Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 477 - State Fire Marshal › PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FIXED FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS › Regulation of Persons Engaged in Business Related to Portable Fire Extinguishers and Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems › Section 477.410 - Installation, inspection, maintenance and repair; failure to comply

Current through June 11, 2024
1. All installation, inspection, maintenance
				and repair of portable fire extinguishers and fixed fire extinguishing systems
				must be performed in accordance with N.F.P.A. Standard 10, 2018 edition,
				N.F.P.A. Standards 17 and 17A, 2017 editions, and the regulations of and
				statutes enforced by the State Fire Marshal.
2. Regardless of exceptions contained in the
				N.F.P.A.'s applicable standards, the internal components of all portable fire
				extinguishers except carbon dioxide, wet chemical, halogenated agent, aqueous
				film forming foams (AFFF) and film forming fluroroprotein foam (FFFP) portable
				fire extinguishers must be examined at least annually and whenever the service
				seal has been broken or an inspection indicates that the extinguisher might
				fail to function.
3. For the
				recharging of any dry chemical type of extinguishment cylinder to be valid, the
				serviceperson must date and initial with a permanent marking pen on the topmost
				exposed portion of the pick-up tube before reassembly and recharging. The date
				on the pick-up tube must correspond to the date on the exterior service tag.
				Failure to date and initial the pick-up tube is grounds for the immediate
				suspension or revocation of a certificate of registration. If possible, a
				collar tag ring as required by N.F.P.A. Standard 10, 2018 edition, or an
				alternate collar tag ring that is approved by the State Fire Marshal must be
				installed at the time the extinguisher is recharged or serviced in the
				following manner:
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4.
				Nitrogen or approved dry air must be used as expellant when recharging dry
				chemical type extinguishers unless the manufacturer recommends
				otherwise.
5. Before a fire
				extinguishing system using a clean agent is accepted, a test as referenced in
				N.F.P.A. Standard 12A, 2015 edition, must be performed and recorded.
6. Within 30 days before the date on which an
				extinguisher must be serviced, the owner of a portable fire extinguisher may
				enter into a verbal service agreement for the service of that
				extinguisher.
7. When servicing
				portable fire extinguishers, the practice of swapping out a portable fire
				extinguisher is prohibited. This subsection does not prohibit a serviceperson
				from removing a portable fire extinguisher to make an off-site repair or to
				perform hydrostatic testing if the original portable fire extinguisher is
				returned within 3 business days after the date of removal.
8. Failure to comply with the provisions of
				this section by a person who holds a certificate of registration is a ground
				for the immediate suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration,
				and the person who holds the certificate of registration may be criminally or
				civilly liable for fraud.
9. As
				used in this section, "practice of swapping out" means the practice of:
(a) Replacing a new portable fire
				extinguisher with an older or used portable fire extinguisher; and
(b) Representing that the older or used
				portable fire extinguisher is a new portable fire extinguisher.