FOR ALL YOUR FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENT AND NEEDS
398. (1) Every mini-bus operating for reward shall carry in a readily accessible position at least one fire extinghuisher which shall be of-
(a) the dry powder type with a capacity of at least one kilogram; or
(b) the halogenated hydrocarbon type (BCF) with a capacity of at least one kilogram,
and which shall be in good working order.
(2) Every bus operating for reward shall carry in a readdily accessible position at least one fire extinguiher which shall be of-
(a) the dry powder type with a capacity of at least two and a half kilograms;or
(b) the halonated hydrocarbon type with a capacity of at least one kilogram,
and shall be in a good working order.
BCF(BTM) - its use has been banned by the Montreal Protocol and since then halogenated hydrocarbon (BCF) can no longer be refilled in SOUTH AFRICA. And the selling of new BCF extinguishers is prohibited.
