Some successful prosecutions that include fire fighting equipment. Not necesserily or specifically fire extinguishers but I am sure they can be included in the "appropriate" bracket, (excuse the pun, wall brackets h ha)
Start with this one:
24th September 2010, London Fire Brigade
Defendant - Owner of a House in Multiple Occupation
Seven breaches including lack of suitable and sufficient Fire Risk Assessment and absence of appropriate fire-fighting equipment.
Fined £16,000 including costs.
5th August 2013, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant - Graham Sawings, Blackpool based landlord
Charged with multiple fire safety failures, including failure maintain the fire detection and warning system, failure to provide a suitable fire evacuation plan, failure to provide fire-fighting equipment and failure to maintain fire resisting doors.
Fined £36,000 plus £7000 in costs
11th July 2013, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant - Derek Sweeney, director of the Travellers Rest at Gransmere in Cumbria
6 fire safety failures, including failure to conduct a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment, failure to provide means of detection and giving warning in the event of a fire, failure to provide adequate means of fighting a fire, failure to provide adequate means of escape from the premises, failure to protect the means of escape from the effects of fire.
Fined a total of £14,420
If not required how can "not properly maintained" be a breach? (see below).
13th January 2012, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant - Delicious Foods Ltd of Liverpool Road, Eccles
Failure to carry out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment; failure to provide a suitable escape route; and failure to provide a fire alarm or warning system in case of fire.
The upper part of the premises had been used as a sleeping area and for general accommodation purposes. The only escape route from the upper floors was a single staircase which led into the commercial kitchen. There had been no evidence of any system to raise the alarm in case of fire. Nor had there been any any emergency lighting present and the fire extinguishers had not been properly maintained.
Fined £13,000
4th January 2012, Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant - Mohammed Munir, Quilt making businessman and former Lord Mayor of Nottingham
Failure to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment, failure to comply with an enforcement order, failure to ensure an effective means of escape from the premises, failure to ensure that exit routes were clear at all times, failure to provide adequate emergency lighting in emergency routes and exits, failure to ensure that non-automatic firefighting equipment provided was easily accessible, simple to use and indicated by signs.
Sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years
Also ordered to do 180 hours unpaid work and pay £4,000 in costs