SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

42 3. POLICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2. The SHO shall ensure
proper licence for
the persons doing Fire
Works display.
3. The building (Magazine)
used for the storage
and manufacture of
Fire Crackers/ Explosive
items shall be identified
in advance and
shall ensure that the
dangerous and banned
explosives like Potassium
Chlorite is not being
used for Fire Works
displays.
4. The quantity of explosives
as specified in Fire
Works display licence
only shall be permitted
for conducting Fire
Works display.
5. Before the commencement
of Fire Works display,
required samples
shall be taken from the
Fire Crackers and Explosive
items by the
SHOs/ Incharge Officers.
Similarly, samples
shall also be taken from
the remnants of Fire
Works after the completion
of the Fire Works
display.
6. The SHO shall examine
the Display licence
and the Explosive licence;
and necessary
steps shall be taken for
the strict compliance of
licence conditions.
7. Spectators shall not be
allowed to enter within
200 meters circumference
of the place of Fire
Works display.
8. If the explosives are
stored in the area near
the place of Fire Works
display, then safe distance
between them
shall be ensured and
the public should be
restricted to enter the
area near the storage
place (Magazine).
9. No workers in connection
with the ‘Fire
Works display’ shall be
allowed to handle the
explosives negligently
by consuming alcohol
or by using any other
drugs.
10. The Fire Works display
shall be conducted in
time as stipulated in the
licence (normally 06.00
hrs to 22.00 hrs).
11. The required permission
given by the people adjacent
to the area of Fire
Works display shall also
be verified in advance.
12. The presence of Fire
Fighting equipments
shall be ensured during
Fire Works display.
13. After the completion of
the Fire Works display,
the remnants of
Fire Works shall be inspected
and shall ensure
that nothing is remaining
unexploded.
14. It shall also be ensured
that no Electricity connections
are within the
15 meters circumference
of the Fire Works display
place.
15. The explosive licence
of Shops and establishments
selling Fire crackers
on festival occasions
shall be checked.
16. The availability of Fire
Fighting equipments
including Fire extinguisher
and Water Supply
connetions in such
shops and establishments
shall also be ensured.
17. It shall also be ensured
that no such shops shall
be allowed to possess
Fire Crackers in excess
of the quantity as prescribed
in the licence.
18. Proper awareness shall
given for such shop
keepers and the employees
handling Fire Crackers
for carefully handling
such explosives.
19. It shall also be ensured
that the Electrical
Wiring system
in such shops storing
Fire Crackers is intact.
The availability
of equipments like Circuit
Breakers shall also
be ensured.
20. The reports shall be
submitted to District
Magistrate and Sub
Divisional Magistrate
for shifting such shops
and establishments from
town areas and from
thickly populated areas
as far as possible.
3.21 D) FACTS
TO BE
KEPT IN
MIND IN
CASE OF
NOISE POL-
LUTION.
1. Loud Speakers shall be
used only after obtaining
required permission.