Fire Safety Requirements of Licensed / Registered Premises - Food Premises

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Food Premises

Types of Licensed / Registered Premises	Role of FSD & Application Procedures	Requirements and Checklists	Important Advice
Restaurant	Role Flowchart Performance Target	Light refreshment restaurants with low fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) Light refreshment restaurants with high fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) General restaurants with low fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) General restaurants with high fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) Barbecue/hot pot restaurants with low fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) Barbecue/hot pot restaurants with high fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) General (fast food) restaurant (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) Food businesses in small houses (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation)   Fire Safety Conditions for Conducting Temporary or Occasional Hot Pot / Food Warming / Flambéing in Seating Accommodation (Excluding outside Seating Accommodation) of General Restaurants / Factory Canteens Using Portable Stoves	DOs & DON'Ts Common Irregularities Licensing Authority Website
Factory Canteen	Role Flowchart Performance Target	Factory Canteens with low fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) high fire potential (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation)   Fire Safety Conditions for Conducting Temporary or Occasional Hot Pot / Food Warming / Flambéing in Seating Accommodation (Excluding outside Seating Accommodation) of General Restaurants / Factory Canteens Using Portable Stoves	DOs & DON'Ts Common Irregularities Licensing Authority Website
Food Factory / Bakery	Role Flowchart Performance Target	Bakeries and food factories for manufacture only (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation) manufacture and sale on premises (Checklist for supporting documents) (Checklist for prior preparation)	DOs & DON'Ts Common Irregularities Licensing Authority Website
Karaoke Establishment in Restaurant	Role Flowchart Performance Target	Karaoke Establishment in Restaurant	Licensing Authority Website
Cold Store		Cold Store under Food Business Regulation (Cap.132X)	Licensing Authority Website

 

Important Advice

• FAQ
• A Guide to Application for Letter of Compliance for Ventilating System
• Brochure - Food Premises’Fire Safety Requirements(FSRs) Advice to Licensee
• Pamphlet - Good Housekeeping Practice for Continuous Compliance with FSRs in Food Premises

 

Other Requirements for Food Premises:

1. Various fuels used in food premises
2. Various fuels used in seating accommodation of food premises serving barbecue food and/or hot pot
3. Outside Seating Accommodation
4. Self-contained luminaries emergency lighting system
5. FSD Circular Letter No. 2/2023 - Fire Safety Requirements for Mechanical Ventilating Systems
6. Ventilation / Air Conditioning Control Systems for Licensed Premises
7. FSD Cirular Letter No. 1/2019 - Ventilation / Air Conditioning (V/AC) Control System
8. Typical Fire Safety Requirements for Cooking Activity outside Kitchen
9. Specific Requirements for Cooking Activities Using Charcoal as Fuel Outside Kitchen (CACOK)
10. Additional Fire Safety Requirements for Using Charcoal as Fuel Inside Kitchen

 

Enquiries

Licensing Division

Hong Kong Licensing Office
Address: M/F, Sheung Wan Fire Station, 2 Western Fire Services Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Tel : 2549 8104
Fax : 2559 3461
Email : h_lic_1@hkfsd.gov.hk

Kowloon West Licensing Office
Address: 6/F, Tsim Sha Tsui Fire Station Complex, 333 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.
Tel : 2302 5339
Fax : 2302 5314
Email : k_lic_1@hkfsd.gov.hk

New Territories Licensing Office
Address: Unit 1809-1810, 18/F, Skyline Tower, 39 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay.
Tel : 3423 9328
Fax : 2443 1411
Email : nt_lic_1@hkfsd.gov.hk

Kowloon East Licensing Office
Address: Unit 1809-1810, 18/F, Skyline Tower, 39 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay.
Tel : 3423 9332
Fax : 2722 5256
Email : k_lic_3@hkfsd.gov.hk

 

Ventilation Division

Address: 35/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Tel : 2718 7567 / 2251 4165
Fax : 2382 2495
Email : fsvent@hkfsd.gov.hk