Minerals and Mining (Health, Safety and Technical Regulations) L.I. 2182
Regulation 525—
(1) A manager of a mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence shall
(a) provide fire extinguishing equipment of a suitable type and size in the mine;
(b) where the mine has large surface facilities at more than one place, provide fire trucks in the mine;
(c) provide for each surface installation and processing plant, an independent fire fighting water pipeline, equipped with fire hydrants, hoses and accessories and two independent pumps;
(d) appropriate fire fighting equipment in each fire prone area underground;
(e) provide and maintain in the mine, a fire fighting water pond or tank with a capacity of not less than one hundred and fifty cubic metres; and
(f) provide special fire fighting equipment for each electrical equipment.
(2) A manager of the mine or a holder of a small scale mining licence shall ensure that a competent person inspects each fire extinguishing equipment, fire suppression system and fire hydrant in the mine at lest once each month and submits a report on the inspection to the manager or holder.
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36 Second Cantonments Cl, Accra
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- Website: https://www.mincom.gov.gh/
- GPS: GA-110-0371
- Telephone: 030 277 1318
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