Entities subject to fire safety inspection in Vietnam

Entities subject to fire safety inspection in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Entities subject to fire safety inspection in Vietnam

Entities subject to fire safety inspection:

- Facilities requiring fire management;

- Residential areas, households, forests, motor vehicles and technical infrastructures related to fire prevention and fighting of cities, economic zones, industrial parks, industry clusters, export-processing zones and hi-tech parks;

- Works included in the list in Appendix V enclosed with Decree 136/2020/ND-CP in their construction stage, excluding national defense facilities operating for military purpose;

- Fire prevention and fighting service businesses.

(Clause 1, Article 16 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP)

2.  Inspected items of fire safety inspection in Vietnam

- Fire safety requirements applicable to facilities, residential areas, households and motor vehicles provided for in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP;

- Forest fire safety requirements according to regulations of the Decree No. 156/2018/ND-CP;

- Fire safety requirements applicable to construction works in their construction stages: fire safety design appraisal certificate or document for works included in the list in Appendix V enclosed with Decree 136/2020/ND-CP;

Regulations on fire prevention and fighting and fire escape signage; regulations on fire safety task assignment by the investor and construction unit intra vires; duties of personnel in charge of fire safety;

Use of power system, electrical equipment, spark-generating equipment, heat-generating equipment, fire sources and heat sources; and provision of emergency firefighting equipment appropriate to the characteristics of the work;

- Performance of fire prevention and fighting duty of heads of regulatory bodies and organizations, investors, contractors, motor vehicle owners, household heads and forest owners per the law;

- Requirements applicable to fire prevention and fighting service businesses per regulations in Article 41 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP.

(Clause 2, Article 16 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP)

3. Fire safety inspection procedures in Vietnam

- For fire safety inspection

The bodies and individuals with competence in inspection mentioned in Points c and dd Clause 3 Article 16 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP shall notify the inspected entity of the inspection time, inspected items and inspection team members 03 working days prior to the date of a periodic inspection.

When inspecting the fire safety of a facility managed by a subordinate body, notify the subordinate body of the inspection.

Where necessary, request the subordinate body to join the inspection team and provide documents and update situation related to fire prevention and fighting of the inspected facility. Notify the inspection results to the subordinate body;

The bodies and individuals with competence in inspection mentioned in Points c, d and dd Clause 3 Article 16 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP shall notify the specific reason for an ad hoc inspection to the inspected entity.

When carrying out an ad hoc inspection, police officers must present a letter of introduction from their supervisory body;

Inspected entities must prepare for all notified inspected items and assign the competent or responsible person(s) to work with the bodies and individuals competent in carrying out the inspection;

- For inspection of fire prevention and fighting service businesses per regulations in Clause 4 Article 16 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP:

The police authority having granted the certificate of eligibility for fire prevention and fighting service business must notify the inspected entity of the inspection time, inspected items and inspection team members 03 working days prior to the date of a periodic inspection;

The competent bodies and individuals shall notify the specific reason for an ad hoc inspection to the inspected entity.

When carrying out an ad hoc inspection, police officers must present a letter of introduction from their supervisory body;

Inspected entities must prepare for all notified inspected items and assign the competent or responsible person(s) to work with the bodies and individuals competent in carrying out the inspection;

- The competent bodies and individuals mentioned in Points c, d and dd Clauses 3 and 4 Article 16 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP shall record their periodic and ad hoc inspections in writing (using Form No. PC10). In case the inspected entity fails to sign the inspection record, the record must be certified by two witnesses or the local government.

(Clause 5, Article 16 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP)

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