Fire
Prevention Plans
Required
for: All employees
Frequency:
Initially and as necessary
How to receive the training:
- The supervisor provides
this information to their employees. Contact the SEM Facility Emergency Coordinator
at 581-4071 for information and assistance regarding fire prevention plans.
Regulatory
requirements: OSHA
1910.39
Supervisors
must inform employees about the fire hazards to which they are exposed. A fire
prevention plan must include the following:
- A list
of all major fire hazards, proper handling and storage procedures for hazardous
materials, potential ignition sources and their control, and the type of fire
protection equipment necessary to control each major hazard;
- Procedures
to control accumulations of flammable and combustible waste materials;
- Procedures
for regular maintenance of safeguards installed on heat-producing equipment
to prevent the accidental ignition of combustible materials;
- The
name or job title of employees responsible for maintaining equipment to prevent
or control sources of ignition or fires;
- The
name or job title of employees responsible for the control of fuel source
hazards.