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This study is intended to provide legislative direction for fire products life expectancy. Domestic and international lawsrelating to fire products life expectancy have been reviewed, and the results of a Fire Safety Manager Consciousness(FSMC) survey were analyzed. The FSMC survey has been designed in order to assist with the establishment of appropriatefire safety policy. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 660 fire safety administrators from 17 municipal andprovincial districts, with the intention of gaining expertise on the extension of life-span for 32 fire products. The surveyalso asked for candidates opinions on future policy direction. Based on the survey results and the review of policies withinother nations, we have devised a set of policy issues with the intention of extending the life-span of fire-safety items. Thesurvey result revealed that 79.3% of Fire Safety Managers (FSMs) concurred with the establishment of legislation regardingthe maintenance and correct care of fire-safety products. Overall, over 30% of FSMs were in favor of regulationsregarding Ddry chemical fire extinguishers (77.3%), fire detectors (44.6%), fire hoses (44.4%), gaseous agent fire extinguisher(40.6%), automatic descending life lines (36.2%), exit lights (35.9%), air respirators (35.9%), extinguishing systemsfor residential cooking facilities (33.9%), automatic spray-type extinguishing units (33.9%), emergency lights(31.2%), and gas leakage detectors (30.7%). Especially, among these, dry chemical fire extinguishers (60.0%), detectors(20.0%), and fire hose (18.8%) were identified as the fire products primarily in need of maintenance legislation. The generalconsensus is that fire products older than 10 years need to be replaced. Based on the survey results, there was generalagreement that fire product life expectancy is in need of legislation. This study recommends the introduction of fire productlife expectancy legislation in phases.

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