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Article R4227-36 of the French Labour Code

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.

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Article R4227-37 of the French Labour Code

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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Article R4227-38 of the French Labour Code

The fire safety instructions indicate : 1° The extinguishing and emergency equipment in the premises or in the vicinity ; 2° The persons responsible for putting this equipment into action; 3° For each room, the persons responsible for directing the evacuation of workers and, where applicable, the public; 4° Specific measures relating to the presence of disabled people, and in particular the number and location of safe waiting areas or…

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Article R4227-39 of the French Labour Code

The fire safety instructions provide for periodic tests and inspections of equipment and for drills during which workers learn to recognise the characteristics of the general alarm sound signal, to locate and use safe waiting areas or equivalent areas, to use first aid equipment and to perform the various manoeuvres required. These drills and periodic tests take place at least every six months. Their date and any observations to which…

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Article R4227-42 of the French Labour Code

The provisions of this section do not apply to the following places or activities: 1° Areas used directly for and during the medical treatment of patients; 2° Use of gas appliances; 3° Manufacture, handling, use, storage and transport of explosives and unstable chemical substances.

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Article R4227-43 of the French Labour Code

For the purposes of this section, an explosive atmosphere is a mixture with air, under atmospheric conditions, of flammable substances in the form of gas, vapour, mist or dust, in which, after ignition, combustion spreads to the entire unburned mixture.

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Article R4227-44 of the French Labour Code

To ensure the prevention of and protection against explosions, the employer shall take the technical and organisational measures appropriate to the type of operation on the basis of the principles of prevention and in the following order of priority: 1° Prevent the formation of explosive atmospheres; 2° If the nature of the activity makes it impossible to prevent the formation of explosive atmospheres, prevent their ignition; 3° Mitigate the harmful…

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