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If I am reading this correctly, this means that fire extinguishers mounted on the floor in the standard manner would not be legal, because the latch would open upward, rather than sideways or to the rear. Is this what is intended? If not, can someone point out the error in my interpretation? If so, ...

This change was mentioned at the 2007 and 2008 rules meetings. From the posts I have read, those mentions were ignored. Such is the way of the world if you are competent - your comments get ignored. No I did not mention it. That is one reason it was not mentioned at the 2009 rules meeting. Those oth...