IS 2190 : 2024 Selection, Installation and Maintenance of First-Aid Fire Extinguishers - Portable and Mobile - Code of Practice
1 SCOPE
1.1 This standard gives requirement for the selection, installation, maintenance, and testing of portable and mobile (wheeled) fire extinguishers. Fire extinguishers are a first line of defence against fires of limited size. They are needed even if the property is equipped with automatic sprinklers, standpipe and hose, or other fixed fire protection equipment/systems.
1.2 This standard is not alternative to permanently installed systems for fire extinguishment, even though portions of such systems may be portable (such as hose and nozzles attached to a fixed fire of extinguishing media).
1.3 The requirements mentioned in this standard are minimum in nature. The use of larger, higher-rated, or greater numbers of extinguishers will, in general, improve protection.
1.4 Extinguishers for use on board aircraft, watercraft, and vehicles are outside the scope of this standard.
2 REFERENCES
The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of these standards.
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