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be required in your workplace include:
    * over packs such as oversized drums for containing leaking containers
    * absorbent material suitable for the chemical likely to be spilled
    * booms, plates and/or flexible sheeting for preventing spillage from entering drains
      and waterways
    * fire extinguishers
    * neutralising agents such as lime and soda ash
    * suitable pumps and hoses for removing spilled material
    * first aid kits (including antidotes for specific chemical exposures such as cyanide)
    * emergency showers and eye wash stations
    * hand tools such as mops, buckets, squeegees and bins
    * suitable protective clothing and equipment to protect the safety and health of personnel involved in the clean up.

6.3 Fire protection systems

Regulation 359: A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that fire protection and fire fighting equipment:
    * is  designed and built for the types of hazardous chemicals at the workplace in quantities
      in which they are used, handled, generated or stored at the workplace
    * the conditions under which they are used, handled, generated or stored
    * is compatible with fire fighting equipment used by primary emergency services organisations
    * is properly installed, tested and maintained
    * latest testing date is recorded and test results kept until the next test is conducted.
Where large quantities of hazardous chemicals are used, handled, generated or stored in your workplace simple fire extinguishers may not be sufficient to deal with a fire. In these cases you need to consider installing a fire protection system that is designed for the types and quantities
of hazardous chemicals used, handled, generated or stored in your workplace.
When installing a fire protection system you must have regard to:
    * the fire load of the hazardous chemicals and other sources
    * the compatibility of the hazardous chemicals with other substances or mixtures
    * the compatibility of the equipment with equipment used by the primary emergency services organisation.
You should also consider the proximity of the workplace in relation to other workplaces or premises and any requirements under the Building Code of Australia.
The fire protection system should have the capacity to quickly control and extinguish any fire that occurs involving the hazardous chemicals.  It should also effectively protect the hazardous chemicals stored within the workplace from any fire in adjacent properties.
If at any stage the fire protection or fire fighting equipment becomes ineffective or inoperable, you must assess the implications of having an unserviceable or inoperative system and must control the risk with alternative measures. In these circumstances you should make sure that alternative arrangements are made immediately. If alternative resources cannot be obtained to provide the required level of protection, it may be necessary to