NEW FIRE PREVENTION AND FIGHTING CONDITIONS FOR PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS HOUSEHOLDS FROM JANUARY 10, 2021
The Government promulgates the Decree No. 136/2020/ND-CP detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting and the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting on November 24, 2020.
In accordance with this Decree, households must satisfy the fire prevention and fighting safety conditions specified in Clause 1, Article 17 of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting. Especially, households living in association with production and business must satisfy the above conditions and the following conditions: Having internal rules on fire prevention and fighting, on the use of electricity, flame and flammables and explosives in accordance with technical regulations and standards on fire prevention or the regulations of the Ministry of Public Security; Having solutions to escape in case of fire and prevent the spread of fire and smoke between the living area and the production and business area.
Such conditions must be implemented and maintained by the owners of households during their operation. Households living in association with production and business that have been granted an enterprise registration certificate must satisfy the fire prevention and fighting safety conditions corresponding to their type of establishments.
This Decree also stipulates new fire prevention and fighting conditions for motor vehicles. According to the new regulations, only land-road motor vehicles of more than 09 seats are required to have firefighting equipment suitable to the operational characteristics and properties of the vehicles (as in previous regulation, all land-road motor vehicles of 04 seats or more are required to have firefighting equipment).
This Decree takes effect on January 10, 2021.
