Chương 1 Nghị định 35/2003/NĐ-CP: Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Regulation scope

This Decree details the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting regarding fire prevention and fighting, the organization of fire prevention and fighting forces, the investment in fire prevention and fighting activities and the responsibilities of the People’s Committees at all levels, of the ministries, the ministerial-level agencies and the agencies attached to the Government in fire prevention and fighting activities.

Article 2.- Application subjects

Agencies, organizations, households and individuals operating or living on the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam must abide by the provisions of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting and the provisions of this Decree; in cases where the international treaties which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to contain different provisions, the provisions of such international treaties shall apply.

Article 3.- Responsibilities of the heads of agencies or organizations for fire prevention and fighting

The heads of agencies or organizations shall, within the scope of their management, tasks and powers, have the responsibilities:

1. To promulgate regulations, internal rules and measures on fire prevention and fighting;

2. To organize the implementation of regulations, internal rules, safety conditions and measure on fire prevention and fighting and the requirement for ensuring fire prevention and fighting safety according to the provisions of law;

3. To organize the propagation and dissemination of legislation and knowledge on fire prevention and fighting; provide training on fire prevention and fighting operations; build the mass movement for participation in fire prevention and fighting; to manage and maintain the operation of civil defense teams, grassroots fire prevention and fighting teams or specialized fire prevention and fighting teams;

4. To check fire prevention and fighting safety; to handle or propose the handling of, acts of violating the regulations and internal rules on fire prevention and fighting; to rectify in time shortcomings and violations of the regulations on fire prevention and fighting safety;

5. To equip fire prevention and fighting means; to prepare conditions for fire fighting; to work out and practice fire fighting plans; to organize fire fighting and overcome fire consequences;

6. To ensure funding for fire prevention and fighting activities;

7. To organize statistics and periodical reports on fire prevention and fighting situation; to promptly notify the direct managing fire prevention and fighting police offices of big changes related to ensuring fire prevention and fighting safety of their respective agencies or organizations;

8. To coordinate with nearby agencies, organizations and family households in ensuring the fire prevention and fighting safety; not to cause fire and/or explosion dangers to nearby agencies, organizations and family households;

9. To organize the participation in fire prevention and fighting activities upon the requests of competent bodies.

Article 4.- Household masters’ responsibilities for fire prevention and fighting

The household masters have the responsibilities:

1. To implement the regulations, internal rules, safety conditions, measures and solutions on fire prevention and fighting as well as fire prevention and fighting requirements according to the provisions of law.

2. To check fire prevention and fighting safety; to urge their family members to observe the regulations, internal rules and safety conditions on fire prevention and fighting; to rectify in time shortcomings and violations of safety conditions on ensuring fire prevention and fighting safety;

3. To procure fire prevention and fighting means; to prepare conditions for fire fighting; to detect fires, alarm fires, fight fires and participate in overcoming fire consequences;

4. To coordinate with surrounding family households, agencies and organizations in ensuring fire prevention and fighting safety; not to cause fire and/or explosion dangers to nearby family households, agencies and organizations;

5. To participate in fire prevention and fighting activities upon the requests of competent bodies.

Article 5.- Individuals’ responsibilities for fire prevention and fighting

1. To observe the regulations and internal rules on fire prevention and fighting and the fire prevention and fighting requests of competent persons of agencies; to perform fire prevention and fighting tasks according to their respective assigned functions and assigned tasks.

2. To inquire into and study fire prevention and fighting legislation and know-how within the scope of their respective responsibilities; to preserve and expertly operate common fire prevention and fighting means as well as other equipped fire prevention and fighting devices.

3. To ensure fire prevention and fighting safety in the process of using flames, heating sources, sparking equipment and instruments, heat-generating equipment and instruments and in preserving and using flammables; to rectify in time the shortcomings and violations of safety regulations on fire prevention and fighting.

4. To participate in fire prevention and fighting activities in their respective residence places, work places; to join civil defense teams, grassroots fire prevention and fighting teams or specialized fire prevention and fighting teams according to regulations; to give comments or proposals to the local administrations in their residence places, the heads of agencies or organizations where they work on measures to ensure fire prevention and fighting safety.

5. To immediately prevent the direct fire dangers and acts of violating the regulations on fire prevention and fighting safety.

6. To alarm fires and fight fires in time upon the detection of fires; to strictly abide by the orders on mobilization for participation in fire fighting and other fire prevention and fighting activities.

Article 6.- Fire prevention and fighting standards

1. Vietnamese fire prevention and fighting standards are standards to be compulsorily applied, including Vietnamese standards and branch standards which are relevant to or specialized in fire prevention and fighting.

2. The competent State bodies, before promulgating Vietnamese standards, branch standards related to fire prevention and fighting or specialized fire prevention and fighting standards, must obtain the written agreement of the Ministry of Public Security.

3. Foreign standards and international standards on fire prevention and fighting shall be allowed for application in Vietnam in the following cases:

a) The foreign standards and/or the international standards are prescribed in the international treaties which Vietnam has signed or acceded to;

b) The foreign standards and/or the international standards contain provisions on fire prevention and fighting safety compatible with or higher than the provisions of Vietnamese standards, and are approved in writing by the Ministry of Public Security;

c) When Vietnam have no regulations yet while the foreign standards or the international standards are suitable to Vietnam’s practical requirements and approved in writing by the Ministry of Public Security.

4. Where fire prevention and fighting requirements are not yet prescribed in the standards or the prescribed standards are not yet available, the Public Security Ministry’s guidance shall be complied with.

Article 7.- Policies towards persons participating in fire fighting

Persons who directly fight fires or participate in fire fighting and get killed, injured or health damage shall be entitled to regimes and policies as prescribed by law. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in stipulating and guiding in detail the implementation thereof.