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Maybe I'm misremembering, but do most luxury stores have fire extinguishers visible to customers (as opposed to staff)? I don't remember seeing them

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Usually luxury stores have sprinkler protection, availability of fire hose reels, etc.

In Australia this would not comply with our fire code. Putting it behind a cabinet is fine; but it must have visible signs that can be seen from 20m away with a 20/20 eyesight (assuming no obstruction etc).

This applies to all portable extinguishers; even if it’s additional ones you’ve added beyond what’s required. The idea and intent is simple: train people and first responders to locate portable fire extinguishers by the sign.

I don't recall Coach bags catching fire[1] though.

[1]: https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/09/iphone-battery-fi...

I wonder if fire safety code (either in NYC, NY State, or nationally) has caught up with some sort of specific regulation for additional fire safety when you have N amount of watt-hours of lithium ion battery storage contained in X amount of square feet of retail space with Y type of fire suppression/detection systems. The same general concept as why you can't take above a 99Wh battery on an airplane as an individual unit, but extended to something like the Apple Store or the laptop display section in a Best Buy.

The closest thing I've seen is a big push from the NYC government to get people to stop charging their sketchy ebike/scooter battery packs indoors in hallways and apartments, which has caused more than a few fires.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=nyc+ebike...

They don't use fire extinguishers for lithium battery fires though (as the article mentioned: submerging it in special sand).

I wonder if it would actually be a negative if a member of the public grabbed a visible extinguisher during a battery fire?

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