Uniformat D4030
Portable fire extinguisher
Also called extinguisher, ABC extinguisher
This is version 0.3.0. The latest is 0.4.0.
Service life
Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.
Basis
- 10–15 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p15 · HUD CNA 3.6.1.4 “Fire extinguishers” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Family properties 10 years, elderly 15. US multifamily housing.
- 15.5 years · General depreciation rates (IR265), July 2021, p48 · FACT “Fire extinguishers” — Inland Revenue (Te Tari Taake), New Zealand (accounting life)Printed page 48. Factory and other sundries category. Printed DV 13%, SL 8.5%. Tax depreciation lives set by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue for New Zealand income tax, not engineering or asset-management lives; they are banded and often short (e.g. reticulation piping 25 years). The July 2021 edition was the newest PDF reachable; the online Depreciation Rate Finder may hold later determinations.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal lives for fire protection (D40)
17 municipalities in British Columbia and Ontario state a life for fire protection as a whole, in 10 distinct tables: 15–50 years, median 20. These come from capital asset policies: accounting lives, used for amortization. They describe the system rather than this component, and none is a measured life.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 16 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. James, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sicamous, Tumbler Ridge · same table | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p5, p9, p7, p9, p5 · 2010 |
| Okanagan-Similkameen | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p11 · 2023 |
| Salmo | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p6 · 2016 |
| Parksville | Fire Suppression | 20 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| Telkwa | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 20 | accounting | p8 |
| Amherstburg | Fire Safety - Control Panel, Smoke Detectors | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2026 |
| Amherstburg | Plumbing - Sprinkler System | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Fire Alarms | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| The Blue Mountains | Fire Alarms | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Bancroft, Centre Hastings, Hastings Highlands, Wollaston · same table | Sprinkler/Fire System | 20–25 | accounting | p5, p4, p6, p5 |
| Parksville | Fire Protection | 20–50 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Fire Protection - Sprinkler System | 25 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Fire Protection - Alarm Panel | 25 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Sprinkler System | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Grey Highlands | Sprinkler System | 40 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| Parksville | Sprinkler System | 50 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
Of 23 rows, 1 was compared with an image of its page; 22 were matched to their page automatically (the label and number appear in the page text). Follow the page link before relying on an automatically matched row. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
7 tasks in 5 work orders. Intervals that fall due together are one visit: the every 12 years visit also covers the monthly, annual, every 5 years and every 6 years tasks.
- 1Monthly
- 2Monthly
- 3Monthly
- 4Monthly
- 5Monthly
- 6Monthly
- 7Monthly
- 8Monthly
- 9Monthly
- 10Monthly
- 11Monthly
- 12Annual
Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.
Monthly · 1 task
Source: Public Buildings Service Preventive Maintenance Guide (Public Buildings Maintenance Standards), FLSF-FEX-01-01M Fire Extinguishers - Inspection
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Visual check: in place, unobstructed, charged, in good order | p304 |
Annual · 3 tasks
| Task | Source |
|---|---|
| Fire extinguisher inspection (by a competent person) | Good estate management for schools: Compliance tracker |
| Maintain and inspect extinguisher: visual check, contents and stored pressure | Good estate management for schools: Health and safety |
| Annual maintenance of stored-pressure extinguishers | Public Buildings Service Preventive Maintenance Guide (Public Buildings Maintenance Standards), p310 |
Every 5 years · 1 task
Source: Public Buildings Service Preventive Maintenance Guide (Public Buildings Maintenance Standards), FLSF-FEX-01-05Y Fire Extinguishers - Hydrostatic Testing, Carbon Dioxide, Stored Pressure and AFFF
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Hydrostatic test (CO2, water, foam, stainless dry chemical) | p306 |
Every 6 years · 1 task
Source: Public Buildings Service Preventive Maintenance Guide (Public Buildings Maintenance Standards), FLSF-FEX-02-06Y Fire Extinguishers - Stored Pressure With Gauge (Non-Stainless Steel Shell)
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Six-year maintenance of stored-pressure extinguishers (non-stainless shells) | p312 |
Every 12 years · 1 task
Source: Public Buildings Service Preventive Maintenance Guide (Public Buildings Maintenance Standards), FLSF-FEX-01-12Y Fire Extinguishers - Hydrostatic Testing, Halon, Dry Powder, Stored Pressure, Cartridge Operated
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Hydrostatic test (dry chemical, halon, cartridge types) | p308 |
Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).
Open questions
- Every source here is a published planning, design or accounting life. None is observed replacement data.
- Written for schools in England; several rows are statutory safety checks under UK law rather than equipment maintenance.
- Written for schools in England.
- Written for GSA contracted O&M in US federal buildings; job plans are generic and defer to manufacturer instructions, and the fire extinguisher plans only point to NFPA 10.
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