CIVIL PROTECTION (FIRE SAFETY SECTION) REGULATIONS

CIVIL PROTECTION (FIRE SAFETY SECTION)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 411.05

CIVIL PROTECTION (FIRE SAFETY SECTION)

REGULATIONS

24th September, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 234 of 2024.

The title of these regulations is the Civil Protection (Fire

Safety Section) Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Civil Protection Act;

"Assistance and Rescue Force" means the Assistance and

Rescue Force established by article 8 of the Act;

"Department" shall have the same meaning as assigned

to it in the Act;

"Director General" shall have the same meaning as

assigned to it in the Act;

"Section" means the Fire Safety Section established by

regulation 3.

(1)

There shall be established a Section to be known

as the Fire Safety Section within the Assistance and Rescue Force.

(2)

The Section shall consist of a Deputy Director and Fire

Safety Engineers, who shall be warranted professionals as Perit

Arkitett, Perit Inġinier Ċivili or Engineer, and Fire Safety Officers who

are assigned as such by the Director General, or any officers in

equivalent grades who exercise equivalent duties

Provided that such officers shall meet the general

requirements as established in the Act to join the Assistance and

Rescue Force

Provided further that such officers shall be subject to the

same disciplinary rules and conditions and other rules applicable to the

members of the Assistance and Rescue Force.

(3)

The functions of the Section shall be

(a)

to establish fire safety strategies and implement

the necessary fire safety measures;

(b)

to indicate the standards to promote a high level of

CIVIL PROTECTION (FIRE SAFETY SECTION)

fire safety;

(c)

to monitor compliance with the relevant

regulations and standards and take the necessary enforcement

action in relation to fire safety;

(d)

to promote dissemination of information regarding

fire safety and the methods required to prevent injury, ill health,

or death;

(e)

to promote education and training on fire safety,

evacuation, emergencies and first aid firefighting;

(f)

to gather data and statistics on fire safety;

(g)

to establish safe strategies and implement the

necessary measures in public events;

(h)

to indicate the necessary standards to promote a

high level of public events safety;

(i)

to monitor compliance with the relevant

regulations and standards and take the necessary enforcement

action in relation to public events;

(j)

to gather data and statistics on public events;

(k)

to make recommendations to the Director General

as necessary; and

(l)

to carry out any duties assigned to it by the

Director General.