Where necessary in the interests of the health or safety of a person on a construction site, suitable and sufficient fire-fighting equipment and fire detection and alarm systems must be provided and located in suitable places.

The matters in regulation 30(2) must be taken into account when making provision under paragraph (1).

Fire-fighting equipment or fire detection and alarm systems must be examined and tested at suitable intervals and properly maintained.

Fire-fighting equipment which is not designed to come into use automatically must be easily accessible.

Each person at work on a construction site must, so far as is reasonably practicable, be instructed in the correct use of fire-fighting equipment which it may be necessary for the person to use.

Where a work activity may give rise to a particular risk of fire, a person must not carry out work unless suitably instructed.

Fire-fighting equipment must be indicated by suitable signs.