How pharmaceutical and chemical companies should implement the \"Fire Protection Standards for Engineering Design of Fine Chemical Enterprises\"
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Reply from the Chengdu Emergency Management Bureau regarding issues related to the application of the \"Fire Protection Standards for Engineering Design of Fine Chemical Enterprises\" in the pharmaceutical industry, Cheng Emergency Letter [2020] No. 68. To the Pengzhou Emergency Management Bureau: We have received your letter titled \"Request regarding the application of the ‘Fire Protection Standards for Engineering Design of Fine Chemical Enterprises’ in the pharmaceutical industry of Pengzhou“ (Peng Emergency [2020] No. 41). After research, the reply is as follows: First, the \"Fire Protection Design Standards for Fine Chemical Industry Enterprises\" (GB51283-2020) were jointly issued on January 16, 2020, by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and came into effect on October 1, 2020. II. Fine chemical enterprises are those that use primary or secondary chemicals produced by the basic chemical industry, as well as biomass materials, as starting materials for further processing, in order to produce fine chemical products with specific functions and uses, characterized by small production volumes, a variety of products, high added value, and a high degree of technological complexity. The pharmaceutical and chemical industry falls under the category of fine chemicals. III. For pharmaceutical and chemical enterprises that involve chemical reactions, their new construction, expansion, and renovation projects shall be carried out in accordance with relevant standards and specifications such as the \"Fire Protection Design Standard for Fine Chemical Enterprises\" (GB51283-2020). For pharmaceutical and chemical enterprises that store and use hazardous chemicals without involving chemical reactions, their building fire protection design shall comply with the relevant provisions of the \"Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings\" (GB50016). IV. For construction projects involving the \"two key areas and one major concern\" (highly regulated hazardous chemical processes, highly regulated hazardous chemicals, and major hazard sources of hazardous chemicals), a HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) analysis must be conducted during the preliminary design phase. V. The safety distance between buildings, units, or facilities in pharmaceutical and chemical enterprises should be determined through quantitative risk analysis. Chengdu Emergency Management Bureau, May 12, 2020
Article 17 of the Work Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China stipulates: “Production and business operation entities shall meet the work safety conditions prescribed by this Law, as well as relevant laws, administrative regulations, and **standards or industry standards”； Those that do not meet the conditions for safe production shall not engage in production and business activities. ”In 2018, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development revised the \"Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings\" (GB50016) and the \"Fire Protection Design Standards for Petrochemical Enterprises\" (GB50160). These standards specify their scope of application and include mandatory provisions. In January 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development formulated and issued the \"Fire Protection Design Standards for Fine Chemical Enterprises\" (GB51283), which came into effect on October 1, 2020. Based on the current laws, regulations, rules, and standards, and taking into account the results of relevant investigations, enterprises are guided and urged to strictly comply with the applicable provisions. Regarding the application of engineering design standards in fine chemical enterprises, **where the standards set clear requirements, those requirements must be strictly followed** ； In the absence of specific requirements, refer to Document No. **76** for implementation.
Thank you for sharing the responses from the leaders in Chengdu. Given the characteristics of pharmaceutical and chemical enterprises, these aspects are generally covered in Clause 1.0.2 of the Detailed Regulations.
It’s redundant – both the Precision Code and the Construction Code have requirements regarding internal fire separation distances, so why do you need to determine them through quantitative risk analysis? It’s full of contradictions; how did you come up with this? Release a document without even understanding it yourself?
Fire separation distances and quantitative analysis are not contradictory; fire separation distances are primarily used to prevent the spread of fire from one building to another, while quantitative analysis takes into account the impact of explosions in Class A and B production facilities on adjacent facilities. In short, fire separation distances are used to prevent the spread of fire, while quantitative analysis is used to prevent the impact of explosions.