Fire safety planned preventive maintenance

Cost-reduction projects are aimed at reducing the cost of production of an existing plant. The most common cost-reduction investments are for preventive maintenance, in which equipment is replaced, repaired, or cleaned after a planned interval and before the equipment deteriorates to the point where it could impact process performance or safety. Most preventive maintenance projects are small and are handled through the plant maintenance budget, but some can be very large, expensive projects requiring a major plant shutdown, for example, replacing the fired tubes in a main... 

Abnormal occupancy levels - failure or planned preventive maintenance of fire safety critical systems... 

All work equipment must also be adequately and suitably maintained in an efficient state to prevent breakdown and/or risks of fire, health or safety. A programme of planned preventive maintenance (PPM) must be implemented to ensure that work equipment is kept in efficient working order and in good repair and the fire risks are reduced to a reasonable level. The frequency of maintenance should be determined by ... 

In relation to fire safety it is particularly important to ensure that moving parts of machinery are subject to planned preventive maintenance to prevent the equipment being a source of ignition. 

Site planning and safety rules must include fire detection provisions, supply and maintenance of fire fighting equipment, control of hot work, emergency procedures in the event of fire, control of smoking on site as needed and prevention of the build-up of flammable materials in work areas and in waste skips. Adequate means of escape and access for emergency vehicles must be allowed for during all stages of construction. 

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