Chapter V
FIRE SAFETY AND FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT
Article 38. Fire safety and firefighting equipment
1. Fire safety and firefighting equipment includes motor vehicles, equipment, machinery, tools, chemical, or supporting tools specially used in fire safety, saving people and property prescribed in Appendix V enclosed herewith.
2. The firefighting vehicles of the Fire department include fire trucks, firefighting boats or firefighting aircrafts.
3. Fire trucks of the Fire department include trucks ejecting extinguishant, trucks transporting fire-fighting personnel and material, water trucks, aerial ladder trucks and other motor vehicles used for the purpose of fire safety.
4. Domestic or imported fire safety and firefighting equipment must:
a) Conform with technical specifications required to fire safety purpose.
b) Conform with Vietnam’s technical regulations and standards or foreign or international standards permitted to apply in Vietnam.
5. New domestic or imported fire safety and firefighting equipment must be undergone verification of quality, category and model as prescribed in regulations of the Ministry of Public Security.
6. Fire safety and firefighting equipment which is domestically assembled or converted must be permitted by the competent Fire departments and undergone the verification of quality, category and model as prescribed in regulations of the Ministry of Public Security.
Article 39. Provision of fire safety and firefighting equipment for the Fire department
According to capacity of the government budget, the Fire department shall be provided the fire safety and firefighting equipment and other equipment with assurance of quantity, quality, uniformity, and modernity that satisfy requirements for fire safety and saving people in any cases and any fields.
The Ministry of Public Security shall allocate quota and standard of fire safety and firefighting equipment provided for the Fire department.
Article 40. Management and use of fire safety and firefighting equipment
1. Fire safety and firefighting equipment must be managed, maintained, and repaired as prescribed and be ready for fire fighting. Apart from fire safety purpose, the fire trucks may be used in the following purposes:
a) Assurance of security and politics.
b) Assurance of social order and safety.
c) Providing emergency care for victims; or handling urgent accidents.
d) Prevention of disaster and disaster recovery.
2. The Minister of Public Security or authorized person, the President of provincial People’s Committees within their competence is entitled to entitled to mobilize the fire trucks used in the purpose prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. Directors of Central Department of Fire safety, Firefighting, and Rescue of provinces, Chiefs of Office of Fire safety and Rescue affiliated to the Public Security of provinces within their competence are entitled to mobilize the fire trucks used in the purpose prescribed in Point b, c and d Clause 1 of this Article.
4. Heads of authorities within their competence are entitled to mobilize the fire trucks used in the purpose prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.
5. The Ministry of Public Security shall provide for regulations of management, preservation, maintenance and use of fire safety and firefighting equipment and provide guidance of implementation for Ministries, regulatory bodies and local governments.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 79/2014/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)
Nghị định 79/2014/NĐ-CP (Bản Pdf)