---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1915.502"
title: "29"
number: "1915.502"
heading: "Fire safety plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1915.502"
---

# §1915.502. Fire safety plan.

- (a) **Employer responsibilities.** The employer must develop and implement a written fire safety plan that covers all the actions that employers and employees must take to ensure employee safety in the event of a fire. (See Appendix A to this subpart for a Model Fire Safety Plan.)
- (b) **Plan elements.** The employer must include the following information in the fire safety plan:
  - (1) Identification of the significant fire hazards;
  - (2) Procedures for recognizing and reporting unsafe conditions;
  - (3) Alarm procedures;
  - (4) Procedures for notifying employees of a fire emergency;
  - (5) Procedures for notifying fire response organizations of a fire emergency;
  - (6) Procedures for evacuation;
  - (7) Procedures to account for all employees after an evacuation; and
  - (8) Names, job titles, or departments for individuals who can be contacted for further information about the plan.
- (c) **Reviewing the plan with employees.** The employer must review the plan with each employee at the following times:
  - (1) Within 90 days of December 14, 2004, for employees who are currently working;
  - (2) Upon initial assignment for new employees; and
  - (3) When the actions the employee must take under the plan change because of a change in duties or a change in the plan.
- (d) **Additional employer requirements.** The employer also must:
  - (1) Keep the plan accessible to employees, employee representatives, and OSHA;
  - (2) Review and update the plan whenever necessary, but at least annually;
  - (3) Document that affected employees have been informed about the plan as required by [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section; and
  - (4) Ensure any outside fire response organization that the employer expects to respond to fires at the employer's worksite has been given a copy of the current plan.
- (e) **Contract employers.** Contract employers in shipyard employment must have a fire safety plan for their employees, and this plan must comply with the host employer's fire safety plan.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 69 FR 55702, Sept. 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754); 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393); 29 CFR part 1911; and 5 U.S.C. 553, as applicable.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, unless otherwise noted.