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Silver Member
In California. Public facility, Title 19 applies.
The max. travel distance is 75 feet.
Fire extinguishers shall not be obstructed or obscured from view. Except in large rooms and in certain locations where visual obstruction cannot be completely avoided, means shall be provided to indicate fire extinguisher's location.
Scenario:
I am in a classroom, and I have an extinguisher in the hallway.
About 50 feet total walking line from the farthest point in the room, out the door, and just a bit down the hallway to the extinguisher.
There are two reasons why someone might say it is a violation, with rebuttal arguments for each:
1). I can't see the extinguisher when I am in the classroom, it is out a door and around a corner down the hallway.
Rebuttal: You saw the extinguisher on your way into the room as you walked down the hallway. You could also just post a sign in the classroom that an extinguisher is in the hallway.
2). I have to open a door to get to it, the extinguisher is not readily accessible in the room that I am in.
Rebuttal: If you followed that logic then every single room, even an 80 SF office would need an extinguisher, that can't be the intent of the code to require one in every single room.
What do you say?
Do I need an extinguisher in this classroom?
The max. travel distance is 75 feet.
Fire extinguishers shall not be obstructed or obscured from view. Except in large rooms and in certain locations where visual obstruction cannot be completely avoided, means shall be provided to indicate fire extinguisher's location.
Scenario:
I am in a classroom, and I have an extinguisher in the hallway.
About 50 feet total walking line from the farthest point in the room, out the door, and just a bit down the hallway to the extinguisher.
There are two reasons why someone might say it is a violation, with rebuttal arguments for each:
1). I can't see the extinguisher when I am in the classroom, it is out a door and around a corner down the hallway.
Rebuttal: You saw the extinguisher on your way into the room as you walked down the hallway. You could also just post a sign in the classroom that an extinguisher is in the hallway.
2). I have to open a door to get to it, the extinguisher is not readily accessible in the room that I am in.
Rebuttal: If you followed that logic then every single room, even an 80 SF office would need an extinguisher, that can't be the intent of the code to require one in every single room.
What do you say?
Do I need an extinguisher in this classroom?