According to clues provided by insiders, in early January 2024, reporters came to a well-known hardware and electrical market in central China, where many fire extinguishers were wholesaled. However, the low quotations from some businesses and the fire-extinguishing effects they claim are frightening.
Dingsheng Fire Equipment Store Merchant: The one worth 30 yuan a bottle is guaranteed not to put out the fire.
30 yuan, if it doesn’t put out the fire, is this still a fire extinguisher? A reporter at a store called "Dingsheng Transportation Facilities Fire Equipment Wholesale" found that there were a large number of fire extinguishers of various types placed at the entrance of the store. The fire extinguisher brands were produced in various places and the prices were also high and low.
Dingsheng Fire Equipment Store Merchant: 50% ammonium dihydrogen phosphate content, both national standard and non-standard. The national standard bottle costs more than 40 yuan, and the non-standard bottle only costs more than 30 yuan.
non-standard, national standard? During the investigation, the reporter found that although there are many brands of fire extinguishers on the market, all products are roughly divided into two categories: one is national standard fire extinguishers produced by regular manufacturers that comply with national fire equipment standards. One type is "look-alike" fire extinguishers that appear to meet national standards in appearance but actually do not meet the standards in function. They are also known as non-standard fire extinguishers.
Dingsheng Fire Equipment Store Merchant: You can’t tell from the appearance, but the agent inside is ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, which has ingredients. It is recommended that you buy the 36 yuan bottle, which is also non-standard. But it contains more than 50% ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, which can extinguish fires. It's just that you can't do random inspections, and it won't work once you do random inspections.
According to the national standard gb 4066-2017 dry powder fire extinguishing agent, the main component of abc dry powder fire extinguishing agent is ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, with a content of 75% and an ammonium sulfate content of 15%. It is suitable for extinguishing Class A, Class B, and Class C fires. . The "Xiangdalong ABC Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher" recommended by the boss of
is marked with a content of 75% ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and 15% ammonium sulfate as the main ingredients, but the actual content is only about 50%. The boss and reporters admitted that this fire extinguisher is also "non-standard" and cannot pass the random inspection, but there are "other ways".
store salesperson: Last time I sent a batch of "non-standard" products to customers, and got ten national standards for customers. Customers only need ten national standards, and you have to know where to put the things.
The reporter here also found that they are all non-standard fire extinguishers, but the prices are very different. Take a fire extinguisher with a dry powder content of 4 kilograms as an example. Some stores sell it for 58 yuan, while others can buy it for only 30 yuan. The price difference is nearly double. The content of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, an effective fire-extinguishing ingredient, has also secretly dropped from 75% to 50%, and in some cases even to 20%. The quality is not the worst, only worse.
Does the phenomenon of selling inferior non-standard fire extinguishers also exist in other regions? The reporter visited the Yueya Fire Protection Market in South China and found that some unscrupulous merchants here were also openly selling inferior fire extinguishers.
During a visit to the hardware firefighting market in the southwest region, this hardware firefighting equipment store called Jiebao Trading also sells non-standard fire extinguishers. The boss told reporters that non-standard fire extinguishers are not in stock here, but they can order from manufacturers at any time, and can also provide fire extinguishing equipment testing materials in case of emergency.
Jiebao Trading Fire Equipment Store Merchant: Do you have the certificates and test reports for non-standard fire extinguishers? It has been tested but I don’t know. The manufacturer only said that it has a test report. As for whether it can pass the test, I don’t know. Anyway, the manufacturer can provide you with a test report.
According to Article 65 of the "Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", if anyone violates the provisions of this law and produces or sells unqualified fire protection products or fire protection products that have been eliminated by the state, the product quality supervision department or the industrial and commercial administration department shall comply with the provisions of the "Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China". According to the provisions of the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China, severe penalties will be imposed.
Where are these non-standard fire extinguishers on the market produced? The reporter conducted investigations and visits in many places across the country. Minxiang Fire Fighting Equipment Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in the production of fire extinguishers. As soon as the reporter walked into the production workshop, several workers were filling and producing on the production line. The person in charge told reporters that non-standard fire extinguishers here can be customized.
At Chuangyi Fire Equipment Co., Ltd., workers in the factory are delivering goods. Boss Jiang, the person in charge of the company, told reporters that in order to seize the time for production and sales, they started work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
In the workshop, the reporter saw that there were many fire extinguisher bottles that had not yet been filled. Boss Jiang told reporters without hesitation that the fire extinguishers currently filled on the production line are non-standard products with only 50% content. He bluntly said that as long as he didn't say anything about the powder content in the fire extinguisher, others would have no way of knowing.
is such a company with complete procedures, certificates, and test reports, but it is quietly producing substandard fire extinguishers.
Affixed with a certificate of conformity, these disguised fire extinguishers were openly sold on the market. Boss Jiang, who has many years of production experience, said that as long as this kind of fire extinguisher is not tested, there will be no problems.
These companies are racking their brains to cut corners on fire extinguishers. The non-standard fire extinguishers they produce, coupled with a set of skills to deal with fire inspections, and a formal "ID card", a "qualified" fire extinguisher is released, and each safety hazard flows into the market.
Production person in charge of Chuangyi Fire Equipment Co., Ltd.: I am afraid that the inspection will be carried out on the March 15 party, and the inspection must be strict. Maybe it will be postponed to May or June.
Dingsheng Fire Equipment Store Merchant: It 100% cannot put out fires. To tell you the truth, the more it puts out fires, the bigger it becomes. [Source: CCTV Financial Client]
