NFPA (Fire) 10 ✓ Most Recent

Portable fire extinguishers are a critical first line of defense against small fires when used by trained personnel. For the best protection, be sure to select, use, and maintain extinguishers using the latest requirements in the most up-to-date edition of NFPA 10, Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers. You can depend on this important standard for comprehensive rules for the distribution, placement, operation, and inspection of portable fire extinguishers, as well as rules for testing and recharging.

The 2026 edition features several significant updates, including:

• New definition of foam to capture all chemical-based forms, replacing aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), film-forming fluoroprotein foam (FFFP), and synthetic fluorine-free foam (SFFF)
• Expanded Chapter 5 Annex A material to clarify what types of equipment should and should not be considered delicate electronic equipment
• Added Chapter 7 requirements to allow for a performance-based inspection program that can extend or reduce the frequency of fire extinguisher inspections
• New condemned extinguisher requirements in Chapter 8 that clarify the proper disposal procedures of non-specific cylinders not addressed in Department of Transportation (DoT) or Transport Canda (TC) regulations