The requirements to which the fire safety briefing should respond

Briefing on fire safety at the enterprise should take place in all divisions, that is, the established rules and requirements are common for all. Thus, each and every employee will not only need to read the instructions, he is required to observe them without question. In order to avoid confusion, all employees need to leave a signature in a special magazine stating that they have been trained in fire safety.

In order for the rules to be adopted by all, including newcomers, the briefing should be repeated with some periodicity. It is best to train fire safety measures at least once a year. This will help to exclude the violation of the rules by the staff, which entails disciplinary, administrative or other liability.

Only after having been briefed on fire safety, a new employee of the enterprise can begin to fulfill his duties. A huge responsibility falls on the shoulders of those who will work with a large number of people in special rooms. Such employees should be able to organize people in an emergency.

Instruction on fire safety should be developed in accordance not only with fire safety rules, but also on the basis of normative-technical and other documents. Individual instructions are drawn up depending on the specific fire hazard for specific buildings and premises, production processes and process equipment used in the enterprise.

Instruction on fire safety must necessarily cover the following issues:

• Rules for the maintenance of buildings, individual premises and the surrounding area;

• Rules for maintaining order on evacuation routes;

• Requirements for behavior during the conduct of fire hazardous works, the algorithm of actions for the safe operation of equipment;

• Order and requirements for the storage or transfer of substances and materials that are classified as explosive or flammable;

• Information about places for smoking, rules when using open fire;

• Algorithm of actions for the collection and utilization of materials of increased combustibility;

• Information should also be provided on what data of control equipment (thermometers, pressure gauges and others) are limiting; Staff should know what evidence may trigger an explosion or fire.

This list should also be supplemented with information on how to operate employees during a fire. Briefing on fire safety should include such rules:

• Actions to call the fire brigade;

• How to perform an emergency shutdown of production equipment;

• Actions to disconnect electrical equipment;

• Rules for the use of fire extinguishing agents ;

• Actions for the evacuation of flammable substances, important documents, material values.