The Ministry of Emergency Management of the People’s Republic of China has promulgated the Regulations on Fire Safety Management of High rise Civil Buildings, which will come into force as of August 1, 2021.
Q: What are the contents of the Regulations? Answer: The Regulations have made systematic provisions on fire safety responsibilities, fire safety management, fire publicity and education, fire evacuation plans, legal responsibilities, etc.
High rise residential buildings refer to residential buildings with a building height of more than 27 meters; High rise public buildings refer to non single storey public buildings with a building height of more than 24 meters, including office buildings, scientific research buildings, cultural buildings, commercial buildings, sports buildings, medical buildings, transportation buildings, tourism buildings, communication buildings, dormitory buildings, apartment buildings, etc.
Q: What are the regulations for daily operation, maintenance, repair, renewal and transformation of fire-fighting facilities in high-rise civil buildings, and how to ensure their integrity and effectiveness? Answer: Building fire fighting facilities include automatic fire alarm system, automatic fire extinguishing system, fire hydrant system, smoke control system and safety evacuation facilities..
Q: What fire safety responsibilities should the owners and users of high-rise public buildings perform? Answer: Comply with fire laws and regulations, establish and implement fire safety management system; Specify the fire safety management organization or fire safety management personnel; Organize and carry out fire patrol and inspection to eliminate fire hazards in time; Ensure the evacuation passage, emergency exit and fire truck passage are unblocked; Regularly inspect and maintain the building fire fighting facilities and equipment to ensure they are intact and effective; Organize fire publicity, education and training, formulate fire fighting and emergency evacuation plans, and regularly organize fire drills; Establish full-time fire brigade, volunteer fire brigade (micro fire station) and other fire organizations as well as other fire safety responsibilities specified by laws and regulations.
Fourth, open fire shall not be used in places with fire and explosion risks.
Q: What are the fire safety responsibilities of the property service enterprises entrusted with high-rise civil buildings? Answer: For high-rise public buildings, the entrusted property service enterprise implements fire safety management, and the property service enterprise shall perform the fire safety responsibilities of the owner unit and user unit as agreed.
Penalties were set for illegal open fire operations such as electric welding and gas welding in high-rise civil buildings, with a maximum fine of 10000 yuan.
Q: How to use open fire in high-rise civil buildings? Answer: First, if open fire operation is required due to special circumstances such as construction, it should go through the hot work approval procedures according to the regulations, assign on-site supervisors, equip fire-fighting equipment, and make an announcement at the main entrance of the building and at the prominent position of the operation site.
Third, hot work is not allowed in shopping malls and public entertainment places in high-rise public buildings during business hours.
After the operation, a comprehensive inspection shall be carried out to eliminate the remaining kindling.
Many urban and rural residents are used to parking and charging electric bicycles in buildings and households, and some even park in public areas such as public lobbies, evacuation corridors, stairwells, and emergency exits.
of high-rise civil buildings.
Q: How does the Regulations stipulate the responsibility for fire safety of high-rise civil buildings with multiple property rights and multiple use rights? Answer: First, all owners and users should jointly entrust the property service enterprise or specify an owner and user as the unified manager.
Let’s get to know them in the form of questions and answers! Q: Which are high-rise civil buildings? Answer: High rise civil buildings include high-rise residential buildings and high-rise public buildings.
The third is to agree on the fire safety responsibilities of all parties in writing.
Second, operators should work with certificates according to law, strictly abide by fire safety regulations, remove combustibles and combustibles around and below, and take fire isolation measures.
Q: What are the hazards of parking or charging electric bicycles in public areas of high-rise civil buildings? How are such violations regulated? A: In recent years, electric bicycle fires have become more and more frequent.
For those who violate the above requirements and refuse to make corrections, a maximum fine of 10000 yuan shall be imposed.
Second, the unified manager shall implement unified management on the fire safety of the common parts of high-rise civil buildings, coordinate and guide the owners and users to do a good job in the fire safety of the whole building.
Once a fire burns, the generated flame and high-temperature toxic smoke fill the entire space and passageway in a very short time, making it difficult for people to evacuate and escape, and easily causing casualties.
It is prohibited to park or charge electric bicycles in public hallways, evacuation corridors, stairwells and emergency exits of high-rise civil buildings.
The Regulations are closely related to your life and mine.
Q: What are the fire safety obligations of the owners and users of high-rise residential buildings? Answer: Comply with the fire safety matters stipulated in the residential area fire safety convention and management regulations; Use the building according to the purpose specified in the real estate ownership certificate; Cooperate with the fire service unit to do a good job in fire safety; To bear the cost of fire protection services and the costs related to the maintenance, renewal and transformation of fire protection facilities in accordance with the law; Maintain fire safety, protect fire fighting facilities, prevent fire, report fire alarm, adults participate in organized fire fighting and other fire safety obligations stipulated by laws and regulations.
For high-rise residential buildings, the entrusted property service enterprise shall implement the fire safety responsibility, formulate the fire safety system, formulate the annual fire safety work plan and organization guarantee scheme, specify the specific departments or personnel responsible for fire safety management, fire patrol, inspection and elimination of fire hazards, ensure that evacuation passages, safety exits and fire truck passages are unblocked, and urge the owners and users to fulfill their fire safety obligations, Regularly report the fire safety situation and remind the fire safety risks, organize regular fire publicity and education, formulate fire fighting and emergency evacuation plans and organize regular drills.
