The NFPA guidelines state that the distance from the floor to the top of the fire extinguisher to be no more than 5 feet. At the present time, raised and brailled characters or other special ADA signage are not required for fire protection cabinets.
The United Kingdom differs from alcoholism figures reported in the USA and Australia. Individuals who were born in Ireland or Scotland (or White ethnic groups) have the highest levels of alcohol consumption at risky or high risk levels. The other major ethnic groups who live in the United Kingdom are those from South Asia (India, Pakistan & Bangladesh) and Africa.
U.S. drinks the lowest amount of alcohol in the developed world, figures reveal. The U.S. has one of the lowest rates of drinking in the developed world, new figures have revealed. Average Americans drank just 9.4 litres of alcohol a year - the same as 470 pints of mild beer or 31 glasses of wine. The figure is much lower than Europe where the average British drinker sinks 1100 pints of beer each year and Russians have 1350 pints of beer and 90 bottles of vodka.