Product Safety Recall – Strike First Corporation Of America
Strike First 2.5 lb and 5 lb Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishers assembled between December 2002 and February 2004

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PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL STRIKE FIRST CORPORATION OF AMERICA NOTICE TO OWNER

TO: OWNERS OF CERTAIN STRIKE FIRST FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SUBJECT: Strike First 2.5 lb and 5 lb Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishers • Models WBSF-ABC110AP, WBSF-ABC210AP and WBSF-ABC340AP • Certain serial numbers only (see below) DATE: December 2005

Strike First retrofit program Strike First Corporation of America (“Strike First”) has determined that the valve stem seat in a number of its 2.5 and 5 lb Strike First dry chemical fire extinguishers is oversized. The oversized part prevents some of the affected fire extinguishers from discharging their contents at the proper velocity, or at all, when the lever is activated. As a result of this condition, Strike First has initiated a fire extinguisher retrofit program for potentially affected units.

How does the retrofit program work? Strike First is making available to qualified fire extinguisher service organizations, free of charge, retrofit kits for retrofitting the fire extinguishers that are affected by this Notice. If you currently possess fire extinguishers that fall within the range of serial numbers affected by this Notice, Strike First asks that you immediately contact your fire extinguisher service company to request that the affected units be retrofitted. Once the valve stem assembly in an affected unit is properly replaced by a qualified fire extinguisher service organization, the unit will discharge as intended.

How to identify affected units Only Strike First models WBSF-ABC110AP, WBSF-ABC210AP and WBSF-ABC340AP with the following serial numbers are subject to this Notice.

Model number Affected serial numbers WBSF-ABC110AP TC101566-TC108819 WBSF-ABC210AP TC114969-TC135000 VV822001-VV832000 WH161001-WH167622 WBSF-ABC340AP TC135894-TC142345

To locate the serial number, look at the label of the fire extinguisher, below the “UL” mark, as depicted in the following photographs:

Contacting Strike First For further information please contact Strike First directly by mail, phone, fax, email or internet at any of the following addresses: Strike First Corporation of America, 1330 Progress Drive, Front Royal, Virginia, 22630. Telephone: 1-800-255-5515. Fax: 1-800-822-5001. Email: info@localhost Website: www.strikefirstusa.com