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Bnvironmental_Glass <br />Fire Prevention Plan <br />I. OBJECTIVE <br />The purpose of this Fire Prevention Plan is to eliminate the causes of fire, prevent loss of life and <br />property by fire, and to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's <br />(OSHA) standard on fire prevention, 29 CFR 1910.39. It provides employees with information <br />and guidelines that will assist them in recognizing, reporting, and controlling fire hazards. <br />II. BACKGROUND <br />EGI is committed to minimizing the threat of fire to employees, visitors, and property. This Fire <br />Prevention Plan serves to reduce the risk of fires at the job site in the following ways: <br />A. identifies materials that are potential fire hazards and their proper handling and storage <br />procedures; <br />B. distinguishes potential ignition sources and the proper control procedures of those <br />materials; <br />C. describes fire protection equipment and/or systems used to control fire hazards; <br />D. identifies persons responsible for maintaining the equipment and systems -installed to <br />prevent or control ignition of fires; <br />E. identifies persons responsible for the control and accumulation of flammable or <br />combustible material; <br />F. describes good housekeeping procedures necessary to insure the control of accumulated <br />flammable and combustible waste material and residues to avoid a fire emergency; and <br />G. provides training to employees with regard to fire hazards to which they may be exposed. <br />M. ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY <br />Fire safety is everyone's responsibility. All employees should know how to prevent and respond <br />to fires, and are responsible for adhering to company policy regarding fire emergencies. <br />A. Management <br />Management determines the EGI fire prevention and protection policies. Management <br />will provide adequate controls to provide a safe workplace, and will provide adequate <br />resources and training to its employees to encourage fire prevention and the safest <br />possible response in the event of a fire emergency. <br />