Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Fire Fighting and Prevention (Revised in 2010)
Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Fire Fighting and Prevention (Revised in 2010)
Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Fire Fighting and Prevention (Revised in 2010)
Announcement of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress No.19
January 13, 2010
(Adopted at the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee of the 10th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on October 27, 1995; amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision on the Amendment of the Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Fire Fighting and Prevention made at the 39th Session of the Standing Committee of the 10th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on October 17, 1997; amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on the Amendment of the Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Fire Fighting and Prevention made at the 16th Session of the Standing Committee of the 11th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on January 25, 2000; amended for the third time in accordance with the Decision on the Amendment of the Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Fire Fighting and Prevention made at the 5th Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on June 26, 2003; revised at the 16th Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on January 13, 2010)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
With a view to preventing and reducing the hazards of fire, strengthening the work of emergency rescue, protecting the safety of life and property, and safeguarding public security, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Fighting and Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws and administrative regulations, and in the light of the actual circumstances of this Municipality.
Article 2
These Regulations apply to the work of fire fighting and prevention and relevant emergency rescue within the administrative area of this Municipality.
Article 3
The people's governments at all levels of this Municipality shall be responsible for the work of fire fighting and prevention within their own administrative areas.
The municipal and district/county people's governments shall incorporate the work of fire fighting and prevention into the planning for national economy and social development, and organize the implementation thereof, so as to enable the work of fire fighting and prevention to adapt to the economic construction and social development.
Article 4
The public security organs of the municipal and district/county people's governments shall supervise and administrate the work of fire fighting and prevention within their own administrative areas, and the fire department of the public security organ under the people's government at the same level shall be responsible for the implementation thereof.
Article 5
Safeguarding the fire safety is the common responsibility of the whole society. All government organs, mass organizations, enterprises, institutions and such other units (hereinafter referred to as units) and individuals of this Municipality have the obligation of protecting fire fighting installations, preventing fire, and reporting for fire alarm.
Article 6
The people's governments at all levels of this Municipality and their relevant departments shall organize and carry out regular dissemination of knowledge and information about fire fighting and prevention.
The public security organ and its fire department shall strengthen the dissemination of laws and regulations on fire fighting and prevention, and urge, guide and assist relevant units to do well in the dissemination and education of fire fighting and prevention.
All units shall strengthen the dissemination of knowledge and information about fire fighting and prevention for their employees.
The department of education, human resources, etc., schools and relevant vocational training institutions shall incorporate the knowledge of fire fighting and prevention into the contents of their education, teaching, and training.
Radios, televisions, press, websites and such other mass media shall actively open columns on fire safety information, and carry out public welfare dissemination of knowledge and information about fire fighting and prevention.
Mass organizations like the Trade Union, the Communist Youth League, the Women's Federation, etc. shall, in the light of the features of their respective working objectives, take various forms to disseminate well the knowledge and information about fire fighting and prevention.
Neighborhood/villagers' committees shall assist the people's government, the public security organ, and such other departments in strengthening the dissemination of knowledge and information about fire fighting and prevention.
Article 7
This Municipality shall honor and/or reward units and individuals that have made outstanding contributions in the work of fire fighting and prevention or emergency rescue or that have rendered meritorious service by reporting offensive acts against fire safety.
Article 8
This Municipality has dedicated every November 9 as the Day of Fire Safety.
Chapter II Responsibility for Fire Safety
Article 9
The people's governments at all levels of this Municipality shall consolidate a job responsibility system for fire fighting and prevention according to law.
The superior people's government shall sign an annual job description for fire safety with the subordinate people's government to define the job responsibility target for fire safety, and assess the completion thereof.
Article 10
The municipal and district/county people's governments shall perform the following functions and duties in the work of fire fighting and prevention:
1. establishing a joint committee system for the work of fire fighting and prevention, and researching and coordinating in the solution of major problems in the work of fire fighting and prevention;
2. supervising and examining the performance of fire safety duties by relevant departments of the people's government at the same level;
3. organizing relevant government departments to carry out pertinent examination of fire safety;
4. incorporating the funds for building public fire fighting facilities and for fire fighting and prevention work into their financial budget, and ensuring the fund input; and
5. other functions and duties in the work of fire fighting and prevention provided by laws and regulations.
Article 11
Township/town people's governments and sub-district offices shall organize, guide and urge the units and individuals within their own jurisdictions to do well in the work of fire fighting and prevention, guide, support and help neighborhood/villagers' committees to carry out mass-participation work of fire fighting and prevention, and organize in well dealing with the aftermath of fire accidents.
Article 12
In the work of planning formulation, adjustment and implementation, the departments of development and reform, construction and communications, planning, land and resources, and finance shall perform relevant duties according to the relevant provisions of these Regulations.
The departments of quality and technical supervision, and commerce and industry shall strengthen the supervision over the quality of fire fighting products and over the units manufacturing and/or selling fire fighting products.
The department of safety supervision shall be responsible for the relevant safety supervision and control of dangerous flammable or explosive chemicals, and organize the preparation and implementation of emergency rescue preplan for accidents of dangerous flammable or explosive chemicals.
The departments of education, public health, culture, radio, film and TV, tourism, economy and informatization, commerce, civil affairs, civil defense, housing support and building administration shall, according to the features of their own systems and industries, carry out pertinent examination of fire safety, and urge in a timely manner to rectify hidden fire hazards.
Article 13
The neighborhood/villagers' committee shall determine persons responsible for fire safety, organize residents/villagers to formulate conventions for fire safety, publicize the knowledge of home fire prevention and emergent evacuation, and examine fire safety.
Article 14
The fire department of the public security organ shall perform the following functions and duties:
1. carrying out and implementing laws and regulations on fire fighting and prevention, carrying out supervisions and examinations of fire fighting and prevention and urging the rectification of potential fire hazards according to law;
2. taking charge of the examination and approval and filing of fire safety design for construction projects, the acceptance check and filing for fire fighting and prevention upon the completion of construction projects, and the examination of fire safety before public gathering places are put into use or operation;
3. carrying out disseminations of laws and regulations on fire fighting and prevention, organizing special trainings for fire safety, administering or giving guidance to the building and training of fire fighting teams, and organizing units to carry out fire drills as needed;
4. taking charge of the supervision and examination of fire fighting products in the use;
5. organizing, commanding and undertaking the work of fire extinguishment, taking charge of investigations of the cause of fire accidents, and compiling statistics of fire losses;
6. participating in the emergency rescue under the unified leadership of the government;
7. disseminating the research achievements relating to the science and technology of fire fighting and prevention; and
8. performing other functions and duties deemed by a superior competent administrative department as what the fire department of the public security organ shall perform.
Police stations shall, according to the requirements of their superior public security organs, carry out the routine supervision and examination of fire fighting and prevention, disseminate the knowledge and information about fire fighting and prevention, protect the scene of fire disasters, and assist in investigating the cause of fire disasters.
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