Tagged, charged, and ready to pull.

Clancy's sells, inspects and recharges fire extinguishers for New Ulm businesses. Call when the tags come due, before the fire marshal or your insurer notices first.

Call (507) 354-3478 Fax (507) 354-7060

A red extinguisher cabinet with a glass window mounted on a brick wall in low afternoon sun. — A cabinet on a brick wall still needs someone to open it once a year and look inside.

The tag on the handle

The tag records who looked at the extinguisher and when. Inspectors, insurers and fire marshals read it first.

An annual inspection covers the parts that fail quietly:

pressure gauge reading in the green
pull pin in place, tamper seal unbroken
hose and nozzle clear, no cracks
label readable, cylinder free of dents and rust
bracket solid, unit easy to reach

Then the month gets punched and the unit goes back on its hook.

A round pressure gauge with a pale blue face on an orange metal fitting. — A needle tells you more than a date does.

A wall-mounted extinguisher with a paper service tag hanging from the handle beside the gauge and pull pin. — Service tag, pull pin and gauge. Printing on this tag has been softened; it belongs to someone else.

A single red extinguisher hanging on a painted teal wall, lit from one side. — Ten seconds a month: look at it, then walk on.

Between visits, it's on you

Every month: NFPA 10 asks owners to glance at each unit. Needle in the green, pin in place, nothing stacked in front of it.
Every year: A full maintenance check by a qualified person, recorded on the tag. That is the visit to call us for.
Every few years: Depending on the type, cylinders need internal maintenance or a pressure test. Your tag history tells us which.

A pressure gauge and valves on a pipe run in front of a frosted window. — Pressure is the whole job. Without it, the powder stays in the can.

A hand writing on a clipboard with a pen. — Write down where every unit hangs.

Wrenches, pliers and hand tools hung on a white pegboard above a workbench. — Recharging is bench work: valves, seals, a scale and a gauge.

Used it once? Recharge it.

A partly used extinguisher is an empty one. Once the valve has opened, it can leak down over the following weeks.

The same goes for a unit that was knocked off its bracket, or one whose needle has crept out of the green.

Call us. It goes back on the wall refilled, sealed and tagged.

Buying new extinguishers

The right unit depends on what could burn. Multipurpose ABC dry chemical covers most offices, stores and shops.

Kitchens with fryers need a Class K unit. Electrical rooms and server closets often get CO2. Tell us the room and we'll tell you what fits.

An extinguisher strapped to a black column beside a window with a green frame. — Mounted by the exit, where people already walk.

A red extinguisher hanging under a fire extinguisher sign on a bare concrete wall. — A sign above it matters once shelving goes up in front.

A small red extinguisher and sign on a pale plaster wall. — Small units suit vehicles and offices. Shops need more capacity.

Five red extinguishers hanging in a row on a dark green painted wooden wall. — Buying several at once? One inspection date for all of them makes next year easier.

Where they hang

Every building has a different reason for needing one. These are the places we hear about most.

An empty stainless steel commercial kitchen with a long exhaust hood over the cooking line.

Restaurant and commercial kitchens

Oil fires need Class K wet chemical, mounted within reach of the fryers. Water and ABC powder are the wrong tools on a grease fire.

Your hood suppression system is a separate inspection with its own tag.

A bank of stainless deep fryers with wire baskets under a hood. — Fryers set the rules.

A steel pot on a range burner beside a fryer basket in a busy kitchen. — Keep the unit out of the splash zone but within a few steps.

A wide empty warehouse with a polished concrete floor and steel roof trusses. — Big open floors need units spaced out, not clustered by the office.

A long warehouse aisle between tall shelves of cardboard boxes. — Racking moves. Check the units are still visible.

Warehouses, plants and shops

Distance matters more than count. For ordinary combustibles, NFPA 10 sets 75 feet as the longest walk to the nearest extinguisher.

When the floor plan changes, the layout of units should change with it.

Farm shops and machine sheds

Fuel, hay, welders and dust all share one building. Units that ride on tractors and combines shake their powder solid.

Turn those upside down and tap the cylinder now and then. Have them checked with the rest.

An old red tractor parked in the dark doorway of a shed. — Older tractors, older wiring.

A weathered wooden machine shed with its doors open and yellow equipment inside, under tall green trees. — One unit just inside the door, where you would reach for it on the way out.

An old belt-driven drill press in a dusty workshop lit by high windows. — Shop dust settles on everything, gauges included.

Brick buildings, new tenants

Many downtown buildings have had a dozen businesses inside them. Extinguishers get left behind, moved, or forgotten in a back room.

If you just took over a space, start by finding every unit and reading its tag.

An old red brick facade with arched windows and decorative brick corbels. — Illustrative photo; not a New Ulm building.

A three-storey red brick commercial building with white sash windows against a cloudy sky. — Upper floors and back stairs are where expired tags hide.

Call Clancy's

(507) 354-3478

Fax: (507) 354-7060
Address: [STREET ADDRESS], New Ulm, MN [ZIP]
Hours: [HOURS, e.g. Mon to Fri, 8 to 5]
Email: office@example.com

Have a count ready: how many extinguishers, what type if you know, and the month on the current tags.