Portable fire extinguishers in open parking lots?

[blugosi]

I am looking for a reference to portable fire extinguisher requirements in open , ground floor parking lots and I cannot find any.
Searched IBC, IFC, NFPA 101, NFPA 88A and found nothing.
Does this mean there are no such requirements , or is it maybe the City sets additional requirements during the Parking Lot Licensing process?

 

[hazmatpoobah]

Are the parking spaces open to the atmosphere and sky or a parking garage?

 

[mark handler]

Not required

 

[blugosi]

Are the parking spaces open to the atmosphere and sky or a parking garage?

Open parking lot. No walls, no roof , nothing.
Think of a parking lot outside a Walmart.

 

[hazmatpoobah]

The 2021 International Fire Code has no specific regulation for PFEs in an open, outdoor area.

 

[ICE]

Open parking lot. No walls, no roof , nothing.
Think of a parking lot outside a Walmart.

I don't know about the Walmart's in Greece but fire extinguishers placed in California Walmart parking lots would be gone in no time.

 

[blugosi]

Yes, I agree.
My question is whether such requirements are regulated by the city.

Do these open parking lots in major US cities need PFEs to get their license to operate ?
If I remember correctly from my last trip to the US, the parking lot next to my hotel in San Antonio TX did not have any PFEs . It was a 40-50 car parking lot.

The 2021 International Fire Code has no specific regulation for PFEs in an open, outdoor area.

 

[Msradell]

I've never seen them in the parking lot. The closest I've ever seen them was inside of the nearest doorway.

 

[steveray]

Never seen them in an open lot...