Posted By Ken Taylor It depends upon the use to which the vehicle is being put, licenses, permits, wayleaves, etc under which it is being operated, etc. However, at the least, all the best gudance says 'Yes' and probably a foam type is now best in view of the situation with Halon and the confined space issue with CO2. The best people to speak to are the Community Transport Association (Bill Hyde) on 0161 366 6685 or 0161 351 1475. They have a number of leaflets on the use of minibuses - both their own and DETR's. Additionally RoSPA publish a 'Minibus Safety Code of Practice' (Tel 0121 248 2000).

Posted By Elizabeth Michel Got this bit from HMSO website with the legislation. www.hmso.gov.uk Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 2359 The Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness, Equipment, Use and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 Amendments relating to fire extinguishers 8.—(1) In regulation 35, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— " (1) There shall be carried by every vehicle suitable and efficient apparatus for extinguishing fire which is of one or more of the types specified in Schedule 4." . (2) For Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following Schedule— SCHEDULE 4 (See Regulation 35) FIRE EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS A fire extinguisher which complies in all respects with the specification for portable fire extinguishers issued by the British Standards Institution numbered BS 5423: 1977 or BS 5423: 1980 or BS 5423: 1987 and which— "(a) has a minimum test rating of 8A or 21B, and (b) contains water or foam or contains, and is marked to indicate that it contains, halon 1211 or halon 1301. As someone as previously mentioned the bit with halon (remember that is 1989) foam may be the best option.