--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Fire Prevention description: Fire Prevention | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [OSHA proposing Emergency Response Standard](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposing-emergency-response-standard) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Jan 19, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/jon_f_elliott.jpg?width=190&height=227&name=jon_f_elliott.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposing-emergency-response-standard) On December 21`, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to develop an Emergency Response Standard that will update, expand and supersede OSHA’s existing Fire Brigades Standard. The new standard will extend detailed OSHA protections to additional emergency responders, including not just firefighters but also emergency medical service providers and technical search and rescue workers. The rest of this note describes these proposed changes. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposing-emergency-response-standard) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposing-emergency-response-standard#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Fire Prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fire-prevention), [Fire Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fire-safety), [NPRM](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/nprm) ## [Fire Prevention Plans](https://blog.stpub.com/fire-prevention-plans) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Apr 27, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/deployment-planning-tablet-computer-1.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/fire-prevention-plans) Although the main focus of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) requirements, that employers protect workers against recognized ongoing hazards, associated with routine activities, employers’ responsibilities also extend to likely emergencies. Several OSHA standards address emergency conditions. These include emergency exit routes (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-requirements-for-workplaces-exit-routes)), emergency action plans (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/emergency-action-plans)), and fire prevention plans (FPPs). The remainder of this note discusses FPPs. Some OSHA standards require employers to create FPPs as part of their compliance programs. Even if your organization is not required by OSHA to do so, local fire codes or state requirements may apply. In every situation, you should consider the benefits of fire prevention and response activities. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/fire-prevention-plans) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/fire-prevention-plans#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [EAP](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/eap), [FPP](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fpp), [Fire Prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fire-prevention) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved