STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE(SOP) FOR PREVENTIVE

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE(SOP) FOR PREVENTIVE
PROACTIVE MEASURES TO STOP/ARREST FIRE
INCIDENTS, DISASTERS ETC.

• Vehicle carrying kapas
• No entry into the yard for vehicles without fire
  arresters/wet hessian at the silencer
• In the market yard
• No electrical pole or open wiring
• No Smoking Display of Boards at public places
• Regular announcement for No Smoking
• Display Fire Brigades/Police Stations Telephone
  Numbers at public places.
• Fire fighting equipments in working/functional
  condition
• Designated trained manpower to use the fire
  fighting equipments.
• Fire extinguishers, water filled drums with
  pieces of hessian in it/water filled buckets/sand
  filled buckets etc. in sufficient numbers and in
  working condition.
• Keep Police informed about the auction time etc.
  for security cover.

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• 3. Heaping Stage
• No entry for vehicles without fire arresters at
  the silencer in the compound where kapas is
  stored/close to heap.
• No Smoking posters and regular announcement for
  No Smoking
• Visual representation of No Smoking
• The area should be declared as Absolute No
  Smoking Zone
• Heap of kapas should be fully covered with the
  tarpaulins
• Constant watch and patrolling control within the
  compound
• Using mechanical JCB silencer should be covered
• Stock should be completely insured against any
  type of damage (fire, theft, natural disaster
  etc.)
• In constant touch with the Fire Department, Local
  Police and Local administration Department.
• Water hydrant with hoze pipes always attached to
  it along with its nozzle.
• Heap should not be made too near the hydrants as
  it may not be functional in the event of fire.
• Fire extinguisher and sand etc. in adequate
  quantity.
• Restriction on any type of fire work such as,
  cooking, tea-making stalls, peanuts vendor with
  angethi etc.
• No overhead wire over the heaps

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• 4. At Ginning and Pressing Factory
• Water hydrant with hoze pipes always attached to
  it along with its nozzle.
• Electrical wiring should be safe insulated
  without any loose contact.
• Cover the electrical motors with the sheet hood
  to avert spark spread.
• No overhead wiring on heap/ cotton
  bondries/docras.
• Visual representation and regular announcement of
  No Smoking
• Proper picking of foreign materials specially
  stones, pieces of bricks etc. which may cause
  spark in processing work culminating into fire.
• Prompt shifting of pressed bales to godown soon
  after the pressing.
• Maintenance of plan of machinery and
  electrification should be displayed in the
  factory by the Factory Owner which should be part
  of agreement.

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• 5. Transit of bales to the godowns
• In the process of shifting of bales care should
  be taken to cover the bales with tarpaulins to
  avoid the fire incidents due to accidental
  contact with overhead fire on the roads.
• Adequate transit insurance.
• Truck should not be overloaded.
• Portable Fire Extinguisher in the Drivers Cabin
  having due life intact.
• Between stacking of bales insulation of
  tarpaulins/hessian may be used to avoid friction
  in iron hoops which may generate spark
  culminating into fire.

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• 6. At Godown/CWC/SWC/APMC/PVT/GSF
• Godown should be worthy to store the stock.
• Windows, shutters of the godown should be fully
  covered.
• Stock should be fully insured.
• Day and night watch and ward is a mandatory by
  the Management staff.
• CCI staff, BM, Vigilance Officer,
  Centre-in-Charge etc. should inspect the
  preparedness and supervision.
• Water hydrant with hoze pipes always attached to
  it along with its nozzle.
• Physical and visual inspection by way of stock
  checking and by sniffing through nose to find out
  if there were smell of carbon, smoke, fire in
  the air.
• Periodical supervision by various visiting
  officers in a logical fashion.

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• 8. Composition of various committees
• To constitute a Committee to identify the weak
  spots where the fire fighting equipments were
  lacking and electrical fittings were not properly
  insulated.
• Suggest measures on the spot to the Management of
  GP Factories/Godowns etc. for corrective surgery
  to avert fire disasters.

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9. Constitution of fire wardens in GP Factories

• In order to involve people for fire prevention
  and fire fighting, the participative vigilance is
  an effective solution. A group of enthusiastic
  labour may be teamed up as fire wardens to
  sensitize the public for following discipline
  which will help in fire prevention.