R 408.10914 Requirements.

Rule 914. (1) A fixed fire equipment system, as listed in R 408.10921 and R 408.10941 to R 408.10976, shall be installed for all of the following: (a) All areas inside a building where flammable liquids are mixed, dispensed or applied, or used for washing or quenching, except either of the following: (i) A dip tank holding less than 150 gallons, having less than 4 square feet of liquid surface or both. (ii) As dispensed from an approved safety container of 5 gallons or less. (b) Other areas where the quantities of flammables are likely to burn rapidly and injure a nearby employee. Such a system shall be classed according to table 1. Other equivalent systems may be used, if such systems meet standards or tests of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs and are installed and maintained in accordance with nationally recognized requirements. (2) Where a fixed fire equipment system is required or is installed and in use, it shall be installed and maintained as prescribed in R 408.10916 to R 408.10984. (3) Except as prescribed in R 408.10971, a fixed fire equipment system containing an active agent or propellant whose thermal decomposition product of products have a level of vapor toxicity equal to or greater than any of the materials listed in table 2 shall not be used, installed for use, or allowed to remain installed for use where an employee would be exposed to the agent or propellant. TABLE 1 HAZARD EXTINGUISHER AGENT TYPE AND CONTENTS CLASS A FIRE FOAM, MULTI-PURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL, HALOGENATED AGENTS, WATER. CLASS B FIRE CARBON DIOXIDE, DRY CHEMICAL, FOAM, WATER, MULTILPURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL, HALOGENATED AGENTS SUCH AS HALON 1301. CLASS C FIRE CARBON DIOXIDE, DRY CHEMICAL, MULTI-PURPOSE DRY CHEMICAL, WATER MIST, HALOGENATED AGENTS. CLASS D FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENT LISTED FOR USE ON A SPECIFIC COMBUSTIBLE METAL HAZARD. TABLE 2 1. Carbon tetrachloride, CCL4 2. Chlorobromomethane, CH2Br CL 3. Azeotropic chlormethane, CM7 4. Didbromodifluoromethane, CBr2F2 5. 1, 2-dibromo-2 chloro-1, 1, 2-trifluorothane, Cbr F2CBrCLf 6. 1, 2-dibromo-2, 2-difluorothane, CH2BrCBrF2 7. Methyl bromide, CH3Br 8. Ethylene dibromide, CH2BrCH2Br 9. Hydrogen bromide, HRr 10. Methylene bromide, CH2Br2 11. Bromodifluromethane, CHBrF2