Section 296-800-30010. Select and distribute portable fire extinguishers in your workplace.

Exemption:

• This does not apply to the portable fire extinguishers provided for employees to use outside of workplace buildings or structures.

• You are exempt from the distribution requirements of this rule if you have an emergency action plan (that meets requirements of WAC 296-24-567):

– Which designates certain employees to be the only employees authorized to use the available portable fire extinguishers; and

– Requires all other employees in the fire area to immediately evacuate the affected work area upon the sounding of the fire alarm

You must:

• Provide the correct type of portable fire extinguishers and distribute them in your workplace, depending on the type, size, and severity of fire that could occur

– The type of portable fire extinguishers you must have in your workplace depends on the types of fire hazards that exist in your workplace

Fire Extinguisher Distance Table

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050. WSR 01-23-060, § 296-800-30010, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; WSR 01-11-038, § 296-800-30010, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.]

RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050. WSR 01-23-060, § 296-800-30010, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; WSR 01-11-038, § 296-800-30010, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.

Rules

296-24-567,