Products covered (ICS 13.220.10) Fire Fighting
This addendum concerns the notification of new Draft Egyptian Standard No. ES 734 "Portable dry chemical powder fire extinguishers" (69 pages, in Arabic).
This draft specifies the principal requirements intended to ensure the safety, reliability of portable fire extinguishers, as well as determine the characteristics, minimum performance requirements, manufacturing and design, resistance to pressure and mechanical tests, test methods, maintenance and conformity assessment procedures for Portable dry chemical powder fire extinguishers of capacities 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12 kg, having a total mass of up to 25 kg when fully charged and packed, including vehicle fire extinguishers.
Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is a local specification that fits Egyptian nature, climate and comply with the following international and European standards:
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: To be determined.
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:
National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504
