What are the fire safety requirements applicable to development of projects on and designs for construction in Vietnam?
What are the fire safety requirements applicable to development of projects on and designs for construction in Vietnam?
According to Article 11 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP, it is stipulated as follows:
Fire safety requirements applicable to development of projects on and designs for construction or renovation or repurposing of works
Development of projects on and designs for construction or renovation or repurposing of works and work items (hereinafter collectively referred to as “works”) must be compliant with fire safety regulations and standards. To be specific:
1. Building sites of works must ensure adequate fire safety separation distance from surrounding works.
2. Every work must have a fire resistance level appropriate to its size and purpose; and have solutions for fire safety and preventing fire from spreading to other items of the work and between the work and another work.
3. Production technology, power system, lightning protection system, antistatic system and explosion protection system of works and locations of technical systems and equipment must adhere to fire safety requirements.
4. Fire escape routes, lighting and instructions and fire alarm signals; smoke exhaust ventilation systems; and rescue equipment must ensure fast and safe escape.
5. Size and load capacity of transport systems and parking lots must enable firefighting operations of motor firefighting equipment; firefighting water supply must enable firefighting activities.
6. Quantities, locations and technical specifications of fire alarm and firefighting systems and other firefighting equipment of every work must be appropriate to the characteristics and purpose of the work.
Thus, fire safety requirements applicable to development of projects on and designs for construction are implemented according to the regulations mentioned above.
What are the fire safety requirements applicable to development of projects on and designs for construction in Vietnam? What are the regulations on funding for fire safety in investment and construction?
What are the regulations on funding for fire safety in investment and construction in Vietnam?
According to Article 12 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP, the funding for fire safety in investment and construction is as follows:
- Funding for fire safety in investment and construction includes funding for the fire safety items mentioned in Articles 10 and 11 of this Decree and other amounts of funding for development of fire safety design projects and appraisal, testing, inspection, construction and commissioning in relation to fire safety.
- Funding for fire safety in investment and construction must be allocated during the stage of work design and investment project development.
Vietnam: Which projects must undergo building site approval prior to design?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP as follows:
Development and appraisal of fire safety design
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4. Components of applications for fire safety design appraisal:
a) For application for feedback on construction planning scheme: application for consideration of and feedback on fire safety solution of entity formulating the planning (made using Form No. PC06); documents and detailed planning drawings at a scale of 1/2000 (for industrial parks of more than 20ha) or 1/500 (for the remaining cases) showing requirements for fire safety solutions mentioned in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 10 herein;
b) For application for building site approval prior to design of independent works posing fire or explosion hazard and mentioned in Sections 15 and 16 of Appendix V enclosed therewith (excluding internal filling stations and gas using facilities): application for building site approval by investor (made using Form No.06), and letter of authorization per the law if the investor authorizes another unit to carry out this task; certificate of land use rights or written proof of lawful land use rights for land of the project/work; drawings and documents showing current topographic conditions of the land relevant to fire safety such as fire resistance level of the work, distance between the work and surrounding works, wind direction and height of the work;
c) For application for feedback on fundamental design of project/work: application for consideration of and feedback on fire safety solution of investor (made using Form No. PC06), and letter of authorization per the law if the investor authorizes another unit to carry out this task; decision to approve construction investment guidelines (for state-funded projects); written approval of construction investment guidelines (if any) or investment registration certificate (if any) or certificate of land use rights or written proof of lawful land use rights (for the remaining cases); certificate of eligibility for fire prevention and fighting service business of fire safety design consultancy unit; fundamental design description and drawings showing requirements for fire safety solutions mentioned in Article 11 herein;
d) For application for appraisal of technical design or construction drawing design: application for appraisal of fire safety design of investor (made using Form No. PC06), and letter of authorization per the law if the investor authorizes another unit to carry out this task; written feedback on fundamental fire safety design from the firefighting authority (if any); decision to approve construction investment guidelines (for state-funded projects); written approval of construction investment guidelines (if any) or investment registration certificate (if any) or certificate of land use rights or written proof of lawful land use rights (for the remaining cases); certificate of eligibility for fire prevention and fighting service business of fire safety design consultancy unit; cost estimate for construction of work; drawings and description of technical design or construction drawing design showing fire safety requirements mentioned in Article 11 herein; copies of design appraisal certificate, design appraisal document, drawing bearing seal of fire safety appraisal (for renovation/amended design dossiers); document on construction design appraisal by construction authority (if any);
dd) For application for appraisal of technical design of motor vehicle subject to special fire safety requirements: application for appraisal of fire safety design of investor/vehicle owner (made using Form No. PC06), and letter of authorization per the law if the investor/vehicle owner authorizes another unit to carry out this task; certificate of eligibility for fire prevention and fighting service business of fire safety design consultancy unit; estimated investment in vehicle; technical design description and drawings showing fire safety requirements mentioned in Points b and c Clause 1 and Points b, c, d and e Clause 3 Article 8 herein;
e) Documents included in these applications shall be the authentic copy or certified or notarized true copy or copy/photocopy submitted together with its authentic copy for comparison. The design description and drawing must be certified by the applicant. For applications in a foreign language, a Vietnamese translation must be provided and the applicant shall take responsibility for the content of the translation.
Accordingly, the following works must undergo the building site approval prior to design of independent works posing fire or explosion hazard:
- Nuclear facilities; facilities for production, business, storage of industrial explosives and explosive precursors; warehouses for industrial explosives and explosive precursors; ports for import and export of industrial explosives and explosive precursors; weapon warehouses, support tools.
- Facilities for exploration, processing, production, transportation, business, and storage of petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas on land; warehouses for petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas; ports for import and export of petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas; gas stations, internal fuel stations with at least 01 fuel pump; gas business facilities, central gas supply systems with a total gas inventory of 200 kg or more.
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