Is a portable fire extinguisher required to be installed in an area that contains stationary oil-burning equipment?
Yes. Building owners seeking to replace sand pails with a portable fire extinguisher should install a dry chemical extinguisher with a minimum 20 B:C rating, or a carbon dioxide extinguisher with a minimum 2 B:C rating. Previously, the requirement for a portable fire extinguisher to be provided in an area that contains oil-burning equipment was set forth in the rules of the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), 2 RCNY 16-01(n)(7). Such provision required one approved hand held fire extinguisher of not less than a two quart capacity suitable for oil fires, or two rounded bottom pails filled with sand. This BSA provision has long been interpreted to require either a 10 pound carbon dioxide (CO2), or a 5 pound dry chemical portable fire extinguisher, or the two sand pails. The new Fire Code no longer accepts sand pails as an approved portable fire extinguishing medium, and effective July 1, 2008, sand pails must be replaced with a portable fire extinguisher of an appropriate
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