The Ministry of Labor and Social Security issued a Regulation on Health and Safety Conditions in the Use of Work Equipment in 2013 in order to show the minimum requirements for health and safety for the use of construction equipment and equipment in various workplaces. 1), employers are obliged to install fire extinguishing systems in the environment where the construction equipment itself or its towed equipment is used, which may affect workers. If there is no system to extinguish a fire in the plant, at least these machines and equipment must have adequate fire extinguishing devices.
Fire hoses are fire extinguishing equipment that sprays water from the tank to extinguish fire in fire trucks and fire cabinets. Fire hoses are made of pressurized water resistant material and are resistant to fire and wear during long use. Fire hose controls is made in accordance with. Unless otherwise specified in the relevant standards, periodic checks of the installations are carried out 9811 times per year.
Functionally large fire hoses must always be serviced and inspected. These hoses which have not been used for a long time should be opened and wound again and their tests should be done with tests such as pressure test. Fire hoses are subject to the sağlık regulations on health and safety requirements for the use of work equipment ”. Türcert helps you to prevent any dangerous event and meet your legal requirements by reporting the deficiencies, nonconformities or dangerous situations that are detected as a result of the fire hose controls it performs with its expert team and equipment.
In the annex of Maintenance, Repair and Periodic Inspections (Annex 3) of the same regulation, the regular inspection periods of the installations in operation and the control criteria and related standards to be considered in these inspections are given. In this context, the following reasons have been determined regarding fire installation:
- Fire hoses and hoses, motopumps and piping must be inspected and inspected at least once a year unless a specific period is specified in the standards. These checks are primarily carried out to determine whether the installation meets the criteria shown in the project. It is also necessary to consider whether it meets the criteria of the following standards published by domestic and foreign organizations:
- TS 9811 Fire extinguishers - Medium and high expansion foam systems - Maintenance and inspection
- TS EN 671-3 Fixed fire extinguishing systems - Hose systems - Part 3: Hose reels with semi-rigid hose and maintenance of flat hose systems
- TS EN 12416-1 + A2 Stationary fire extinguishing systems - Powder systems - Part 1: Component properties and test methods
- TS EN 12845 Fixed fire extinguishing systems - Automatic sprinkler systems - Design, installation and maintenance
- Fire extinguishers must be inspected and inspected for the periods described in TS ISO 11602-2 standard.
- TSE ISO / TS 11602-2 Fire protection - Portable and mobile fire extinguishers - Part 2: Inspection and maintenance
