Mexico: fire safety
Fire safety checks for your kitchen, and how often they are due.
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“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.
- LawNOM-002-STPS-2010 (every workplace): an emergency plan, an evacuation map at the entrances, escape routes and exits kept clear, fire extinguishers checked every month with a record, a yearly programme of checks of the fire equipment and the electrical and gas installations, and fire training every year.
- LawFire drills at least once a year where the fire risk is ordinary, and at least twice a year where it is high (NOM-002-STPS-2010 sets the risk classes).
- Chef Hygiene defaultYour state's and city's civil protection (Protección Civil) may ask for more: we did not check their rules, so Chef Hygiene suggests dates you can change.
- Official guidanceEmergency: 911 for police, fire and ambulance.
Official sources
- NOM-251-SSA1-2009: hygiene practices for food (Diario Oficial de la Federación)
- Ley General de Salud (Orden Jurídico Nacional)
- COFEPRIS, the federal health protection agency (gob.mx)
- NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 modification, 27 March 2020 (the DOF pages, FAO's FAOLEX copy)
- STPS: guide to NOM-002-STPS-2010 (fire prevention in workplaces)
- INEGI: the UMA for 2026 (Diario Oficial de la Federación)
This page is general information, not legal advice. Check with your local authority.