03 key contents regarding the management, storage, and maintenance of fire prevention and fighting equipment in Vietnam

03 key contents regarding the management, storage, and maintenance of fire prevention and fighting equipment in Vietnam (illustrative image)

Under Circular 52/2014/TT-BCA, fire safety and firefighting equipment in Vietnam includes mechanical firefighting equipment (fire engines, fire vehicles, fire pumps, ship, boats); common firefighting equipment; clothes and personal protective equipment; rescue equipment; breaking equipment & tools; communication equipment; fire alarm system. The Circular specifies 03 key contents regarding the management, storage, and maintenance of fire prevention and fighting equipment in Vietnam as follows:

1. Principles in management, storage and maintenance of fire prevention and fighting equipment in Vietnam

- Comply with the provisions set out in this Circular and other relevant law provisions

- Keep strict control and take action as ordered

- Ensure proper technical process, manner, safety, economy and efficiency.

2. Prohibited acts

- Expropriation, sale, exchange, mortgaging, swap, replacement and lending of fire safety and firefighting equipment assigned for management, storage, maintenance and other acts of profiteering.

- Discretionary modification of structure and functions of fire prevention and fighting equipment

- Using fire safety and firefighting equipment with wrong purpose, limit and mode

- Intentional destruction of fire prevention and fighting equipment assigned for management, storage and maintenance

3. Storage of fire prevention and fighting equipment in Vietnam

- Fire engines, dedicated vehicles, fire pumps must be placed inside roofed rooms; fire-trains, fireboats must be parked in such a place that operation is facilitated.

- Other fire safety and firefighting equipment must be safely managed and ready for operation as needed.

- Storage of fire safety and firefighting equipment must ensure fire and explosion safety and meet environmental protection conditions.

- Heads of agencies, organizations and facilities equipped with fire safety and firefighting equipment shall be responsible for organizing and appointing personnel to take charge of fire safety and firefighting equipment.

Details can be found at Circular 52/2014/TT-BCA effective from December 25, 2014.

Ty Na

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