.-(1) No person shall smoke in any installation, storage shed or service station save in places specifically authorised by the licensing authority for the purpose.(2)No person shall carry matches, fuses or other appliances capable of producing ignition or explosion in any installation or storage shed which is used for storage of petroleum.(3)No fire, furnace or other source of heat or light capable of igniting inflammable vapour shall be allowed in any installation, storage shed or service station save in places specially authorised by the licensing authority for the purpose.(4)(i)An adequate number of portable dry chemical powder or any other fire extinguisher capable of extinguishing oil fires shall always be kept in every storage shed and small Class B or C installations at strategic points and all persons employed at such locations shall be conversant with the use of such fire extinguishers.(ii)Scale of fire fighting provided in other areas of installation should be as per the requirement given to OISD Standard-117 for all installations approved by the Chief Controller after publication of the original standard OISD-117. For installations existing prior to the publication of the standard the fire fighting facilities shall be improved to the extent feasible (keeping this standard in mind) and approved by the Chief Controller.
