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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.155Fire officers
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### sec.155 Fire officers
The underground mine manager for an underground mine must appoint, in writing, at least 1 person as a fire officer for the mine.
The fire officer is responsible for the following—
inspecting, testing and maintaining all fire fighting equipment;
keeping records of the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire fighting equipment;
establishing fire prevention and control training needs and ensuring the training is carried out;
ensuring the currency of all fire fighting plans and procedures;
testing, and reporting on, the condition of the mine’s communication system.
(sec.155-ssec.1) The underground mine manager for an underground mine must appoint, in writing, at least 1 person as a fire officer for the mine.
(sec.155-ssec.2) The fire officer is responsible for the following— inspecting, testing and maintaining all fire fighting equipment; keeping records of the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire fighting equipment; establishing fire prevention and control training needs and ensuring the training is carried out; ensuring the currency of all fire fighting plans and procedures; testing, and reporting on, the condition of the mine’s communication system.
- (a) inspecting, testing and maintaining all fire fighting equipment;
- (b) keeping records of the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire fighting equipment;
- (c) establishing fire prevention and control training needs and ensuring the training is carried out;
- (d) ensuring the currency of all fire fighting plans and procedures;
- (e) testing, and reporting on, the condition of the mine’s communication system.