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The
Director general of Shipping has been giving approval
to 9 liter portable chemical fire extinguishers, 9
liter portable Soda Acid extinguishers and 45 litre
non portable chemical, fire extinguishers for a number
of years . These portable and non portable extinguishers
are manufactured as per Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS)
specifications by various approved manufacturers.
In recent times BIS has withdrawn both the above manufacturing
specifications for the extinguishers. BIS is also
going to withdraw its specifications for the refills
of the above extinguishers by December 2000. Since
the Director General of Shipping follows a national
standards for manufacture of these extinguishers for
marine use, it has been decided that the 9 litre chemical
foam fire extinguishers, 9 litre soda acid extinguishers
and 45 litre non portable chemical foam extinguishers
are no longer acceptable for marine use with immediate
effect. These extinguishers, wherever they are fitted
on board ships/barges/tugs/launches/off shore vessel
has to be replaced by acceptable equivalent by December
2.
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