: not expendable: such as. a : not able to be easily replaced nonexpendable personnel. b : not normally used up or consumed in service nonexpendable equipment/supplies.

What is an expendable item?

Expendable Items means any items used to prevent, mitigate, suppress, or contain any discharge or threatened discharge, which cannot be reused or replenished or replaced without cost after use or deployed in an emergency response action.

What is a expendable item example?

Supplies that are consumed in use, such as ammunition, paint, fuel, cleaning and preserving materials, surgical dressings, drugs, medicines, etc., or that lose their identity, such as spare parts, etc. Also called consumable supplies and materiel.