AS 2444-1995

1 - AS 2444-1995 PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FIRE BLANKETS - SELECTION AND LOCATION
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
6 - 1.1 SCOPE
6 - 1.2 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
6 - 1.2.1 Referenced documents
6 - 1.2.2 Related documents
7 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS
7 - 1.3.1 Aerosol fire extinguisher
7 - 1.3.2 Approved
7 - 1.3.3 Clothing fire
7 - 1.3.4 Emergency services switchboard
7 - 1.3.5 Fire blanket
7 - 1.3.6 Light hazard
7 - 1.3.7 Portable fire extinguisher
7 - 1.3.8 Ordinary hazard
7 - 1.3.9 High hazard
7 - 1.3.10 Regulatory authority
8 - 1.3.11 Significant switchboard
8 - 1.4 HUMAN FACTORS
8 - 1.5 TRAINING
9 - SECTION 2 SELECTION OF PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
9 - 2.1 GENERAL
9 - 2.2 CLASSIFICATION AND RATING
9 - 2.2.1 General
10 - 2.2.2
10 - 2.2.3 Electrical hazards
10 - 2.2.4 Hazards including cooking oils or fats
10 - 2.3 FACTORS AFFECTING SELECTION
10 - 2.3.1 Physical factors
11 - 2.3.2 Health and safety factors
11 - 2.3.3 Selection for office areas
11 - 2.3.4 Selection for domestic and residential application
11 - 2.3.4.1 Selection for single domestic occupancy
12 - 2.3.4.2 Selection for multiple domestic occupancy
12 - 2.3.4.3 Selection for residential occupancy
12 - 2.3.5 Selection for car, caravan or boat
12 - 2.3.6 Selection for commercial vehicles
12 - 2.3.7 Selection for other areas
12 - 2.3.8 Fire hose reels
12 - 2.3.9 Selection and location for other applications
12 - 2.3.10 Selection and location for significant switchboards
13 - SECTION 3 LOCATION OF PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
13 - 3.1 GENERAL
13 - 3.2 LOCATION
15 - 3.3 EXTINGUISHER LOCATION SIGNS
15 - 3.3.1 Sign size
15 - 3.3.2 Sign location
15 - 3.3.3 Mounting height
15 - 3.3.4 Location signs
15 - 3.4 SUPPORT
15 - 3.5 CABINET OR ENCLOSURE
15 - 3.6 ENVIRONMENT
15 - 3.7 RECORD OF INSTALLATION
16 - SECTION 4 DISTRIBUTION OF PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
16 - 4.1 GENERAL
16 - 4.2 CLASS A FIRES
16 - 4.3 CLASS B FIRES
16 - 4.3.1 Extinguisher protection only
16 - 4.3.2 Supplementary extinguisher protection
19 - 4.4 SUPPLEMENT PROTECTION
19 - 4.4.1 General
19 - 4.4.2 Significant switchboards
19 - 4.4.3 Office electrical and electronic risks
20 - 4.4.4 Cooking oils and fats
20 - 4.5 VEHICLES INCLUDING CARAVANS AND BOATS
22 - SECTION 5 SELECTION AND LOCATION OF FIRE BLANKETS
22 - 5.1 GENERAL
22 - 5.2 SELECTION
22 - 5.3 LOCATION
22 - 5.4 FIRE BLANKET LOCATION SIGNS
22 - 5.4.1 Sign size
22 - 5.4.2 Sign location
22 - 5.4.3 Mounting height
22 - 5.5 MOUNTING
24 - APPENDIX A - PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER/FIRE BLANKET SUITABILITY CHART
25 - APPENDIX B - SELECTION OF EXTINGUISHANT
25 - B1 SCOPE
25 - B2 GENERAL
26 - B3 WATER
26 - B3.1 Description
26 - B3.2 Environment
26 - B3.3 Physical action and reaction
26 - B3.4 Advantages
26 - B3.5 Disadvantages
26 - B3.6 Suitability
26 - B4 WET CHEMICAL
26 - B4.1 Description
26 - B4.2 Environment
26 - B4.3 Physical action and reaction
26 - B4.4 Advantages
26 - B4.5 Disadvantages
26 - B4.6 Suitability
26 - B5 FOAM
26 - B5.1 Description
26 - B5.2 Environment
26 - B5.3 Physical action and reaction
26 - B5.4 Advantages
27 - B5.5 Disadvantages
27 - B5.6 Suitability
27 - B5.7 Types of foam concentrate
27 - B5.7.1 Aqueous film-forming foam concentrate (AFFF)
27 - B5.7.2 Alcohol-resistant foam concentrate
27 - B6 POWDER
27 - B6.1 Description
27 - B6.2 Environment
27 - B6.3 Physical action and reaction
27 - B6.4 Advantages
27 - B6.5 Disadvantages
27 - B6.6 Suitability
27 - B7 CARBON DIOXIDE
27 - B7.1 Description
27 - B7.2 Environment
27 - B7.3 Physical action and reaction
27 - B7.4 Advantages
28 - B7.5 Disadvantages
28 - B7.6 Suitability
28 - B8 VAPOURIZING LIQUID
28 - B8.1 Description
28 - B8.2 Environment
28 - B8.3 Physical action and reaction
28 - B8.4 Advantages
28 - B8.5 Disadvantages
28 - B8.6 Suitability
28 - B9 FIRE BLANKET
28 - B9.1 Description
28 - B9.2 Environment
28 - B9.3 Physical action and reaction
28 - B9.4 Advantages
28 - B9.5 Disadvantages

Specifies criteria for the selection of extinguishers based on classification and rating, including requirements for location and distribution of extinguishants based on classification and rating, and the potential hazard classification. This Standard also includes a Section on the selection and location of fire blankets manufactured to the requirements of AS 3504. A selection chart for fire extinguishers and a guide to the selection of an extinguishant are included in the Appendices.

This Standard sets out criteria for the selection of portable fire extinguishers and specifies requirements for their application, location and distribution. It includes a section which sets out criteria for the selection of fire blankets and specifies requirements for their location and distribution.NOTES:1 Certain statutory regulations require extinguishers of a specific size and type to be carried on vehicles, caravans and boats.2 A portable fire extinguisher and a fire blanket are generally referred to respectively as 'an extinguisher' or 'the extinguisher' and 'a blanket' or 'the blanket' in this Standard.

First published in part as AS 2444-1981.
Second edition 1982.
Third edition 1985.
MP 26 first published 1972.
Second edition 1977 (withdrawn October 1981).
Third edition 1982.
AS 2444-1985 and MP 26-1982 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 2444-1990.
Fourth edition 1995.