Fire Extinguishers Ammendment - Pdf Download

Dear All

We had earlier discussions on Fire Extinguishers.

Just for information - as per AMENDMENT NO. 1 DECEMBER 2008 to IS 15683:2006

‘The following standards shall be withdrawn with the implementation of this

standard:

1) IS 940:2003 Specification for portable fire extinguishers, water type

(gas cartridge) fourth revision)

2)IS2171 :1999 Specification for portable fire extinguishers, dry powder

(cartridge type) fourth revision)

3] IS 6234:2003 Specification for portable fire extinguishers, water type

(stored pressure) (second revision)

4) IS 10204:2001 Specification for portable fire extinguisher, mechanical

foam type

5) IS 13849:1993 Specification for portable fire extinguisher, dry powder

type (stored pressure)

6) IS 15397:2003 Specification for portable fire extinguisher, mechanical

foam type (stored pressure)

Clause 3.l(a) of IS 2878:2004 ‘Specification for fire extinguisher, carbon

dioxide type (portable and trolley mounted) (third revision)’ shall also be

deleted simultaneously with the implementation of this standard.

SO please refer IS 15683 for any portable fire extinguisher. We are now into changing our SOP's for maintenance and discard of portable fire extinguishers and all PO's and WO through our commercial. All the above standards are withdrawn and cancelled wef 1st Jan 2012.

Request to inform your Fire & Safety Department including commercial / purchase of the same. Please find the attached.

Regards

Dear All,

This reminds me, there are some agencies that provide updates, amendments, etc., on IS Standards. The professional charges of such agencies are quite reasonable. All we have to do is mail them the list of all IS standards and revisions. They will provide a monthly report on these standards. One such agency I know is SATISFY (Standards and Technical Information For You).

Updating standards becomes necessary under the DOCUMENT CONTROL clause of ISO 9001:2008 and other standards.

Thanks & Regards,
Sudhir

Dear Neeraj,

Will you please mail me a copy of SOPs for maintenance and disposal of portable fire extinguishers? This will be very helpful for me as we currently do not have any SOPs on this subject. My email id is pmistry@ccilindia.co.in.

Thanks for the updates.

Prakash M

Dear all,

We are not getting any manufacturers who are complying with IS 15683:2006. The existing suppliers are saying that the new specification requires major changes in production and testing setup, for which none of the manufacturers have been able to obtain the ISI 15683 marking on their product. Under the circumstances, these manufacturers are pressuring us to procure the items without ISI marking.

We need help on this matter, especially as we require some names of manufacturers, preferably in Eastern India, who would be able to supply as per the new specification.

Thanks,
Sanjib

Dear Sanjib,

There are many who are in the market. This standard has not come overnight but has been sent to all manufacturers nearly 3 years back. Please don't come under pressure as the manufacturers will now try to dump their materials. Ask for their ISI license renewal. Some of the manufacturers licensed as under: KANEX (KANADIA), SUPREMAX... We would be going with these two vendors.

Sorry, friends, I did not visit this site for a long time. Please find the attached IS 15683 for your reference. SOP is not yet prepared, and we won't need to discard for another 5 years. Once SOP is prepared, I would definitely share.

Regards,
Neeraj

ISO 9000 quality management system with sufficient competency to ensure it is being maintained and/or correctly developed. The ISO Standard in section 6.1 requires resources to implement and maintain the quality management system; section 6.2.1 requires personnel shall be competent.