Responsibility for fire prevention and fighting at the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam

Responsibility for fire prevention and fighting at the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam

Responsibilities for fire prevention, fighting and rescue at the Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam are as follows:

* Officials, civil servants, public employees and workers:

- Implement the provisions of law and the Ministry's agencies on fire prevention and rescue; comply with mobilization orders and requests for fire prevention and rescue from unit heads or heads of competent agencies.

- Learn the legal documents and regulations on fire prevention and rescue, preserve and proficiently use fire prevention and fighting equipment equipped at the Ministry and train rescue skills.

- Ensure fire prevention and fighting safety during the use of fire sources, heat sources, fire- and heat-generating equipment and tools, and in the preservation and use of substances dangerous to fire and explosion; promptly correct shortcomings and violations of safety regulations on fire prevention and rescue.

- Participate in fire prevention and rescue activities; propose and recommend to the Fire Prevention and Rescue Command of the Ministry and heads of workplace units measures to ensure safety in fire prevention and rescue.

- Promptly prevent phenomena, direct risks of causing fires, and violations of safety regulations on fire prevention and fighting.

- Report fires and fight fires promptly when detecting fires; deploy rescue plans; strictly comply with orders to mobilize participation in fire prevention and rescue activities.

- Do not arbitrarily make connections to change the electrical system; do not use a power cord plugged directly into an electrical outlet; Do not leave flammable substances near electrical sockets and electrical wires. Do not cook in the office; Do not let objects or equipment hinder rescue operations...

- At the end of working hours, before leaving the office, you must check fire prevention and fighting safety; turn off all lights, fans, air conditioners, computers, printers, photocopiers, and other electrical devices (except network devices).

* Heads of units:

- Organize the implementation of regulations of the law and the Ministry's agencies on fire prevention and rescue at the unit. Be responsible before the law and the Minister for violations of the provisions of law and the Ministry's agencies on fire prevention and rescue that occur at the unit.

- Organize regular, periodic, and irregular inspections of conditions to ensure fire safety and rescue at the unit.

- Regularly urge officers, civil servants, public employees, and workers in the unit to arrange, preserve,  and use assets, equipment, records, documents, and flammable substances in accordance with regulations. safety regulations on fire prevention and fighting.

- Anticipate fire situations that may occur at the unit and develop timely firefighting and rescue plans, ensuring safe escape conditions to save people and property when a fire occurs. The fire prevention and rescue plan must be supplemented and adjusted immediately when there are changes in the conditions for ensuring fire safety and rescue at the unit.

- Appoint civil servants, public employees, and workers to join the fire prevention and rescue force of the Ministry; mobilize civil servants, public employees, and workers to participate in firefighting and rescue when required.

* Chief of staff:

- Advise and submit to the Minister the decision to establish the Fire Prevention and Rescue Command and the Fire Prevention and Rescue Team of the Ministry.

- Preside over the organization of periodic training and refresher courses on fire prevention and rescue expertise.

- Direct the arrangement of car and motorcycle parking lots to be reasonable, ensuring space and circulation conditions when needing to move in case of fire.

- Direct the establishment of lightning protection systems, fire alarm systems, signs, prohibition signs, diagrams, or instruction signs on fire prevention and rescue; Places where fire is used and heat is generated must ensure fire prevention and fighting safety.

- Direct the implementation, management, and maintenance of fire prevention and fighting equipment at the Ministry to ensure it is always ready for on-site fire prevention and rescue work according to the provisions of law.

- Direct the preparation of annual state budget expenditure estimates to ensure funding, equipment, and necessary conditions to maintain the operation of grassroots fire prevention and rescue teams according to current legal documents.

- Direct the implementation of periodic and extraordinary reports on fire prevention and rescue work by the Ministry to send to competent agencies according to legal regulations.

Decision 2533/QĐ-BGDĐT takes effect on August 31, 2023.

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