DIN 14406-4
Standard 01 / 08
Portable fire extinguishers — Maintenance
Requires recurring maintenance by a qualified person and specifies what is inspected and documented. Usual interval: two years.
DIN 14406-4
Fire extinguishers — provision, inspection & maintenance
The fire extinguisher is the only fire protection device a layperson operates when it matters. Calculate the requirement in extinguishing agent units, equip correctly, sign the locations, inspect every two years — and keep the evidence.
At a glance.
Fire extinguishers look unremarkable and are legally demanding. How many a building needs does not follow from the number of rooms but from the floor area and the fire risk — calculated in extinguishing agent units to ASR A2.2. The wrong extinguishing agent, too few units, and a location that is blocked or unsigned are the three defects most commonly found during inspection visits.
FireLux determines the requirement, supplies the equipment, signs the locations, carries out the two-yearly maintenance through qualified persons, and keeps the evidence so that it stands up to scrutiny by an authority, an employers' liability insurance association or an insurer.
- Determining the extinguishing agent requirement in units to ASR A2.2
- Selecting the right extinguishing agent for each fire class
- Provision, mounting and signage of the locations
- Maintenance by qualified persons every two years to DIN 14406-4
- Recurring pressure vessel testing of CO₂ extinguishers
- Inspection records and fire safety regulations to DIN 14096
Kenndaten
- Leitnorm
- DIN 14406-4
- Inspection interval
- 2 Jahre
- Regelwerke
- 8
- Prüfpunkte
- 5
Standards & regulations.
The rules this work is planned, installed, signed off and maintained against.
DIN EN 3
Standard 02 / 08
Portable fire extinguishers — Product standard
Construction, extinguishing capacity, labelling and fire classes of the device itself.
ASR A2.2
Standard 03 / 08
Measures against fire
Determines, via extinguishing units, how many fire extinguishers a workplace needs, and regulates accessibility and fire wardens.
ASR A1.3
Standard 04 / 08
Safety and health signage
Specifies how fire extinguisher locations must be marked so they can be found in an emergency.
DIN EN ISO 7010
Standard 05 / 08
Graphical symbols — Safety signs
Source of the F001 fire safety sign for fire extinguishers.
BetrSichV
Standard 06 / 08
Betriebssicherheitsverordnung
CO₂ extinguishers are pressure equipment and are additionally subject to a recurring inspection of the pressure vessel.
DIN 14096
Standard 07 / 08
Brandschutzordnung
Parts A, B and C — the wall notice, instruction of building occupants and duties for staff with special fire safety responsibilities.
DGUV Information 205-023
Standard 08 / 08
Fire wardens
Describes the training, number and duties of the fire wardens a company should appoint.
From survey to maintenance.
- 01
Site survey
Record floor area, fire risk and fire classes; log the existing units and their inspection status.
- 02
Concept & planning
Determine the extinguishing agent units, set the agent for each fire class, plan locations and signage.
- 03
Installation
Mount the units, sign the locations to ASR A1.3, update the fire safety regulations and notices.
- 04
Acceptance & commissioning
Handover with a location plan, user briefing, clarification of who is appointed as fire safety assistant.
- 05
Maintenance & documentation
Maintenance every two years by qualified persons, with an inspection record for every individual unit.
Inspect, maintain, document.
What has to be inspected how often — and the standard each interval rests on.
regularly
Inspection 01 / 05
Visual check of accessibility and condition
- Operator's duty, ASR A2.2
every two years
Inspection 02 / 05
Maintenance by a qualified person
- DIN 14406-4
every ten years
Inspection 03 / 05
Pressure vessel inspection of CO₂ extinguishers
- BetrSichV
annually
Inspection 04 / 05
Instruction of employees
- DGUV Vorschrift 1
upon change of use
Inspection 05 / 05
Recalculation of extinguishing units
- ASR A2.2
What you get.
01
Benefit 01 / 03
Requirement calculated, not estimated
The number of units follows from floor area and fire risk under ASR A2.2 — traceable for the building authority, the insurer and the employers' liability insurance association.
02
Benefit 02 / 03
One appointment for every system
Extinguisher inspection runs on the same maintenance contract as the fire alarm system, hold-open systems and doors. One visit, one report.
03
Benefit 03 / 03
No expired unit in the building
We track the deadlines for every individual unit and get in touch before an inspection lapses.
Questions.
Related trades.
What is usually planned and maintained together in practice.
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