When is the last time you checked your flares and fire bottles? The flares have an obvious expiration. Too bad it was 20 years ago.
Fire extinguishers should replaced every 12 years if not be marked with an expiration date. NFPA 10 actually calls out a hydrostatic test and the non-refillables (disposables) are exempt, but the 12 year interval is generally considered to be the life of a disposable. In any event, since this one was made 32 years ago (1987) and it's my butt in the boat, it and it's 1986 mate are going to the county haz-mat waste and being replaced. West Marine currently has a 2 for 1 deal that is impossible to pass up.
ref https://nctc.fws.gov/courses/programs/safety/fireext/FWS Fire Extinguisher Inspection Training.pdf
Fire extinguishers should replaced every 12 years if not be marked with an expiration date. NFPA 10 actually calls out a hydrostatic test and the non-refillables (disposables) are exempt, but the 12 year interval is generally considered to be the life of a disposable. In any event, since this one was made 32 years ago (1987) and it's my butt in the boat, it and it's 1986 mate are going to the county haz-mat waste and being replaced. West Marine currently has a 2 for 1 deal that is impossible to pass up.
ref https://nctc.fws.gov/courses/programs/safety/fireext/FWS Fire Extinguisher Inspection Training.pdf