---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.4330"
title: "30"
number: "56.4330"
heading: "Firefighting, evacuation, and rescue procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.4330"
---

# §56.4330. Firefighting, evacuation, and rescue procedures.

- (a) Mine operators shall establish emergency firefighting, evacuation, and rescue procedures. These procedures shall be coordinated in advance with available firefighting organizations.
- (b) Fire alarm procedures or systems shall be established to promptly warn every person who could be endangered by a fire.
- (c) Fire alarm systems shall be maintained in operable condition.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 101, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173, as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 91 Stat. 1291 (30 U.S.C. 811).

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.