Local storage owner objects to extinguisher rule as city cites fire-code requirement

Jan 14, 2026

A Casper Discount Storage owner told the Mills council he was denied a business license for lacking a fire inspection and says portable-extinguisher requirements would cost his business about $3,000; city staff cited International Fire Code section 906 and said extinguishers must be reachable within 75 feet.

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Marv Kristofferson, owner of Casper Discount Storage, told the City of Mills council during public comment that he was refused a business license last year because he lacked a fire inspection and declined to install portable fire extinguishers he says are not required for his drive-up storage units.

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