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THE PROMPT
Newsletter of the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries
Volume 2, No. 12, December 2010

INSURANCE TIPS

Fire extinguishers: Part 2

Factors influencing effectiveness

• Readily visible
• Uniformly distributed
• Easily accessible
• Relatively free from blockage by storage and equipment
• Near normal paths of travel
• Near points of ingress
• Protected from corrosive atmosphere and potential accidental or malicious damage
• Training of employees in their locations and proper handling

Inspection and maintenance

Once fire extinguishers have been installed, it becomes the owner's responsibility to maintain extinguishers so that they remain fully operational. To fulfill this responsibility, there should be a program to provide periodic inspection and an effective maintenance program. As a minimum, the following should be included:

• Inspecting extinguishers visually once a month (i.e. condition of hose and coupling, if charged, corrosion, etc.)
• Providing annual maintenance checks (stored pressure units do not require internal examination)
• Keeping annul test records for one year
• Emptying and giving maintenance checks every six years to stored-pressure units. Dry chemical extinguishers require hydrostatic testing every 12 years (this procedure is not required for non-refillable, disposable, dry chemical units)
• Providing equivalent replacements while extinguishers are being tested or recharged.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

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CARI EVENTS

CARI's 70th Annual CARI Convention
June 23 – 25
at the Fairmont Whistler in Whistler, British Columbia

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CARI's Annual Golf Tournament
August 18
at the Legends on the Niagara
www.niagaralegends.com

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CARI's 14th Annual Consumers' Night
October (TBA)
at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto

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For information on CARI events contact Donna Turner at (905) 426-9313.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

December

Dec. 6 – 8 London, UK
Iron Ore Trading World Europe 2010
Terrapinn Holdings Ltd.
www.terrapinn.com/template/live/documents.aspx?e=3776&d=636
Phone: 44-(0)20-7827-5993
E-Mail: jonathan.whelan [at] terrapinn.com

Dec. 9 – 12 Hyderabad, India
Waste Management Expo 2010 (WME'10)
Conventions & Fairs (India) Pvt. Ltd
www.wmeonline.in
Phone: 91-22-2839-8000
Fax: 91-22-2839-0502
E-Mail: conventions [at] mtnl.net.in

2011

January

Jan. 17 Detroit, USA
ISRI Annual Auto Show Meeting
ISRI
Contact : Tony Levin
Phone: 586-759-6518
E-Mail: tony.levin [at] slcmetals.com

Jan. 19 – 21 Salzburg, Austria
10th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2011
ICM AG
www.icm.ch/10th-international-electronics-recycling-congress-ierc-2011
Phone: 41-62-785-1000
E-Mail: info [at] icm.ch

April

Apr. 5 - 9 Los Angeles, USA
ISRI Annual Convention and Exposition
ISRI
http://www.isriconvention.org/
Phone: 919-563-5291
E-Mail: cstann [at] meetinginsistes.com

May

May 23 - 25 Singapore
BIR 2011 World Recycling Convention & Exhibition
BIR
http://www.bir.org/events/future-events/singapore-2011/singapore-provisional-sequence-of-meetings/