Fire protection

Overview

How will your employees respond to fire-related emergencies? Will they evacuate or will they use portable fire extinguishers to fight fires? Oregon OSHA’s portable fire extinguisher rule (437-002-0187), which applies to businesses that have portable fire extinguishers, has exemptions that may apply to your workplace. See Oregon OSHA’s Portable fire extinguishers fact sheet for more information.

Firefighters and a variety of automatic and fixed extinguishing systems are also covered by Oregon OSHA’s fire protection requirements. See the Rules tab for more information.

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Publications

Brochures/Guides
- Expecting the UNexpected: What to consider in planning for workplace emergencies
  Helps employers plan for workplace emergencies. Covers Oregon OSHA's emergency planning requirements, types of emergencies, and how to prepare an emergency plan.
  English Order printed copy 05/05/2022
- Fighting farmland and rangeland wildfires
  A reference guide for employers engaged in Oregon OSHA’s agriculture activities (Division 4).
  English Order printed copy 05/27/2022
Checklists
- Fire protection
  Checklist for fire protection.
  English
- Work environment: general
  Checklist for work environment - general.
  English
Fact sheets
- Craft distilleries
  Describes the hazards involved in craft distilling, hazard controls, and safe practices for distilling.
  English 11/25/2014
- Extintores de incendios portátiles
  Fire extinguishers, portable
  Hay exenciones totales y parciales a las normas.
  Spanish 10/23/2023
- Fire extinguishers, portable
  Reviews full and partial exemptions to fire extinguisher rules, as well as extinguisher selection and inspections, and required employee training.
  English 06/12/2023
Forms
- Emergency Action/Fire Prevention Plan
  Keep this written plan at the facility and make it available for your employees to review.
  English Word version
Hazard alerts
- Wildland firefighting face masks
  Hazard alert about the dangers of using face protectors, shield hoods, shrouds, and bandanas that are commonly used in fighting wildland fires; however, they do not supply fresh air or oxygen, they don’t protect against carbon monoxide or other contaminants, and they don’t take the place of a respirator.
  English 02/14/2023
References
- Rules with requirements
  We get many calls and emails from employers asking the same question. It begins: “Which of your rules have requirements for…” You can finish the sentence with words like “recordkeeping,” “employee training,” and “written documents.” To answer those questions, we’ve organized these rules requirements into a filterable, sortable, searchable table.
  English 05/10/2019

Education and training

Rules and rule-related

Final Rules
Interpretations
- Fall protection for "real-time" simulated fire service training on elevated surfaces
  07/11/2008
- Fire extinguisher inspections at remote, unoccupied locations
  08/02/2007
- UCB fire rated hatch
  10/28/1998
Program Directives
- Ammonium Nitrate Storage Guidance
  Purpose: To provide enforcement guidance for the storage of ammonium nitrate that is covered under 1910.109(i).
  A-295 02/17/2015
- Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations
  Policies and procedures when conducting comprehensive safety inspections in warehousing and distribution center operations, parcel delivery/courier services, and certain high injury rate retail establishments.
  A-305 12/29/2023

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