To ensure liquefied petroleum gas business establishments in Vietnam meet regulations on safety

To ensure liquefied petroleum gas business establishments in Vietnam meet regulations on safety (Internet image)

Circular 41/2011/TT-BCT stipulates that liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business establishments must meet the following safety regulations:

1. General provisions on ensure safety for LPG trading establishments in Vietnam

- LPG trading establishments must be designed, installed and built in according to National technical regulations and relevant provisions of law.

- LPG trading establishments must have fully the operational process, process of handling incidents and regulations on safety which have been approved by their leaders.

- Machines, equipment of LPG trading establishments must be regularly checked, periodically inspected on technical safety as prescribed.

- The premises of LPG trading establishments must ensure:

+ For fire fighting means to be easy to approach;

+ To be aerated and convenient for LPG dispersal when being leaked, not let LPG stagnancy and accumulation;

+ To prevent approach of persons without authority.

- Persons related to management, operation of equipment, preservation, loading and unloading, transport of LPG trading establishments must be trained, coached on professional work, technical safety, prevention and fighting of fire and explosion, and be granted certificates as prescribed.

2. Provisions on safe distance

-. The LPG trading establishments must ensure safe distance between equipment, works with their boundary fences or places need be protected.

- In scope of safe distance of LPG trading establishments, acts being likely to cause directly or indirectly damages to safety are strictly prohibited.

3. Provisions on fire prevention and fighting

The LPG trading establishments must:

- Fully having projects on fire prevention and fighting.

- Having system of fire warning, fire fighting equipment which ensure requirement and in conformity with flammable materials in establishments.

- Having certificate of eligibility of fire prevention and fighting as prescribed. 

- Laying notice plates such as: “No fire”, “Non smoking”, “no admittance, except to authorized personnel”, “fire prevention and fighting regulation”, standard command of fire prevention and fighting, and other notice plates as prescribed. Notice plates must be written in Vietnamese, uppercase letters, readable, and laid in easily seen places. Size of letters on notice plates must be high at least 120 mm.

- Having measures to control and prevent sources causing burning.

- Grounding for equipment and works under National technical regulations and periodically examining as prescribed.

More details can be found in Circular 41/2011/TT-BCT, effective from February 1, 2012.

Thuy Tram

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