The issue of setting up air defense stations

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There are some regulations that have been established regarding the installation of gas protection stations. For example: HGT23004-92 Standards for the Operation and Equipment of Gas Protection Stations in Chemical Enterprises, QSH-0700-2008 Regulations for the Design of Gas Protection Stations, SYT 6772-2009 Code for the Design of Gas Protection Stations, HG20571-2014 Code for Safety and Health Design in Chemical Enterprises. All these standards address the installation of equipment filled with air or oxygen. In the case of air respirators, according to the current GB 150-2011 Standard for Pressure Vessels, air respirator cylinders are also considered pressure vessels. Should they therefore also be subject to the management requirements applicable to special equipment, in terms of installation and personnel training and certification? And some companies simply equip themselves with an air pump and assign personnel in charge of safety management to operate it – is that acceptable? In fact, device management is basically not subject to much oversight, while for occupational health and safety management, it is only required that you have such facilities in place. So companies don’t pay much attention to whether this should be managed as special equipment. I’m worried that if something goes wrong someday, all the responsibility will fall on the safety managers. How do your companies manage this?