The first building safety code implementation does not apply to residential areas

For a variety of production and business units coexist in the same building, the status of management responsibilities is not clear, the Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau and the Municipal Construction Committee and the Municipal Fire Protection Bureau will implement the "Safety Production Regulations for Production and Business Units in Beijing Buildings" on the 1st of April (below Abbreviated as "the specification").

This is the first domestic safety standard for production and operation units in buildings. The “Specifications” consists of 7 chapters and 34 articles, clarifying the responsibility for security among property owners, property units, and use units. It also clearly defines the public areas within the building, fire-fighting facilities, important facilities, renovations, emergency drills, and emergency disposals as safety. The focus of management.

Zhang Shusen, deputy director of the Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, said that the previous contingency plans were formulated by all units within the building. Once an accident occurred, safety management duties were not clearly defined, and various entities such as property rights units, property units, and use units coexisted without corresponding emergency response. Disposal measures can easily result in loss of pipe or leakage. The formulation of the "Code" solves the problem of unclear security responsibilities among multiple production and operation entities in urban buildings, avoids multi-headed management and management of blind spots, and strengthens the management of public areas, fire-fighting facilities and important facilities to achieve effective control and reduction. The purpose of the accident. The "Regulations" specify that apart from the need for each unit to formulate its own contingency plans, it is necessary for the property and units to formulate an overall emergency plan for the building so as to focus on the emergency rescue personnel and emergency relief supplies in the building. Carry out emergency rescue work to reduce the losses caused by accidents.

It is understood that this is the first domestic safety standard for production and business units in the building, and the "Code" does not apply to residential communities.

Liu Yan, deputy inspector of the Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, said that for example, a supermarket in a high-rise building does not have fire hydrant facilities, and the property department and the use unit (supermarket) of the building should be investigated for responsibility.

Liu Yan stated that the production and business operation units found to have potential safety hazards during inspections will be given various penalties such as economic penalties, suspension of business rectification, and media exposure in accordance with relevant regulations.