Latest list of facilities managed by police authorities of fire prevention and fighting management in Vietnam

Latest list of facilities managed by police authorities of fire prevention and fighting management in Vietnam (Internet image)

On May 10, 2024, the Government issued Decree 50/2024/ND-CP on amendments to Decree 136/2020/ND-CP on elaboration of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting 2001 and the Law on amendments to Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting 2013 and Decree 83/2017/ND-CP on rescue operations by fire departments in Vietnam.

Latest list of facilities managed by police authorities of fire prevention and fighting management in Vietnam

The list of facilities managed by police authorities of fire prevention and fighting management in Vietnam issued with Decree 136/2020/ND-CP will be replaced by Decree 50/2024/ND-CP, in which amend and supplements a number of facilities as follows:

- Headquarters of regulatory bodies at district level or higher.

- Apartment buildings with 5 floors or more or a total volume of 5,000 m3 or more; tenement houses, dormitories with 5 floors or more or with a total volume of 2,500 m3 or more; mixed-use buildings with 5 floors or more, or a total volume of 1,500 m3 or more.

- Nursery schools, kindergartens, preschools with 100 children or more or a total volume of school buildings and service buildings of 1,000 m3 or more; elementary schools, lower secondary schools with a total volume of school buildings and service buildings of 2,000 m3 or more; upper secondary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, academies; professional secondary schools, vocational schools, continuing education institutions; other educational institutions established under the Law on Education with a total volume of 1,000 m3 or more.

- Hospitals; polyclinics, specialized clinics, facilities that provides care, rehabilitation, and orthopaedic, nursing homes, disease prevention centers, medical centers, other medical facilities established under the Law on Examination and Treatment with 3 floors or more or a total volume of 1,000 m3 or more.

- Theaters, cinemas, circuses with 600 seats or more; convention centers, cultural houses with 3 floors or more or their total volume of 1,500 m3 or more; karaoke establishments, discotheques, bars, clubs with 3 floors or more or a total volume of business buildings of 1,000 m3 or more; amusement parks, zoos, aquariums with a volume of 1,500 m3 or more.

- Grade 1 markets, grade 2 markets; shopping centers, electronics stores; supermarkets; food and beverage establishments, businesses trading in flammable and explosive goods with a total business area of 300 m2 or more or a total volume of business buildings of 1,000 m3 or more.

- Hotels, guesthouses, motels, and other accommodation establishments established under the Law on Tourism, boarding houses with 5 floors or more or a total volume of accommodation buildings of 2.500 m3 or more.

- Buildings used as headquarters and offices for enterprises, political and social organizations with 5 floors or more or a volume of 1.500 m3 or more.

- Museums, libraries, exhibition halls, display halls, archives, bookstores, fair houses with a volume of 1,500 m3 or more; religious facilities with a volume of 5,000 m3 or more.

- Buildings of postal service points, postal facilities, telecommunications facilities with 3 floors or more or a total volume of buildings of 1.500 m3 or more; data storage and management centers, radio and television facilities, publishing and printing facilities with a total volume of buildings of 1,000 m3 or more.

- Stadiums; sports halls; indoor sports centers; fitness and sports centers; racetracks, shooting ranges; other sports facilities established under the Law on Physical Training and Sports with a total volume of buildings of 1,000 m3 or more.

- Airports; air traffic control towers; hangars; seaports; dry ports; inland waterway ports of category I and II; bus terminals of category I and II; rest stops of category I; railway stations of category I, II, III; cable car stations for passenger transport; subways; motor vehicle registration facilities; businesses engaging in trading, repair and maintenance of motor vehicles with a business area of 300 m2 or more or a total volume of buildings of 1,500 m3 or more.

- Garages with a capacity of 10 or more cars.

- Road tunnels and railway tunnels with a length of 500 meters or more.

- Nuclear facilities; facilities for production, trade, storage, and use of industrial explosives and explosive precursor substances; warehouses for industrial explosives and explosive precursors; ports for export and import of industrial explosives and explosive precursors; warehouses for weapons and support tools.

- Facilities for exploitation, processing, production, transportation, trade, and storage of petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas on land; oil and petroleum product depots, gas depots; ports for export and import of petroleum and petroleum and gas products; oil and gas retailers, flammable liquid retail stores; gas retail stores with a total gas storage volume of 150 kg or more.

- Industrial establishments with fire and explosion hazard classes A and B; fire and explosion hazard class C with a total volume of buildings with production technology lines of 2,500 m3 or more; fire and explosion hazard classes D and E with a total volume of buildings with production technology lines of 5,000 m3 or more.

- Power plants; substations with voltage of 110 kV or higher.

- Tunnels for production, storage, and use of flammable and explosive substances; national reserve warehouses; warehouses for flammable goods and materials with a total volume of 1,500 m3 or more; storage areas for flammable goods, materials, and scrap with an area of 1,000 m2 or more.

- Other establishments not included in the list from items 1 to 19 that have an internal gasoline filling station or use a central gas supply system with a total gas consumption of 70 kg or more.

- Mixed-use buildings for dwelling and production and trade of flammable and explosive goods with a floor area for business purposes of 300 m2 or more.

More details can be found in Decree 50/2024/ND-CP which comes into force from May 15, 2024.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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