FIRE PROTECTION PLAN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PAGE 1
TABULATION OF REVISED SECTIONS/PAGES 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
1.0 INTRODUCTION 4
2.0 PURPOSE AND SCOPE 4
2.1 PURPOSE 4
2.2 SCOPE 4
3.0 DEFINITIONS, ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES 5
3.1 DEFINITIONS 5
3.2 ABBREVIATIONS 6
3.3 REFERENCES 6
4.0 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 7
4.1 PROJECT MANAGER 7
4.2 SITE/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER 7
4.3 SITE HSE MANAGER 7
4.4 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM 7
4.4.1 FIRE WARDENS 8
4.5 SITE SUPERVISOR 8
4.6 ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR 8
4.7 STORE INCHARGE 8
4.8 CAMP BOSS 8
4.9 EMPLOYEES 9
5.0 FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 10
5.1 ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION (AFP) 10
5.2 PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION (PFP) 10-11
5.3 FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT 11
5.4 EMERGENCY PLAN 11
5.5 FIRE INSPECTIONS 12
5.6 FIRE FIGHTING MOCK DRILLS 12

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Fire Protection is an organized approach designed to prevent fires. In the event of a fire, a
fire protection program will help prevent or minimize personal injuries, losses, and harm to
the environment. Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) This Plan has been
developed in conjunction with all other applicable safety procedures, SAUDI ARAMCO
General Instructions, CSM and known best safe work practices, to minimize if not totally
eliminate potential losses to SAUDI ARAMCO/CONTRACTOR personnel, equipment and
facilities and environment throughout the duration of the work, in compliance with SAUDI
ARAMCO Contractor Safety Administrative Requirement (CSAR) SAES and Schedule D,
CONTRACTOR Construction Site Safety Plan (CSSP) and CONTRACTOR Hazard
Identification Plan (HIP).

2.0 PURPOSE AND SCOPE

2.1 PURPOSE
The purpose of this plan is to identify the potential Fire hazards in the work site, storage
areas and offices and to develop a sustainable system to cope with that hazard. For that
have to conduct an assessment of the

 Fire hazards
 Effectiveness of controls
 Emergency preparedness
 Fire alarms and detection systems
 Provisions for firefighting
 Lighting and emergency power systems
 Standpipe systems
 Requirements for exits

2.2 SCOPE

The process of Inspection, testing, correction and control measures explained in this plan
shall be implemented and followed to maintain a fire hazard free work place. Conduct
mock drills, training to employees and Emergency response team. Regulating the Hot
work, waste segregation and smoking habits of the employees also comes in this plan.

3.0 DEFINITIONS, ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES

3.1 DEFINITIONS

A company possession having value which is used to

generate revenue. In context of HSE management asset
normally means hardware e.g. vessels, pipes, buildings.
Asset
In more general context asset is also used in context of
software e.g. useful quality, skills, expertise (or
persons).
To reduce a risk to a level which is as low as reasonably
practicable involves balancing reduction in risk against
As Low As Reasonably Practicable the time, trouble, difficulty and cost of achieving it.
(ALARP)
 This level represents the point, objectively assessed, at
which the time, trouble, difficulty and cost of further
reduction measures become unreasonably
disproportionate to the additional risk reduction
obtained.

COMPANY Saudi Arabian Oil Company (SAUDI ARAMCO)

Fire a process in which substances combine chemically
with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright
light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning
Hazard The potential to cause harm, including ill health and
injury, damage to property, products or the
environment, production losses or increased
liabilities.
The process whereby the results of an analysis of a
hazard are considered against judgement,
Hazard Assessment
standards, or criteria which have been developed as
a basis for decision making.
An event or chain of events which cause, or could have
caused injury, illness and/or damage (loss) to assets,
Incident the environment or third parties.
An incident involves the release or near release of a
hazard.

3.2 ABBREVIATIONS

AFP Active fire protection

CSSP Contractor Site Safety Program
CS Community Services
CHB Chemical Hazard Bulletin
ELCB Earth Leak Current Breakers
ERP Emergency Response Plan
ERT Emergency Response Team
FRC Flame Resistant Clothing
FrPD Fire Protection Department
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
HIP Hazard Identification Plan
HiPo High Potential
LPD Loss Prevention Department
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
PFP Passive fire protection
PTW Permit To Work
SA SAUDI ARAMCO
SAG Saudi Arabian Government
WMP Waste Management Plan

3.3 REFERENCES

Saudi Arabian Government Laws and Regulations

CSM Construction Safety manual
CSAR Contractor Safety Administrative Requirements
General Instructions (GIs) SAUDI ARAMCO General Instructions (GIs)
SAUDI ARAMCO Schedule “D” Safety, Health and Environmental Requirements
SAESs SAUDI ARAMCO Engineering Standards

4.0 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

4.1 PROJECT MANAGER

He is responsible for providing the required resources such as funding, equipment and
manpower, authorizing the Fire protection plan and empower the HSE and ERT to
implement the same.

4.2 SITE/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

They are responsible for implementing and oversee the proper functioning of the fire
prevention plan. Provide proper material and manual support to install, inspect and repair
the system in case of any fault.

4.3 SITE HSE MANAGER

He shall monitor the fire prevention plan is implemented according to the standards, is of
sufficient capacity, conduct periodic testing and auditing of the function. Ensuring the
function and capability is maintained by conducting functional test and mock drills.

4.4 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM

The Emergency response team consists of persons from different disciplines and will
perform as a team, by training and drills. The ERT will be move to the incident point at
short notice with the required equipment to fight a fire outbreak.

The following mistakes can happen in dealing with a fire incident;

1) Lack of a sound understanding of fire behavior, and extreme fire-ground

dynamics;
2) Lack of a proper size-up (risk vs. gain) early into the operation;
3) Lack of understanding of extreme fire effects on lightweight construction;
4) Lack of existing standard operating procedures (SOPs);
5) Lack of use of an Incident Command System;
6) Lack of sufficient training;
To overcome these deficiencies there is a need for conducting sufficient training,
practicing and mock drills. An approved emergency plan and location maps will be
intimated in the training and mock drill preparation.

4.4.1 FIRE WARDENS

The office and stores shall be having fire wardens to intimate and activate the
evacuation, initial firefighting and control. They will inform the occupants and helping
in the evacuation to a safe assembly point, alarming ERT and start firefighting if it is
within the capability and limit. Switch off the electrical supply to the area and closing
the doors to avoid the heat transfer by radiation and convention. Finally fire warden
will respond and function as the member of Emergency Response team.

4.5 SITE SUPERVISOR

The site supervisors will inform and help in evacuating the persons to a safe assembly
point. Conduct head count and confirm there is nobody is missing or endangered.
Support the ERT with location identification, access arrangements and crowd control.

4.6 ENVIRONMENT COORDINATOR

He will regularly inspect and monitor the office, site and storage areas for improper
accumulations of combustibles, fuel, battery acid and chemicals. He will actively
contribute in to control the hazardous chemical handling, spillage control and
segregation of flammable and combustibles in the transfer and storage.

4.7 STORE IN-CHARGE

He shall stack the materials segregated combustibles from chemicals and source of
heat. Maintain the chemical storages in proper conditions and temperature. Provide
ventilation and air conditioning for the heat sensitive materials. Store separately
oxidants and acids to avoid ignition. Ensure that electrical power and accessories are
used and connected as per Company standard SAES-P-100. Maintain MSDS or CHB
for each item available in the store. The storage areas are provided with sufficient
quantity of firefighting measures such as water, sand, brooms and fire extinguishers.
Temperature control has to implemented and monitored at time to time.

4.8 CAMP BOSS

He shall be responsible for the following things but not limited that

1) Inspection. Maintain, repairing and up keeping of all the camp facilities and area.
2) The proper waste collection, segregation and disposal of waste and record keeping
of disposed waste.
3) Oversee the proper storage of LPG, paints, fossil fuels, chemicals and combustible
materials
4) He shall ensure all the firefighting equipment are usable, replace non-usable and
maintain them in good condition.
5) Maintain fire alarm systems, fire points, vehicle parking, workshops if any and
electrical power supplies.
6) Support the HSE team to educate the occupants regarding the emergency
response, evacuation and emergency reporting.
7) Be the part of Emergency response team, report and coordinate the firefighting in
case of any fire incident.
8) Inspect all rooms, mess halls and recreation areas for improper electrical
connections, debris and cooking with gas or electricity.
9) Maintain all electrical related and fire related supply point, cables and connections
in good esteem.
10)Ensure fire and emergency evacuation routes are conspicuously placed and
maintained a prominent assembly point.
11)Well aware of the emergency evacuation procedure and coordination with medical
team.
12) Handy with Saudi Government, Company and Contractor emergency contact
numbers.
13)Ensure that the vehicle parking, smoking shelters and Generator rooms are
manned and maintained.
14)Maintain MSDS or CHB for each item available in the storage.

4.9 EMPLOYEES

Employees shall follow the under mentioned precautions in case of an outbreak of fire;

1) Obtain Permit for any Hot work, ensure the precautions implemented 100%.
 2) Observe Company/Contractor Smoking policy exactly.
3) The disposal of waste shall be done according to the Waste management Plan
4) Housekeeping of the work area shall be done properly
5) Handling of chemicals, gases and electricity shall be as per the handling procedure
6) Reporting any symptoms smoke and fire or chances of fire to the emergency
contact number.
7) Knowing the basic incident reporting, firefighting and emergency response.
8) Maintaining the access points to the firefighting equipment is kept clear at all times

5.0 FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

5.1 Active Fire Protection (AFP)

Active fire protection is a group of systems that require some amount of action or motion in
order to work efficiently in the event of a fire. Actions may be manually operated, like a fire
extinguisher or automatic, like a sprinkler, but either way they require some amount of action.
AFP includes fire/smoke alarm systems, sprinkler systems, and fire extinguishers as well as
firefighters. Fire/smoke alarm systems are used to detect whether there is fire and/or smoke
in a building. Sprinkler systems are used to help slow the growth of the fire. Fire
extinguishers and firefighters with fire water trucks are used to help put out the fire
altogether.

5.2 Passive Fire Protection (PFP)

Passive fire protection is a group of systems that compartmentalize a building through the
use of fire-resistance rated walls/floors. Compartmentalizing your building into smaller
sections helps to slow or prevent the spread of fire/smoke from one room to the next. PFP
helps to limit the amount of damage done to a building and provides its occupants more time
for evacuation. PFP includes fire/smoke dampers, fire doors, and fire walls/floors. Dampers
are used to prevent the spread of fire/smoke throughout the building through its ductwork.
Fire doors help to compartmentalize a building. Fires topping helps to separate the building
into compartments. Photo-luminescent egress path markers help light the way to safety. The
best way to protect employees, property and the environment is to prevent a fire from
happening. The most effective way to do this is to eliminate or minimize all fire hazards.

If a fire does occur, however, immediate steps should be taken to control it, and prevent it
from spreading. Fire prevention and control are achieved by combining engineering, work
practice and administrative controls.

The control measures can be as follows

A firefighting system is probably the most important of the building services, as its aim is to
protect human life and property, strictly in that order.  

It consists of three basic parts:

 A large store of water in tanks, either underground or on top of the building, called the
storage tanks.
 A specialized pumping system.
 A large network of pipes ending in either hydrants or sprinklers (nearly all buildings
require both of these systems).

Employee training (including orientation training and retraining) in:

 Preventive measures
 Inspection techniques
 Fire extinguisher use
 Hazard reporting
 Spill control procedures
 Emergency procedures

5.3 FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

 Portable extinguishers
 Sprinkler systems
 Standpipe and hose systems
 Water supplies for fire protection
 Emergency power systems
 Systems for life safety

5.4 EMERGENCY PLAN

A fire emergency plan outlines a sequence of steps to be taken when a fire strikes. Its
purpose is to ensure the safety and health of employees, and to minimize the damage to
property and the environment. Your plan should provide for “worst case” scenarios. Fire
emergency plan shall have detailed description of the duties and responsibilities of each
Emergency team member. The mock drills can be enacted upon the scenarios developed to
horn the abilities of every employ to survive a fire incident.

5.5 FIRE INSPECTIONS

Establish a regular schedule of fire inspections preferably daily basis for the electrical
connections, tools extensions, gas, oil and chemical storages. The firefighting systems such
as sprinklers, smoke detectors, and hydrants shall be inspected monthly basis with record
keeping and follow up. Fire extinguishers shall be inspected monthly for the condition but
shall be inspected before every day for the contents pressure. These will help detect any
deviations from, or shortcomings in, your control standards and emergency procedures. Take
corrective action as soon as possible. Preparing checklist from the assessment of work area
can use to monitor the fire protection program. The information collected during your
workplace assessment, and subsequent actions taken, will help you to come up with your
own detailed checklist. Review and revise this checklist whenever you have the results of any
incident/accident investigations involving fires or mock drills that you have conducted, and
each time you do a re-assessment of the surrounding.

5.6 FIRE FIGHTING MOCK DRILLS

Mock drills should be conducted periodically for training and steadfast response from the
ERT crew, building occupants and managerial persons. Planning and briefing about an
action plan can bring out the shortcomings and subsequent corrections. The success of
implementation part can be checked by enacting through a mock up. In debriefing
effectiveness and awareness level achieved by all participants can be analyzed. The result of
these analysis can further be incorporated to refine the emergency response plan.