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Using waste fire extinguishers for training: RPS 221

Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and use waste fire extinguishers to train people to fight fires.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 29 May 2019
• Last updated: 5 February 2025
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  1. 5 February 2025

     We have updated this RPS to the latest template. The next review date is 31 December 2027.

  2. 17 January 2022

     Excluded the use of fire extinguishers that contain perfluorooctanoic acid or fluorosurfactants. Corrected the waste code to 16 05 05 and extended the review date to 1 December 2024.

  3. 29 May 2019

     First published.

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This regulatory position statement (RPS) does not change your legal requirement to have an environmental permit for a waste operation when you store waste fire extinguishers.

However, the Environment Agency will not normally take enforcement action if you do not comply with this legal requirement if you meet the requirements in the RPS.

The regulatory position does not apply to any other legal requirements.