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3. All repair garages that exceed a height of fifteen and two tenths
meters (15.2 m), have parking levels below grade, or are unsprinklered
and more than one (1) storey in height shall be provided with one or
more standpipes conforming to the provisions Section 10.2.6.6.
B. Housekeeping
1. An authorized employee/ officer of the firm, or the owner shall make
daily inspections of the garage and shall be responsible for the prompt
removal or repair of any hazardous condition, including proper
maintenance of equipment and safety devices and the immediate
removal of accumulations of combustible materials.
2. Clear aisle space shall be maintained to permit ready access to and
the use of fire-fighting equipment.
3. The contents of oil separators and traps of floor drainage systems shall
be collected at sufficiently frequent intervals to prevent oil from being
carried into the sewers.
4. Floors shall be kept clean and free of oil and grease. Only approved
water solutions or detergents, floor-sweeping compounds, and grease
absorbents shall be used for cleaning floors.
5. Metal lockers shall be provided for employees’ clothes.
6. Approved metal receptacles with self-closing covers shall be provided
for the storage or disposal of oil-soaked waste or clothes.
7. Combustible rubbish shall be placed in covered metal receptacles
until removed to a safe place for disposal. Contents of such
containers shall be removed daily.
8.
“NO SMOKING” signage’s shall be conspicuously posted on
hazardous areas in accordance to Division 3, Chapter 5, Rule 10 of this
IRR.
DIVISION 11. LUMBER YARDS, WOOD PROCESSING AND WOODWORKING
FACILITIES
SECTION 10.4.11.1
CONSTRUCTION
A. Open Yard Storage
1. Driveways between and around lumber piles shall be at least four and
a half meters (4.5 m) wide and maintained free from the
accumulation of rubbish, equipment or other articles or materials.
Driveways shall be so spaced that a maximum grid system unit of
fifteen meters (15 m) by forty-five meters (45 m) is produced.
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