sec.37Fire

### sec.37 Fire A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the following at the mine— fire prevention and control; an effective fire fighting capability; the safety of persons fighting fires; a risk assessment to identify all potential fire hazards at the mine. The system must also provide for the following— the availability at the mine, at all times, of equipment that is appropriate and sufficient to extinguish any potential fire identified by the risk assessment; the location of portable fire extinguishers on or near equipment and installations identified as potential fire hazards by the risk assessment; the compatibility, throughout the mine, of all fire fighting equipment. The coal mine must have a standard operating procedure for action to be taken when a fire is discovered at the mine. (sec.37-ssec.1) A coal mine’s safety and health management system must provide for the following at the mine— fire prevention and control; an effective fire fighting capability; the safety of persons fighting fires; a risk assessment to identify all potential fire hazards at the mine. (sec.37-ssec.2) The system must also provide for the following— the availability at the mine, at all times, of equipment that is appropriate and sufficient to extinguish any potential fire identified by the risk assessment; the location of portable fire extinguishers on or near equipment and installations identified as potential fire hazards by the risk assessment; the compatibility, throughout the mine, of all fire fighting equipment. (sec.37-ssec.3) The coal mine must have a standard operating procedure for action to be taken when a fire is discovered at the mine. - (a) fire prevention and control; - (b) an effective fire fighting capability; - (c) the safety of persons fighting fires; - (d) a risk assessment to identify all potential fire hazards at the mine. - (a) the availability at the mine, at all times, of equipment that is appropriate and sufficient to extinguish any potential fire identified by the risk assessment; - (b) the location of portable fire extinguishers on or near equipment and installations identified as potential fire hazards by the risk assessment; - (c) the compatibility, throughout the mine, of all fire fighting equipment.