Article R4227-28 of the French Labour Code
November 3, 2023
The employer shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any outbreak of fire can be quickly and effectively tackled in the interests of rescuing workers.
The employer shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any outbreak of fire can be quickly and effectively tackled in the interests of rescuing workers.
First aid against fire is provided by a sufficient number of fire extinguishers maintained in good working order. There is at least one portable water spray extinguisher with a minimum capacity of 6 litres for every 200 square metres of floor space. There is at least one appliance per level. Where premises present particular fire risks, particularly electrical risks, they are equipped with fire extinguishers of a number and type…
If necessary, the establishment is equipped with armed fire taps, dry standpipes, wet standpipes, fixed automatic fire extinguishing systems or automatic fire detection systems.
Non-automatic extinguishing systems are easy to access and operate.
When necessary, a quantity of sand or loose earth proportionate to the size of the establishment, the layout of the premises and the nature of the work carried out is kept close to the work areas, with a means of spraying, to be used to extinguish the beginnings of a fire.
Extinguishing systems are permanently signposted in appropriate places.
Establishments in which more than fifty people may be occupied or habitually assembled, as well as those, regardless of their size, where flammable materials mentioned in article R. 4227-22 are handled and used, are equipped with an audible alarm system.
The general audible alarm is given per building if the establishment comprises several buildings isolated from each other.
The general alarm sound signal is such that it cannot be confused with other signals used in the establishment. It is audible from any point in the building for the time required for evacuation, with a minimum duration of five minutes.
In the establishments referred to in article R. 4227-34, fire safety instructions are drawn up and posted in a very conspicuous manner: 1° In each room for premises with more than five people and for the premises mentioned in article R. 4227-24 ; 2° In each room or in each corridor serving a group of rooms in other cases. In other establishments, instructions are drawn up to ensure the evacuation…
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