2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-23 - Equipment and Accessories Generally
Chapter 31-23-54 - School buses – Fire extinguishers.
§ 31-23-54 School buses – Fire extinguishers. – Every school bus shall be equipped with at least one pressurized, dry chemical-type fire extinguisher, mounted in the manufacturer's extinguisher bracket and located in the driver's compartment in full view of and readily accessible to the driver. A pressure gauge shall be so mounted on the extinguisher so that it may be easily read without removing the extinguisher from its mounted position. The fire extinguisher shall have a minimum capacity of two and one-half pounds (2 1/2 lbs.) and be of a type approved by the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., with a rating of not less than ten (10) B.C. The operating mechanism shall be sealed with a type of seal that will not interfere with use of the fire extinguisher.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1986, ch. 448, § 2.)
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