Preventing the spread of fire

The main purpose of structural fire protection work is to prevent the occurrence of fires, as well as to limit fires to certain areas and keep escape and rescue routes clear of fire to enable the fire department to be deployed.

Preventive structural fire protection has one goal

A fire protection concept must prioritize all measures that are intended to guarantee the life and physical safety of people. Escape routes should guarantee independent rescue or the rescue of third parties at all times in the event of a fire. Among other things, the legal basis

• the fire protection standard and the fire protection guidelines of the VKG (Association of Cantonal Building Insurers)
the UVG (Accident Insurance Act)
• the EKAS guidelines (Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety)
• the ArG (Labor Act)
• the ArGV 3 and 4 (Ordinance 3 and 4 to the Labor Act)
• the VUV (Ordinance on the Prevention of Accidents and Occupational Diseases)
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