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Fire
Prevention Plan
Rutgers
University is required by the Pubic Employees
Occupational Safety and Health Act (PEOSHA) to
develop and implement a Fire Prevention Plan and
an Emergency Action Plan meeting the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.38 (a) and (b). Copies of the plans
are reproduced in this electronic format for your
reference. All employees must adhere to and be
familiar with the requirements of each plan.
Under
the authority of the New Jersey Division of Fire
Safety, The Rutgers University Department of Emergency
Services' Fire Safety Division is charged with
the responsibility of enforcing the provisions
of New Jersey Uniform Fire Code, and is the authority
having jurisdiction with respect to fire safety
regulations, policies and procedures. The Fire
Safety Division is staffed with State certified
fire inspectors who regularly inspect all University
premises to assure compliance with fire safety
regulations, test fire protection systems and
equipment, and conduct employee training programs
to familiarize staff with fire hazards and procedures
to be followed in an emergency. Furthermore, employees
are apprised of the fire hazards of the materials
and processes with which they work during state-mandated
Right-to-know training.
Smoking
Effective
July 1, 1994, by action of the Rutgers Board of
Governors, smoking is prohibited in all University
buildings and within University-owned motor vehicles,
thus eliminating the health and fire hazard associated
with the use of smoking materials.
Hot
Work Permits
A permit
system for control of welding and cutting is in
place within the Facilities organization to control
this potential fire hazard. All other hazards
are regulated through the inspection procedures.
Check
out Hot Work Permit Program
Fire
Extinguishers and Automatic Systems
University
buildings are equipped with fire extinguishers
in accordance with the requirements of the construction
and/or fire safety codes. Employees are not expected
to utilize these devices nor are they trained
in their use due to the danger of their personal
safety, which would result from attempting to
extinguish a fire. Many buildings are protected
by automatic sprinkler systems and others are
provided with fire standpipe systems. All major
buildings are equipped with automatic fire detection
and alarm systems, which are constantly, monitored
at the respective University Police Department
stations. Special hazards, such as chemical storage,
high voltage electrical, cooking, spray painting
and computer installations are protected by fixed
suppression systems in addition to the aforementioned
types of built-in protection. There are no fire
hoses for building occupant use located in any
University building; only fire hose connections
for fire department use exist.
Fire
Safety Inspections
The
University's Fire Safety Division is staffed by
a supervising Fire Safety Inspector, Fire Safety
Specialists, a Fire Officer and a fire alarm system
Specialist.
Fire
safety inspections generate formal, written Notices
of Violation, which are issued to the individual
responsible for the correction of an observed
fire hazard. Reinspections are established and
are conducted. There is a process that is followed
for granting extensions of time for hazard abatement,
as well as handling uncorrected cited hazards.
All
fire protection systems are inspected at the frequencies
required by the Uniform Fire Code. These include
automatic sprinkler systems, standpipe systems,
fixed suppression systems, fire alarm systems,
emergency power generators, fire pumps, fire extinguishers
and fire hydrants.
The
Fire Safety Division is empowered, by New Jersey
Regulation, to order the abatement of cited fire
hazards, to assess penalties for non-compliance,
and to issue punitive closing notices and vacate
buildings where uncorrected hazards exist.
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