Regulations on assurance of operating internal and specialized firefighting forces in Vietnam

Establishment and management of internal and specialized firefighting forces and assurance of operating conditions thereof shall comply with the provisions of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP.

Establishment of internal and specialized firefighting forces in Vietnam

- Heads of facilities and owners of businesses of infrastructures for industrial parks, industry clusters, export-processing zones and hi-tech parks shall establish an internal firefighting force and directly maintain its operation on a full-time or part-time basis.

Heads of the regulatory bodies and organizations mentioned in Clause 3 Article 44 of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting shall establish and maintain a specialized firefighting force and directly maintain its operation on a full-time or part-time basis.

- Heads of regulatory bodies and organizations directly managing a facility shall decide establishment, promulgate operating regulations, ensure funding, equipment and necessary conditions and maintain operation of the internal firefighting force and specialized firefighting force.

Regulations on assurance of operating internal and specialized firefighting forces in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regulations on deployment of internal and specialized firefighting forces in Vietnam

- For facilities with less than 10 regular workers, all workers shall participate in the internal and/or specialized firefighting force, which shall be led by the facility head;

- For facilities with from 10 to 50 regular workers, the internal and/or specialized firefighting force shall have at least 10 members on payroll, including 01 leader;

- For facilities with from 50 to 100 regular workers, the internal and/or specialized firefighting force shall have at least 15 members on payroll, including 01 leader and 01 vice leader;

- For facilities with more than 100 regular workers, the internal and/or specialized firefighting force shall have at least 25 members on payroll, including 01 leader and 02 vice leaders;

- For facilities with multiple independent business units and factories and more than 100 regular workers, each unit or factory shall have 01 internal and/or specialized firefighting team with at least 05 members on payroll, including 01 leader;

- For facilities provided with motor firefighting equipment, the standing members of the internal or specialized firefighting force on payroll must correspond to the number of equipment;

- For automated electrical substations the automated fire safety systems of which are connected with and display and report fire incidents to the supervisory authorities, and which have systems for management of databases on fire prevention, fire fighting and fire reporting to firefighting authorities, they are not require to establish and maintain an internal firefighting force. Regulatory bodies and organizations directly operating and managing electrical substations shall satisfy fire safety conditions applicable to their electrical substation and maintain such satisfaction.

Training and refresher courses on fire prevention and fighting operations for internal and specialized firefighting forces in Vietnam in Vietnam

According to regulations, Members of the neighborhood watch and internal firefighting forces and  Members of specialized firefighting forces are subject to training and refresher courses on fire prevention and fighting operations.

Content of training and refresher courses on fire prevention and fighting operations comprises:

- Legal knowledge and knowledge about fire prevention and fighting suitable for each type of trainees;

- Methods for communication and establishment of the all people’s fire prevention and fighting movement;

- Fire prevention measures; firefighting techniques, tactics and measures;

- Methods for firefighting plan formulation and drills;

- Methods for preservation and use of fire prevention and fighting equipment;

- Methods for fire safety inspection.

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