N.Y. General Business Law § 391-j: Sale of fire extinguishers

§ 391-j. Sale of fire extinguishers. 1. It shall be unlawful for any

person, firm or corporation to sell or offer for sale fire extinguishers

unless the fire extinguishers offered for sale:

a. Meet the current National Fire Protection Association standards for

fire extinguishers of the model offered for sale and are labelled as

having met such standards;

b. Have been tested and approved by the Underwriters Laboratory,

Factory Mutual or other nationally accredited or accepted testing

laboratory and are labelled as having been tested and approved;

c. Have labelling securely affixed containing the following

information:

(1) Operating instructions.

(2) The class or rating identifying kinds of fires which the

particular extinguisher is suitable to use. This information shall be

presented by use of the appropriate letter rating and pictorial marking

representations.

d. Are accompanied with an instructional manual that has information

detailing operational use, basic fire safety information, information on

how and where to have the extinguisher serviced or recharged by an

authorized dealer or refer the customer to his local fire department and

any information pertaining to checking the extinguisher's contents for

operational use by the owner.

2. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil

penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for a first violation and ten

thousand dollars for each succeeding violation.