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Fire Protection 2 345-001-03-IGDO © 2013, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) 1 877 494 WSPS (9777) | 905 614 1400 | www.wsps.ca Fire Protection Fire prevention and control The best way to protect your employees, your property and the environment is to prevent a fire from happening. The most effective way to do this is to eliminate or minimize all fire hazards. If a fire does occur, however, immediate steps should be taken to control it, and prevent it from spreading. Fire prevention and control are achieved by combining engineering, work practice and administrative controls. Appendix 2 provides some examples of each of these controls. Emergency plan A fire emergency plan outlines a sequence of steps to be taken when a fire strikes. Its purpose is to ensure the safety and health of employees, and to minimize the damage to property and the environment. Your plan should provide for 'worst case' scenarios. Guidelines are provided in Appendix 3 to help you in preparing your plan. Fire Inspections Establish a regular schedule of fire inspections. These will help detect any deviations from, or shortcomings in, your control standards and emergency procedures. Take corrective action as soon as possible. Appendix 4 is a sample checklist you can use to monitor your fire protection program. You will, of course, need to expand on the points provided under each general heading. The information collected during your workplace assessment, and subsequent action taken, will help you to come up with your own detailed checklist. Review and revise this checklist whenever you have the results of any incident/accident investigations involving fires that you have conducted, and each time you do a re-assessment. Related Legislation Ontario Regulations for Industrial Establishments: Sections 120 and 123 specify that certain requirements of the Building Code and Fire Code apply to industrial establishments. Wsps.cA

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