UFC 4-730-10
15 June 2006
TABLE 4-11.2. FIRE EXTINGUISHER (FLIGHTLINE)
MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE
The Fire Extinguisher Maintenance and Storage includes two parts: outdoor storage and indoor
Description/
storage/maintenance room. The indoor storage/maintenance room accommodates a work bench
Usage
with adequate lighting to perform maintenance and service of extinguishers, safety cage, scale,
recharge kit, and parts storage bins.
The outdoor storage area is covered and enclosed with a secured screen and should
accommodate tank recovery, spare tanks, and spare gaseous agent re-servicing tanks.
This may be combined with the Non-flightline Fire Extinguisher Maintenance and Storage Area
and made into one space with no dividing walls.
2.4 m (8 ft.) minimum.
Min. Ceiling Ht.
Walls. CMU. Provide a low-maintenance, durable finish such as industrial latex or epoxy
paints on all wall surfaces.
Floor. Provide a sealed concrete surface.
Ceiling. None required.
Provide a hose bibb and floor drain.
Plumbing
20 C (68 F) minimum, 26 C (78 F) maximum. This room should be negatively pressurized with
HVAC
dedicated exhaust vented to the outside. Provide an exhaust hood. Provide a compressed air
system with self-retracting lines at the work bench.
Provide Fire Protection System per Paragraph 3-6.3.
Fire Protection
Provide outlets per code.
Power
540 Lux (50 ft. candles) Provide fluorescent energy efficient light fixtures. Provide task lighting
Lighting
at work/service bench.
CCTV. None required.
Communication
CATV/Internal Video. None required.
PA/Audio. Provide a speaker.
Telephone. Provide one line with internal two-way communication.
Data. Provide quad outlet at work bench and in locations where required to accommodate
equipment.
Security. None required.
None required.
Casework
Provide double leaf or overhead-type doors to exterior. Provide industrial grade 610 mm (24
Furnishings
in.) minimum work bench, storage shelving, spare parts bin, flammable storage locker, agent
Fixtures &
and nitrogen storage, dry chemical extinguisher recharge kit, and a floor scale.
Equipment
(FF&E)
Provide cylinder for extinguishing agent recovery (if halon is used, accommodate a 690 kg
(1500 lb) cylinder). Consider placing the agent recovery tanks outside the exterior wall of this
room and connect via utility lines to a discharge point inside the room. If this approach is
taken, provide a remote gauge in the room that displays the tank's fill status.
Locate access to Fire Extinguisher Maintenance and Storage away from Apparatus Bay exterior
Special
circulation.
Requirements
4-13
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