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Posted By Brian S
Hi. Quick question. Is there a requirement to have extinguishers placed at certain heights on walls? If so, what is the height?
Thanks, B
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Posted By Crim
A convenient height, consider the potential user during your assessment. If you have employees trained to use extinguishers they could be male or female, small or tall, slight or strong, etc. etc.
There is a recommended height but I would always follow the above.
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Posted By Kevin Brown
Recommended heights are about 1.0 metres for heavy extinguishers (e.g. 9 litre water) or 1.5 metre for lighter (e.g. CO²).
Don't think anyone will measure though!
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Posted By Safe System
Personally i wouldn't worry to much about that.. if you think about it.. if it was a big deal then they wouldn't sell the plastic red trays that sit on the floor with fire info on....
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Posted By Simon Walsh.
Official guidance on the height of fire extinguishers is contained in Approved Document B of the Building Regulations.
However, I advise clients to place them with the handle at about waist height.
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Posted By Martin Mulholland
I seem to remember guidance suggesting them to be placed "at hip height" - can't for the life of me find it again though!
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Posted By Brian S
Thanks for all responses. I recently saw an extinguisher placed on a wall above 1.5M and there was a danger of an eye / face injury from colliding with the handle, which was protruding.
Still cant see the logic in having a heavier FE at 1m and right beside it, another lighter FE (Co2) at 1.5M. Normally, if 2 FE are placed together, they are at the same height, or on the floor in a plastic floor stand.
Any views on this?
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Posted By nim
"Posted by Brian S on Thursday, 05 March 2009 at 12:48
Still cant see the logic in having a heavier FE at 1m and right beside it, another lighter FE (Co2) at 1.5M. Normally, if 2 FE are placed together, they are at the same height, or on the floor in a plastic floor stand.
Any views on this?"
A 2kg CO2 if wall mounted should be 1m from floor to handle because it weighs more than 4kg. Extinguishers which weigh up to 4kg should be wall mounted 1.5m to the handle or placed on stands.
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Posted By Crim
I sometimes find it convenient to mount a CO2 above a water or foam if the wall space is limited.
Theory behind it is that CO2's are lighter than water, it also looks better.
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Posted By ARUN
As per NFPA 10 guidelines, Extinguishers with a gross weight not exceeding 40 pounds (18.14 kg)should be installed so that the top of the extinguisher is not more than 5 feet (1.53 m) above the floor.
Extinguishers with a gross weight greater than 40 pounds(18.14 kg), except wheeled types, should be installed so that the top of the extinguisher is not more than 3 feet (1.07 m)above the floor.
In no case can the clearance between the bottom of the extinguisher and the floor be less than 4 inches.
Regards,
Arun Joshi
NEBOSH IGC
INDIA
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Posted By nim
I suppose the question should have asked what country did you want to mount the extinguishers in.
To comply with BS 5306 Part 8 extinguishers with a maximum gross weight up to 4kg should be wall mounted so that the handles are 1.5m from the ground.
Extinguishers over 4kg gross weight should be wall mounted so that the handles are 1m from the ground.
A 2kg CO2 usually weighs about 5kg and so they sould be wall mounted at the same height as a 9Litre Water Extinguisher or 6 Litre Foam Extinguisher. As the above poster has pointed out, when space is tight you could put the CO2 above the 9Litre Water Extinguisher or 6 Litre Foam but is not strictly compliant. Have done this myself though.
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Posted By nim
18 kg is one heavy fire extinguisher and to be honest if anyone was to wall mount it at 1.5m from ground to handle I would seriously worry about their health and safety.
In the UK and to comply with BS EN3 and BS5306 Part 3 and 8 a portable fire extinguisher should not have a gross weight of more than 20kg.
"As per NFPA 10 guidelines, Extinguishers with a gross weight not exceeding 40 pounds (18.14 kg)should be installed so that the top of the extinguisher is not more than 5 feet (1.53 m) above the floor.
Extinguishers with a gross weight greater than 40 pounds(18.14 kg), except wheeled types, should be installed so that the top of the extinguisher is not more than 3 feet (1.07 m)above the floor.
In no case can the clearance between the bottom of the extinguisher and the floor be less than 4 inches.
Regards,
Arun Joshi
NEBOSH IGC
INDIA"
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Posted By peterlee
Its not just British standards that dictate the max hight, health and safety rules have to be taken into account and yes 1.0m and 1.5 on a previous post are correct.
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