Current regulations on application for fire safety commissioning in Vietnam

Current regulations on application for fire safety commissioning in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Current regulations on application for fire safety commissioning in Vietnam

According to Clause 2, Article 15 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP, application for fire safety commissioning includes:

- Copy of fire safety design appraisal certificate and document submitted together with the dossier bearing the appraisal seal the firefighting authority;

- Copy of certificate of fire prevention and fighting equipment inspection (hereinafter referred to as “equipment inspection certificate");

- Records of testing, commissioning of each part and comprehensive commissioning of the fire prevention and fighting system;

- As-built drawings of the fire prevention and fighting system and items related to fire prevention and fighting in accordance with the appraised design dossier;

- Written guidelines for operation and maintenance of fire prevention and fighting equipment and system and systems related to fire prevention and fighting of the work or motor vehicle;

- Records of commissioning of work items and systems related to fire prevention and fighting;

- Copies of certificates of eligibility for fire prevention and fighting service business of the supervision consultancy unit (if any) and fire prevention and fighting system construction unit.

Documents in the application must be certified by the investor or vehicle owner, supervision consultancy unit and construction unit. The application must be translated into Vietnamese if it is in a foreign language.

2. What does application for fire safety commissioning in Vietnam include?

According to Clause 1, Article 15 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP, fire safety commissioning comprises:

- Commissioning of each part, stage, work item and system and commissioning for handover;

- For parts of a project, work or motor vehicle which is subject to special fire safety requirements that are hidden from view during the construction process, they must be commissioned before starting other tasks.

The investor has the power to decide commissioning of an individual part of the work if the area to undergo commissioning could operate independently and meet fire safety requirements; the firefighting authority must inspect the commissioning results and issue a written approval of the results before that part of the work could be put into use.

3. Form of submission of application for fire safety commissioning in Vietnam

According to Clause 4, Article 15 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP, the applicant shall submit 01 application containing the documents mentioned in Section 1 together with the report on results of construction, inspection, testing and commissioning of fire prevention and fighting system, equipment and solutions and an application for inspection of fire safety commissioning results (using Form No. PC11) to the firefighting authority appraising the fire safety design in any of the following ways:

- Directly at the single-window unit of the competent authority;

- Online via the public service portal of the competent authority (documents included in state secret lists shall be submitted in compliance with regulations of laws on state secret protection);

- By public postal service, service provided by an enterprise or individual or authorization as prescribed by law.

The application must be submitted at least 10 working days (for projects and works of national importance and group A projects and works) or at least 07 working days (for the remaining works and motor vehicles subject to special fire safety requirements) prior to the date upon which the inspection takes place.

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