8.1
ISO 45001:2018 9.1.2 Evaluation of complianceThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for evaluating whether it complies with legal and other requirements. It decides how often and by what methods compliance is evaluated, carries out the evaluation and acts where needed, keeps up its knowledge and understanding of where it stands on compliance, and reta...
ISO 45001:2018 6.1.2.1 Hazard identificationSet up, run and keep a hazard identification process that is continuous and looks ahead. The process shall take into account: social factors and the way work is organized; activities that are routine and those that are not; incidents that have happened before; possible emergencies; people, including workers, contractor...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.2 Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risksThe organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for removing hazards and lowering OH&S risks by working down the hierarchy of controls: first remove the hazard; next replace it with processes, operations, materials or equipment that are less hazardous; then apply engineering controls and reorganize the work; then ap...
ISO 45001:2018 8.1.4.2 ContractorsThe organization aligns its procurement processes with its contractors so that hazards are identified and the OH&S risks are assessed and controlled where they come from three sources: contractor activities and operations that affect the organization; the organization's own activities and operations that affect contrac...
ISO 55001:2014 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of stakeholdersThe organization identifies which stakeholders are relevant to its system for managing assets, and what they require and expect from asset management; it sets the criteria it will use to make asset management decisions; and it identifies what stakeholders require in the way of recorded financial and non-financial infor...
ISO 55001:2014 8.1 Operational planning and controlThe organization plans, carries out and controls the processes needed to satisfy requirements and to deliver three things: the asset management plans set out under 6.2, the actions on risks and opportunities decided under 6.1, and the preventive and corrective actions decided under clauses 10.1 and 10.2. It does so by ...
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Paste your maintenance schedule or log and get this classification for every line at once, with the findings, the overdue items and the clauses the register is evidence for. First 15 items free, no account.
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