3.1.2.6 Protection And Fire Fighting

Details
No. List of Laws Laws
8 Issues of Occupational Safety, Health And Environment ActB.E. 2554
2 Issues of Factory Act B.E. 2535
1 The law specifies standard of management and actions on safety, occupational health, and environment at work concerned with prevention and extinguishment of fire; for example, the employer shall provide for the fire prevention and extinguishment system in business place under this Ministerial Regulation and shall be in charge of the fire prevention and extinguishment to be in ready-to-use condition efficiently and safely; the employer shall provide for the signboard with clear post of the message on fire extinguishment and evaculation [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
2 In the business place with 10 employees or more, the employer shall provide for fire prevention and extinguishment plan, consisting of inspection, training, campaign on fire prevention, fire extinguishment, fire evacuation, and relieve; the employer shall keep the fire prevention and extinguishment plan at the business of business ready to be checked by the safety inspector. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
3 The entrepreneur shall provide for fire exit at all floors of the building, at least 2 exits for each floor, that can evacuate employees who works at the same time to move to the safety zone safely without 5 minutes. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
4 For the business place with two floors or more or with area of 300 square meters or more, the employer shall provide for fire emergency alarm system in all floors as specified by law. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
5 The entrepreneur shall provide for sufficient light for fire exit in evacuating employees out of the building, and shall provide for UPS that can supply power for fire exit and for use with primary fire-extinguishing equipment or other equipment concerned immediately when the power goes out. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
6 The entrepreneur shall provide for sign of fire exit direction which is as specified by law. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
7 The entrepreneur shall provide for fire-extinguishing water system and equipment used for extinguishing fire that can extinguish fire primarily sufficiently in all parts of the building under criteria as specified by law. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
8 The entrepreneur shall provide for mobile fire-extinguisher [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
9 For the place which is risky to have serious fire or medium fire, the entrepreneur shall provide for fire-extinguishing employees to be at the place at all times and shall provide safety personal equipment used in extinguishing fire and shall provide fire-extinguishing practice, such equipment shall be in good condition for use such as fire-extinguishing coat, safety shoes, safety gloves, safety helmet, heat-prevention mask, or smoke-prevention mask to be sufficient for the number of such workers whose duty is to extinguish fire. [1],[2],[9],[10]
10 The entrepreneur shall prevent fire from heat distribution source as specified by law. 0
11 In case when the entrepreneur has, store, or transport inflammable material or explosive, the entrepreneur shall take actions safely in order to prevent fire; this shall be under the specification of the law concerned with safety at work concerned with hazardous object, inflammable material, and explosive. [2],[5]
12 The entrepreneur shall provide for thunderbolt-danger prevention system for the building or construction to be as specified by law. [2],[5]
13 The entrepreneur shall provide for employees for not less than 40 % of the total employees in each division of the business place, to be trained on primary fire extinguishment; the person who is permitted by the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare shall be the one in charge of training. [2],[5]
14 The entrepreneur shall arrange all employees to practice how to extinguish fire and to practice fire evacuation together for at least once a year; the employee of all employers who work in the same building and on the same day and at the same time shall practice together, and before practice for not less than 30 days the employer shall send the plan on fire extinguishment and evacluation practice and details to the Director General or the one approved by the Director General. [2],[5]
15 The fire extinguishment primary raining division and fire-extinguishment practice and fire evacuation division shall be registered under the Announcement of the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare . [2],[5]
16 The entrepreneur shall provide for mobile fire-extinguisher under the type of fire as specified by the Director General; the mobile fire-extinguisher standards are specirfied including National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Australia Standards (AS), British Standard (BS), and International Standardization and Organization (ISO). [2],[5]
17 The factory building shall be equipped with fire detector and fire alarm covering all area of the building as appropriate with the area condition, especially the area where there is no regular worker and there is the installation or use of electrical equipment or there is inflammable material, then the fire detector and automatic fire alam shall be installed. [2],[5]
18 The installation of fire alarm shall be under acceptable international standard. [2],[5]
19 The factory building, besides the installation of automatic fire extinguishment system, must be also equipped with mobile fire extinguisher, this shall be under criteria as specified by law. [2],[5]
20 The entrepreneur of the factory business shall prepare for water for extinguishing fire in the sufficient aount to be supplied to the fire extinguisher continuously for not less than 30 minutes, and the installation of water system to extinguish fire shall be under acceptable international standard. [2],[5]
21 The factory with storage of inflammable raw material or inflammable product with connected area of 1,000 square meters and over shall be installed by automatic fire extinguishing system such as automatic sprinkler system, or other equivalent systems to cover such area; and for the area for storing inflammable material with the area of 14 square meters or over shall be equipped with automatic fire extinguishing system that is appropriate with the condition of such area. [2],[5]
22 The entrepreneur of the factory business shall inspect, test, provide maintenance of system and equipment used for preventing and extinguishing fire to be ready for use at all times by inspecting, testing, and providing maintenance those equipment and systems to be under details as attached with this Announcement or shall be under acceptable international standard. [2],[5]
23 Various open channels at the wall, floor, or pipes shall have fire-resistance material covering the pipe channel or open channels that can protect fire for at least 2 hours in order to prevent danger from spreading of fire from one are to the other. [2],[5]
24 The area of the factory buidlign which is highly possible to cause fire, with storage of inflammable product, or the place storing the inflammable material, shall be separated from other parts of the building by the material that can resist fire for not less than 1 hour. [2],[5]
25 The one-floor factory building with steel structure shall be covered by the fire-resistance material or by other methods that can resist fire for at least 1 hour; if there are many floors, then it must resist fire for at least 2 hours. [2],[5]
26 In performingwork in the factory that is concerned with light or fire spark or heat that is dangerous, there shall be the preparation for hot work permit system to bre under academic principle on safety with the document and evidence that can be inspected. [2],[5]
27 The factory shall arrange for fire exit that can evacuate all employees out of the place to the safety zone such as road or field outside the factory immediately within 5 minutes. [2],[5]
28 In storing inflammable material, if it is the storage of pile of material that is not stored in the shelf, such storage pile shall not be higher than 6 meters and there shall be distance from the lamp for not less than 60 centimeters. [2],[5]
29 Machine, equipment, tank for storing reaction tank or the process concerned with inflammable material shall be grounded or bonded to prevent danger from happening due to static current. [2],[5]
30 In using, storing, transporting, or moving and managing the inflammable matrial, the safety data sheet shall be followed related to such material. [2],[5]
31 The entrepreneur of the factory busines shall arrange the personnel whose work is concerned with safety of the factory to inspect safety in fire for at least one time month, by preparing in document and evidence that the official inspector can check; if the dangerous condition that may cause fire is found, then this must be corrected immediately. [2],[5]
32 The entrepreneur of the factory business shall provide for fire prevention and extinguishment in the factory, consisting of fire safety inspection plan, plan for training on fire prevention and extinguishment, fire extinguishment plan, and fire evacuation plan; such plans shall be kept at the factory that are ready to be inspected by the official or inspector. [2],[5][2],[5]
Details
No. List of Laws Laws
8 Issues of Occupational Safety, Health And Environment ActB.E. 2554
2 Issues of Factory Act B.E. 2535
1 The law specifies standard of management and actions on safety, occupational health, and environment at work concerned with prevention and extinguishment of fire; for example, the employer shall provide for the fire prevention and extinguishment system in business place under this Ministerial Regulation and shall be in charge of the fire prevention and extinguishment to be in ready-to-use condition efficiently and safely; the employer shall provide for the signboard with clear post of the message on fire extinguishment and evaculation [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
2 In the business place with 10 employees or more, the employer shall provide for fire prevention and extinguishment plan, consisting of inspection, training, campaign on fire prevention, fire extinguishment, fire evacuation, and relieve; the employer shall keep the fire prevention and extinguishment plan at the business of business ready to be checked by the safety inspector. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
3 The entrepreneur shall provide for fire exit at all floors of the building, at least 2 exits for each floor, that can evacuate employees who works at the same time to move to the safety zone safely without 5 minutes. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
4 For the business place with two floors or more or with area of 300 square meters or more, the employer shall provide for fire emergency alarm system in all floors as specified by law. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
5 The entrepreneur shall provide for sufficient light for fire exit in evacuating employees out of the building, and shall provide for UPS that can supply power for fire exit and for use with primary fire-extinguishing equipment or other equipment concerned immediately when the power goes out. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
6 The entrepreneur shall provide for sign of fire exit direction which is as specified by law. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
7 The entrepreneur shall provide for fire-extinguishing water system and equipment used for extinguishing fire that can extinguish fire primarily sufficiently in all parts of the building under criteria as specified by law. [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
8 The entrepreneur shall provide for mobile fire-extinguisher [1],[2],[3],[4],[6],[8]
9 For the place which is risky to have serious fire or medium fire, the entrepreneur shall provide for fire-extinguishing employees to be at the place at all times and shall provide safety personal equipment used in extinguishing fire and shall provide fire-extinguishing practice, such equipment shall be in good condition for use such as fire-extinguishing coat, safety shoes, safety gloves, safety helmet, heat-prevention mask, or smoke-prevention mask to be sufficient for the number of such workers whose duty is to extinguish fire. [1],[2],[9],[10]
10 The entrepreneur shall prevent fire from heat distribution source as specified by law. 0
11 In case when the entrepreneur has, store, or transport inflammable material or explosive, the entrepreneur shall take actions safely in order to prevent fire; this shall be under the specification of the law concerned with safety at work concerned with hazardous object, inflammable material, and explosive. [2],[5]
12 The entrepreneur shall provide for thunderbolt-danger prevention system for the building or construction to be as specified by law. [2],[5]
13 The entrepreneur shall provide for employees for not less than 40 % of the total employees in each division of the business place, to be trained on primary fire extinguishment; the person who is permitted by the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare shall be the one in charge of training. [2],[5]
14 The entrepreneur shall arrange all employees to practice how to extinguish fire and to practice fire evacuation together for at least once a year; the employee of all employers who work in the same building and on the same day and at the same time shall practice together, and before practice for not less than 30 days the employer shall send the plan on fire extinguishment and evacluation practice and details to the Director General or the one approved by the Director General. [2],[5]
15 The fire extinguishment primary raining division and fire-extinguishment practice and fire evacuation division shall be registered under the Announcement of the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare . [2],[5]
16 The entrepreneur shall provide for mobile fire-extinguisher under the type of fire as specified by the Director General; the mobile fire-extinguisher standards are specirfied including National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Australia Standards (AS), British Standard (BS), and International Standardization and Organization (ISO). [2],[5]
17 The factory building shall be equipped with fire detector and fire alarm covering all area of the building as appropriate with the area condition, especially the area where there is no regular worker and there is the installation or use of electrical equipment or there is inflammable material, then the fire detector and automatic fire alam shall be installed. [2],[5]
18 The installation of fire alarm shall be under acceptable international standard. [2],[5]
19 The factory building, besides the installation of automatic fire extinguishment system, must be also equipped with mobile fire extinguisher, this shall be under criteria as specified by law. [2],[5]
20 The entrepreneur of the factory business shall prepare for water for extinguishing fire in the sufficient aount to be supplied to the fire extinguisher continuously for not less than 30 minutes, and the installation of water system to extinguish fire shall be under acceptable international standard. [2],[5]
21 The factory with storage of inflammable raw material or inflammable product with connected area of 1,000 square meters and over shall be installed by automatic fire extinguishing system such as automatic sprinkler system, or other equivalent systems to cover such area; and for the area for storing inflammable material with the area of 14 square meters or over shall be equipped with automatic fire extinguishing system that is appropriate with the condition of such area. [2],[5]
22 The entrepreneur of the factory business shall inspect, test, provide maintenance of system and equipment used for preventing and extinguishing fire to be ready for use at all times by inspecting, testing, and providing maintenance those equipment and systems to be under details as attached with this Announcement or shall be under acceptable international standard. [2],[5]
23 Various open channels at the wall, floor, or pipes shall have fire-resistance material covering the pipe channel or open channels that can protect fire for at least 2 hours in order to prevent danger from spreading of fire from one are to the other. [2],[5]
24 The area of the factory buidlign which is highly possible to cause fire, with storage of inflammable product, or the place storing the inflammable material, shall be separated from other parts of the building by the material that can resist fire for not less than 1 hour. [2],[5]
25 The one-floor factory building with steel structure shall be covered by the fire-resistance material or by other methods that can resist fire for at least 1 hour; if there are many floors, then it must resist fire for at least 2 hours. [2],[5]
26 In performingwork in the factory that is concerned with light or fire spark or heat that is dangerous, there shall be the preparation for hot work permit system to bre under academic principle on safety with the document and evidence that can be inspected. [2],[5]
27 The factory shall arrange for fire exit that can evacuate all employees out of the place to the safety zone such as road or field outside the factory immediately within 5 minutes. [2],[5]
28 In storing inflammable material, if it is the storage of pile of material that is not stored in the shelf, such storage pile shall not be higher than 6 meters and there shall be distance from the lamp for not less than 60 centimeters. [2],[5]
29 Machine, equipment, tank for storing reaction tank or the process concerned with inflammable material shall be grounded or bonded to prevent danger from happening due to static current. [2],[5]
30 In using, storing, transporting, or moving and managing the inflammable matrial, the safety data sheet shall be followed related to such material. [2],[5]
31 The entrepreneur of the factory busines shall arrange the personnel whose work is concerned with safety of the factory to inspect safety in fire for at least one time month, by preparing in document and evidence that the official inspector can check; if the dangerous condition that may cause fire is found, then this must be corrected immediately. [2],[5]
32 The entrepreneur of the factory business shall provide for fire prevention and extinguishment in the factory, consisting of fire safety inspection plan, plan for training on fire prevention and extinguishment, fire extinguishment plan, and fire evacuation plan; such plans shall be kept at the factory that are ready to be inspected by the official or inspector. [2],[5][2],[5]
Relavant Laws
No. List of Laws Laws
1 Occupational Safety, Health And Environment Act, B.E.2554 (2011)
2 Factory Act, B.E.2535 (1992)
3 Ministerial Regulations: The Standard For Service, Management, And Proceeding On Occupational Safety, Health And Environment At A Workplace For Prevention And Extinguishment Of Fire, B.E.2555 (2012)
4 Ministerial Regulations: The Status Of Basic Fire Fighting Training Units, And Fire Fighting And Evacuation Training Units, B.E.2556 (2013)
5 Notification Of Ministry Of Industry: Fire Protection And Fire Fighting In A Factory, B.E.2552 (2009)
6 Notification Of The Department Of Labor Protection And Welfare: Submission Of Application For License Of Being Basic Fire Fighting Training Unit, Fire Fighting And Evacuation Unit, And Prescriptions On Places For Submission Of Application
7 Notification Of The Department Of Labor Protection And Welfare: Application Form For License Of Being Basic Fire Fighting Training Unit, Fire Fighting And Evacuation Unit
8 Notification Of The Department Of The Labor Protection And Welfare: Reporting On Fire Fighting And Fire Drill Results
9 Notification Of The Department Of The Labor Protection And Welfare: Portable Fire Extinguisher
10 Notification Of The Department Of The Labour Protection And Welfare: The Criteria And Procedure For Registration As Basic Fire Fighting Training Unit, Basic Fire Fighting And Evacuation Unit
Forms
No. List of Forms Forms
1 The application form of permit to be the basic firefighting center or the institute of firefighting practice and fire evacuation (the form of Dor Por 1)
2 The application form of extending the permit for being the firefighitng basic center and the institute of firefighting practive and fire evacuation (the form of Dor Por 2)
3 the form of reporting the result of firefighting practice and fire evacuation