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UK: Guidance on fire prevention plans –
On 4th of May 2018, the Environment Agency has published the updated version of the Guidance on fire prevention plans. The Guidance describes what to include in a fire prevention plan and the fire prevention measures that must be put in place. A facility must use this guide to make a fire prevention plan if it is storing combustible wastes at sites where it has a permit. The fire prevention measures in this guidance have been designed to meet the following 3 objectives:
- minimise the likelihood of a fire happening
- aim for a fire to be extinguished within 4 hours
- minimise the spread of fire within the site and to neighbouring sites
- alternative fire prevention measures – if the facility can demonstrate it will still meet the 3 objectives
- the facility does not need to extinguish a fire within 4 hours at its site, for example because it is not close to sensitive receptors – but it must still meet the other 2 fire prevention objectives
- Fire prevention objectives
- Who this guidance applies to
- Who this guidance does not apply to
- Types of combustible waste
- Using your fire prevention plan
- Fire prevention plan contents
- Manage common causes of fire
- Prevent self-combustion
- Manage waste piles
- Where maximum pile sizes do not apply
- Prevent fire spreading
- Quarantine area
- Detecting fires
- Suppressing fires
- Firefighting techniques
- Water supplies
- Managing fire water
- During and after an incident
- Submit your fire prevention plan
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