Sch 8Fire risk management plan for coal mines

Schedule 8—Fire risk management plan for coal mines

Regulation 40(b)(iii)

1. The fire risk management plan must be prepared with the input of an independent expert with appropriate expertise in mine safety and fire prevention, mitigation and suppression.

2. The fire risk management plan must—

(a) specify all fire hazards; and

(b) specify key sensitive receptors; and

(c) assess the risks that the identified fire hazards pose to the environment, to any member of the public, or to land, property or infrastructure in the vicinity of the work described in the work plan; and

(d) specify appropriate controls to eliminate or minimise, as far as reasonably practical, the risks identified under paragraph (c); and

(e) specify and quantify the objectives, standards or acceptance criteria that each control measure or a combination of control measures will achieve; and

(f) specify how the control measures will be implemented and continuously improved; and

(g) specify procedures for the regular testing of the control measures; and

(h) specify procedures for the monitoring and reporting of the status, performance and effectiveness of the control measures; and

(i) specify the procedures for regular review and updating of the plan and whenever the hazards or the risks change; and

(j) specify mine emergency procedures to be followed in the case of a fire.

3. For the purposes of subclause 2(c), an assessment of the risk of fire hazards must have regard to—

(a) the likelihood of fire entering or breaking out in the work plan area and causing or contributing to any harm or damage to the environment, to any member of the public, or to land, infrastructure or property in the vicinity of the work described in the work plan; and

(b) the severity or consequence of the harm or damage that may be caused.