Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Employer responsibilities. The employer
must ensure all fixed and portable fire protection systems needed to meet an
OSHA standard for employee safety or employee protection from fire hazards in
land-side facilities, including, but not limited to, buildings, structures, and
equipment, meet the requirements of this section.
(b) Portable fire extinguishers and hose
systems.
(1) The employer must select,
install, inspect, maintain, and test all portable fire extinguishers according
to NFPA 10-2002 Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers, which is hereby
incorporated by reference.
(2) The
employer is permitted to use Class II or Class III hose systems, in accordance
with NFPA 10-2002, as portable fire extinguishers if the employer selects,
installs, inspects, maintains, and tests those systems according to the
specific recommendations in NFPA 14-2003 Standard for the Installation of
Standpipe and Hose Systems, which is hereby incorporated by
reference.
(c) General
requirements for fixed extinguishing systems. The employer must:
(1) Ensure that any fixed extinguishing
system component or extinguishing agent is approved by an OSHA Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory, meeting the requirements of General Industry
Safety Order, Section
3206 for use on the specific
hazards the employer expects it to control or extinguish;
(2) Notify employees and take the necessary
precautions to ensure employees are safe from fire if for any reason a fire
extinguishing system stops working, until the system is working
again;
(3) Ensure all repairs to
fire extinguishing systems and equipment are done by a qualified technician or
mechanic;
(4) Provide and ensure
employees use proper personal protective equipment when entering discharge
areas in which the atmosphere remains hazardous to employee safety or health,
or provide safeguards to prevent employees from entering those areas. See
Section 8355 of these Orders for additional
requirements applicable to safe entry into spaces containing dangerous
atmospheres;
(5) Post hazard
warning or caution signs at both the entrance to and inside of areas protected
by fixed extinguishing systems that use extinguishing agents in concentrations
known to be hazardous to employee safety or health; and
(6) Select, install, inspect, maintain, and
test all automatic fire detection systems and emergency alarms according to
NFPA 72-2002 National Fire Alarm Code, which is hereby incorporated by
reference.
(d) Fixed
extinguishing systems. The employer must select, install, maintain, inspect,
and test all fixed systems required by OSHA as follows:
(1) Standpipe and hose systems according to
NFPA 14-2003 Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems, which
is hereby incorporated by reference;
(2) Automatic sprinkler systems according to
NFPA 25-2002 Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of
Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, which is hereby incorporated by reference,
and either NFPA 13-2002 Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems,
which is hereby incorporated by reference or NFPA 750-2003 Standard on Water
Mist Fire Protection Systems, which is hereby incorporated by
reference.
(3) Fixed extinguishing
systems that use water or foam as the extinguishing agent according to NFPA
15-2001 Standard for Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection, which is
hereby incorporated by reference; NFPA 11-2005 Standard for Low-, Medium-, and
High-Expansion Foam, which is hereby incorporated by reference;
(4) Fixed extinguishing systems using dry
chemical as the extinguishing agent according to NFPA 17-2002 Standard for Dry
Chemical Extinguishing Systems, which is hereby incorporated by reference;
and
(5) Fixed extinguishing systems
using gas as the extinguishing agent according to NFPA 12-2005 Standard on
Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems, which is hereby incorporated by
reference; NFPA 12A-2004 Standard on Halon 1301 Fire Extinguishing Systems,
which is hereby incorporated by reference; and NFPA 2001-2004 Standard on Clean
Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems, which is hereby incorporated by
reference.
1. New
section filed 2-22-2006; operative 2-22-2006. Submitted to OAL for printing
only pursuant to Labor Code section
142.3(a)(3)
(Register 2006, No. 8).
2. Amendment filed 5-16-2007; operative
5-16-2007. Submitted to OAL for filing with the Secretary of State and printing
only pursuant to Labor Code section
142.3(a)(3)
(Register 2007, No. 20).
Note: Authority cited: Section
142.3, Labor
Code. Reference: Section
142.3, Labor
Code.
