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My town requires this. It has to be a small ABC in the kitchen fastened to the wall or displayed. Fire inspector checks once per year. Not sure if the state does but the state does not get involved in duplexes which is what I have now. --73.33.xxx.xxx

Only when a city required it at a 3 unit or if my insurance company requires it.Personally if there is a fire I would prefer everyone just get out,if they grab an estinguisher that I provided and get hurt or killed I think that would be be a lawsuit I don't need --72.231.xxx.xxx

Maybe it's because I don't panic easily...a "Class A" fire, the type that home extinguishers are recommended for...are relatively easy to smother if you're paying attention. Just don't do something dumb like throw water on a grease fire. --173.19.xx.xxx

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Yes we do, and I know of at least two tenants who were able to put out small fires and move on with no damage. One set her deck on fire with a hibachi, and the other it was some sort of kitchen fire. Not sure, just know the unit was used. --173.22.xx.xx

My property ins give a discount if we have one,/... Over the years, we find a few that has been discharged...I'm guessing it was for a good reason.. --71.192.xxx.xxx

My insurance company gives a discount if there is a small bundle of safety features: deadbolts, fire extinguishers, CO detectors, smoke detectors. --174.216.xx.x

I do. Just seems right to me along with the smoke detectors and CO detectors (if gas appliances or heat - required here by law) --65.188.xxx.xxx

Had to purchase a new one but I'm sure it was the kids in the one unit that just pulled the pin and pushed the trigger on it. Idiot parents just swept the stuff into the corner and left it there for me to find. Good thing there wasn't a fire ... kind of makes it useless if you know it's going to work. But hey, what do we know? --69.201.xx.xxx

Smoke detectors and CO at least one per floor are required here. --75.181.xxx.xx

I provide in kitchen & on patio at each house. not sure if anyone keeps 5lb bags of baking soda around or a measuring cup for small kitchen (pan) fires.....I would think the first thing someone looks for is an extinguisher rather than looking in the pantry & kitchen drawers. nonsensical. --104.218.xxx.xx

No, I don't want the liability. I do provide 2nd story fire escape ladders for 2nd story bedrooms though. --50.32.xxx.xxx

FYI: There was just a major Kidde fire extinguisher recall a week or so ago. --73.102.xxx.xx

It amazes me sometimes that there are some who imagine there is liability by fact of providing safety equipment for use in an emergency. Also nonsensical. --97.94.xxx.xx

I would be more concerned about the risk of everyone trying to escape a fire that could have been put out by extinguisher but have to try & clamber down a (what type) ladder 2 stories up........this logic just confounds me... --97.94.xxx.xx

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The same smoke detectors that they remove the batteries from anyway.... --50.32.xxx.xxx

Yes. I mount an ABC fire extinguisher in every kitchen - in a cabinet away from the stove - usually under the sink. Part of what is signed off on the move-in inspection form during final walk-through is operation of and how to check smoke alarms & fire extinguisher. --68.105.xxx.xxx

My City, Los Angeles, requires in multi-family properties the landlord has extinguishers in metal boxes with breakable glass fronts no further than 50 feet from every unit and they are to professionally inspected and re-certified annually. What a pain in the neck! --47.156.xx.xx

I provide 2 fire extinguishers one in the kitchen and one in the basement or second floor. --173.61.xxx.xxx

My insurance offers a discount so we examine and charge tenant for empty ones - they have care and custody of this, this like other damages is not a security deduction, add to next rent cycle. --76.188.xxx.xx

Insurance requires it at one building in the common hallway and in one building in each unit. As for in each unit fire dept says they would rather tenants just got out and called 911. If you have the kiddie brand call with the serial numbers, etc. all of mine at home, apartments, and boat fall under the current recall. --24.61.xxx.xx

I provide them in the kitchen, the garage, and outside of the laundry room. --71.175.xxx.xxx

I did provide fire extinguishers and then I went to a Property Management Association meeting where an Inspector from the Fire Department was speaking. I asked him about fire extinguishers and he said that if they were provided by the landlord then the landlord had to inspect them every month! With ten properties that is 120 inspections a year. He said if you gave the extinguishers to the tenant then that was OK. Such is the bureaucratic mind. I promptly wrote to each tenant gifting them the fire extinguisher in their unit. Some of them have walked off with them on leaving and I am not replacing them. It is a case of over regulation overcoming common sense in my view. --174.91.xxx.xx

I'm not sure if any tenant would really think about the fact that there was a fire extinguisher and if they did - not sure they would know what to do with it. I just cringe when I think of a possibility of a fire in a property. I really just want them to get out and call the fire department unless they are clear thinkers and know enough to think smart and act appropriately. Unfortunately I don't think there are many out there (even the smart ones). --69.201.xx.xxx

Degrees of culpability are always interesting in civil injury suits. --173.19.xx.xxx

no. the liability is not something i am wiling to shoulder. i prefer fire insurance with a 500 deductible AND loss of rents coverage. not callous...just tired of paying for other peoples' stupid --76.176.xxx.xxx

When I started this business 22 years ago. I put a fire extinguisher in every unit right next to the stove. This has served me well. I’ve never had a fire get out of control I have had 5 extinguishers used with no fire damage. --166.137.xxx.xx

There is no extinguisher requirement state wide but many local communities require it. --24.101.xxx.xxx

We also provide one fire escape ladder to all 2 story units. The boxes are sealed with red duct tape and initialed if the seal is broken they are charged for a new one. --68.50.xx.xx

hopefully not charged if had to be used...I do also install co2 detectors in all rentals. --166.137.xxx.xx

We put one in every unit. We try to put it near the door to the kitchen escape rout - kitchen fires are the most common --want the tenant to be near the exit. --71.63.xxx.xxx