Flammable products

Flammable products is an umbrella term for flammable gases, flammable liquids and fire-reactive substances. Please go through the webbased course to achieve basic knowledge about the handling of flammable products. All handling of flammable products at the University should be done according to Procedure for tha handling of flammable products, UFV 2019/1840.

University permits

Uppsala University has permits to handle flammable products. The permits are administered by the chemical coordinator. The Vice-Chancellor is the permit holder for all of the University’s permits and has designated the relevant head of department/equivalent as the director for handling within his or her department/equivalent.

The permits are connected to the property, which effectively means that each campus area in which the University handles flammable goods has its own permit. Uppsala University must comply with the terms and conditions of the permit.

The permits that we have, with one exception, are valid until 2025-10-15. The terms and condition can be found in the Guidelines for handling of flammable products, see below.

A list of directors must be kept up to date and reported to the fire services/rescue services. The directors are the head of departments/equivalent and the chemical officers of each department. The list is administred by the Chemical Coordinator at the Unit for Environment and Physical Work Environment.

Report changes

Major changes must be communicated to the campus manager at relevant campus and also to the chemical coordinator at the Unit for Environment and Physical Work Environement. Examples of changes to be reported are:

Change in quantity of flammable products
Relocation of flammable products
Changes in who are the directors at the department

Risk investigations and classification plans (in Swedish)

For the handling of flammable products at Uppsala university there are risk analysis made for every campus, including classifcation plans.

According to the Act on Flammable and Explosive Goods (2010:1011), there must be an investigation into the risks of accidents and injuries that may affect life, health, the environment or property caused by fire or explosion as a result of handling flammable or explosive goods.

According to the regulation SRFVS 2004:7, an investigation must also be carried out where the risks of ignition of an explosive atmosphere are investigated and so-called classification plans drawn up.

Risk investigations and classification plans per campus areas (in Swedish)

Riskutredning och klassningsplan Biomedicinskt centrum Pdf, 179 kB.

Riskutredning och klassningsplan Ångströmlaboratoriet Pdf, 159 kB.

Riskutredning och klassninsgplan Rudbecklaboratoriet Pdf, 159 kB.

Riskutredning och klassningsplan Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum Pdf, 162 kB.

Riskutredning och klassningsplan Geocentrum Pdf, 149 kB.

Eachdepartment/equivalent must also carry out local risk assessments and handling routines must be in place. Support for producing these documents can be found in the property-wide risk investigation.