Promulgation of Circular 55/2024/TT-BCA amending 04 Circulars on fire prevention and fighting in Vietnam
Promulgation of Circular 55/2024/TT-BCA amending 04 Circulars on fire prevention and fighting in Vietnam
On October 31, 2024, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam issued Circular 55/2024/TT-BCA amending the following 04 Circulars:
- Amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular 141/2020/TT-BCA dated December 23, 2020, by the Minister of Public Security, stipulating inspection work on fire prevention, fighting, rescue, and relief by the People's Public Security forces.
- Amending and supplementing Clauses 1, 3, and 4 of Article 5 of Circular 150/2020/TT-BCA dated December 31, 2020, by the Minister of Public Security, stipulating the equipment for fire prevention, fighting, rescue, and relief, for the civil defense forces, basic and specialized fire prevention and fighting forces.
- Amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular 82/2021/TT-BCA dated August 6, 2021, by the Minister of Public Security, stipulating standards, duties, training, checking professional operations for design appraisal, acceptance inspection of fire prevention and fighting by the Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police forces.
- Amending and supplementing certain articles of Circular 06/2022/TT-BCA dated January 17, 2022, by the Minister of Public Security, stipulating the process of implementing tasks of fire prevention, fighting, rescue, and relief in the People's Public Security.
Furthermore, 03 appendices are issued with Circular 55/2024/TT-BCA, including:
(1) Appendix 1: List of components of documents submitted for signature regarding fire prevention, fighting, rescue, and relief in the People's Public Security of Vietnam.
(2) Appendix 2: List and number of firefighting and rescue equipment provided for one basic firefighting team.
(3) Appendix 3: List and number of firefighting and rescue equipment provided for one specialized firefighting team.
Promulgation of Circular 55/2024/TT-BCA amending 04 Circulars on fire prevention and fighting in Vietnam (Image from the Internet)
List and quantity of firefighting and rescue equipment provided for 01 specialized firefighting team in Vietnam
Based on Appendix 3 issued with Circular 55/2024/TT-BCA, the list and quantity of firefighting and rescue equipment provided for one specialized firefighting team are as follows:
|
No. |
ITEM |
QUANTITY |
UNIT |
NOTES |
|
1 |
Personal lighting device (Flashlight with 300 lm brightness, waterproof IPX5) |
03 |
Unit |
Replace if broken |
|
2 |
Axe (2 kg weight, 90 cm long handle, high-strength carbon steel) |
02 |
Unit |
Replace if broken |
|
3 |
Crowbar (one pointed end, one flat end; 100 cm long) |
01 |
Unit |
Replace if broken |
|
4 |
Hammer (high-strength carbon steel, 5 kg weight, 50 cm long handle) |
01 |
Unit |
Replace if broken |
|
5 |
Pliers (60 cm long, 60 kg cutting capacity) |
01 |
Unit |
Replace if broken |
|
6 |
Rescue rope (30 m long, polyester fiber, water and fire resistant, heat resistant; 500 kg load; tensile strength 100 KN) |
02 |
Coil |
Replace if broken |
|
7 |
Firefighting ladder (minimum length 3.5m; must support a minimum load of 150kg) |
01 |
Unit |
Replace if broken |
|
8 |
Equipment for first aid to victims |
01 |
Box |
Replace if broken |
|
9 |
Radio communication system (Handheld radios meeting IP55 standard) |
02 |
Unit |
Replace if broken |
What actions are prohibited in fire prevention and fighting in Vietnam?
Based on Article 13 of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting 2001 (supplemented by Clause 8, Article 1 of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting 2013), the following acts are prohibited in fire prevention and fighting:
- Intentionally causing fires or explosions harmful to human life and health; causing damage to the property of the State, agencies, organizations, or individuals; negatively affecting the environment, security, and social safety.
- Obstructing fire prevention and fighting activities; opposing people executing duties of fire prevention and fighting.
- Abusing fire prevention and fighting to violate human life and health; infringing the property of the State, agencies, organizations, and individuals.
- Falsely reporting fires.
- Failing to report a fire when having conditions to do so; delaying fire reporting.
- Producing, storing, transporting, using, and illegally trading in fire and explosive hazardous materials.
- Illegally bringing flammable and explosive goods into crowded places.
- Constructing fire and explosion hazardous works, high-rise buildings, commercial centers without approved fire prevention and fighting designs; accepting and using fire and explosion hazardous works, high-rise buildings, and commercial centers without sufficient fire safety conditions.
- Appropriating, destroying, damaging, arbitrarily altering, moving, or obscuring fire prevention and fighting equipment, signs, or escape routes.
- Other acts violating the provisions of the law on fire prevention and fighting.
