An FDI wood-processing factory in Binh Phuoc is asked to report on its fire prevention and fighting (PCCC) work after a periodic safety inspection. The enterprise asks: file to the fire police or the park board, containing what, and under which fine frame now that the new fire law took effect on 1 July 2025?
Applicable Legal Framework
The current framework is the Law on Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue 55/2024/QH15 (effective 1 July 2025) and Decree 105/2025/ND-CP guiding it (amended by Decree 347/2026/ND-CP, effective 15 September 2026). Facility heads must organise fire work on site: maintain the fire management file, a firefighting plan, an on-site fire team, periodic self-inspection, and report and provide information to the police authority managing fire safety as required for managed facilities.
FDI factories inside industrial parks are additionally coordinated by the park board for common fire infrastructure. Keep duties separate: compulsory fire and explosion insurance now follows the list in Decree 105/2025/ND-CP (Decree 23/2018/ND-CP on fire insurance has expired) – a distinct duty that does not replace fire-work reporting.
Detailed Answers to Practical Questions
How often are periodic fire protection reports filed?
Under the regime for facilities under fire-safety management: the facility self-inspects periodically and reports results and fire-work status to the directly managing police authority when required and on the local police management cycle (in practice aligned with the fire police’s half-year or annual inspection rounds). Enterprises should proactively prepare reports on a calendar-year basis and after every major change (factory expansion, function change, new combustible materials) instead of waiting for a request letter.
File to the fire police or the park management board?
The legal focal point is the police authority managing fire safety in the locality (the provincial Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Division, or commune-level police as decentralised for facility management). The park board receives coordination information on park safety and may ask for a copy under park management, but filing with the board does not replace the duty toward the police authority.
What does the fire protection report contain?
Implementation of the facility’s fire management file: the decision establishing the on-site fire team and its training list; the firefighting plan approved or adopted under authority; self-inspection results (alarm and extinguishing systems, escape routes, water sources); equipment maintenance and verification; changes in scale, function or combustibles during the period; fire incidents and remediation. The report must reflect reality – inspection teams verify it directly on site.
What is the fine for not filing fire protection reports?
Violations of fire reporting and management-file duties are fined under the current decree on administrative penalties in security, order and fire safety, at levels set per conduct; serious safety-condition violations (unmaintained systems, blocked escape routes) are fined more heavily and can lead to temporary suspension of the facility or of fire-hazardous items. Identify the exact clause for your conduct at the time of handling, because the fire penalty system was just updated under Law 55/2024/QH15.
Action Checklist
- Maintain a complete, updated fire management file: on-site team, firefighting plan, self-inspection minutes.
- Schedule fire safety self-inspections at least on the local police management cycle.
- After any change in function, scale or combustibles: re-check fire design appraisal, acceptance and change reporting.
- Check compulsory fire and explosion insurance under the Decree 105/2025/ND-CP list in parallel with fire reporting.
- Archive correspondence with the fire police and the park board in the factory’s safety file.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does internal fire self-inspection replace police inspection?
No. Self-inspection is the facility’s standing duty and feeds the report; police inspection is an independent State management activity with its own minutes and violation-handling basis.
A leased factory in a park – tenant or infrastructure owner reports?
The tenant operating the factory is the facility owner for its used area – responsible for the file, fire team and reports for that part; the infrastructure owner answers for the park’s common fire systems and areas under its direct management.
How often must the firefighting plan be reviewed?
Whenever scale, function, combustibles or layout change in ways affecting firefighting and escape – and periodically as the police authority requires; an outdated plan that no longer reflects reality is a common inspection finding.
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