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From: Eric Clark <erclark**At_Symbol_Here**PH.LACOUNTY.GOV>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fire Extinguisher placements
Date: December 18, 2012 1:46:18 PM EST
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George,
For regular buildings the maximum travel distance for a fire extinguisher is 75 feet - for high hazard buildings it's 50 feet or less.  That means you can't have more than 150 feet - or 100 feet or less - between fire extinguishers.  It's NFPA 906.3.  Measure out a string of appropriate length to make sure you pace that distance off properly. 
Eric
 
Eric Clark, MS, CCHO, CHMM
Safety & Compliance Officer
Los Angeles County Public Health Lab 

>>> On 12/18/2012 at  6:22 AM, in message <143013094.1160024.1355840531968..JavaMail.root**At_Symbol_Here**sz0004a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>, "George D. McCallion" <medchem**At_Symbol_Here**COMCAST.NET> wrote:

Good morning,

 

I send this question regarding a recent internal audit of our cGMP facility. There is a recently constructed hallway which runs 70' and does a 90-degree "L-turn" to a 15' hallway.

 

We currently have one extinguisher at the end of the 70' hallway. I feel that a second extinguisher should be placed atthe end of the 15' section as well.

 

Can anyone provide guidance, or an NFPA reference?

 

Thank you in advance.

********************************

George D. McCallion

QA Reviewer, Quality and Compliance

QS Pharma, LLC

3 Chelsea Parkway, Suite 305

Boothwyn, PA 19061

Mobile: 610.888.2436

Office: 610.485.4270, ext. 245

George.McCallion**At_Symbol_Here**qspharma.com

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