A Guide for Managers Fire Service Guide Volume 2

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Module 11

The Dangerous Substances
(Notification And Marking Of Sites)
Regulations 1990

Introduction

The reasons behind these Regulations are twofold; firstly to provide a means of operational intelligence, and secondly to provide a means of signing to warn fire crews, on arrival, of the nature of the site they are attending.

Provision of the Regulations

If a total quantity of 25 tonnes or more of dangerous substances are held at a site at any one time, the person in control of the site must notify the fire authority and the HSE in writing that the site falls under the scope of the Regulations. The presence of the dangerous substances must be indicated by means of signs placed at the entrances to the site and on the storage buildings, as directed by the enforcing authority (the fire authority or HSE). The signs must be kept clean and free from obstruction.

Further guidance

HS (R) 29 Guide to Notification and Marking of Sites in accordance with The Dangerous Substances (Notification and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990

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