Fire safety at facilities with a massive stay of people!

The category of objects with mass presence of people has a fairly wide range. These include buildings and structures of various classes in terms of functional fire hazard: cinemas, concert halls, clubs, sports facilities, buildings of trade organizations, hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, train stations and more. What fire safety measures must be observed at facilities with a mass presence of people? For this category of objects, regulatory documents on fire safety provide for higher requirements aimed at ensuring the safety of people, as well as a high degree of responsibility of officials who are responsible for ensuring fire safety at these facilities. Each object with a massive presence of people must have a fire safety system, the main goals of which are to prevent fires, safety of people and protection of property in case of fire. They must be provided with primary fire extinguishing means, communication means for calling the fire service and equipped with automatic fire alarm systems, automatic fire extinguishing installations and warning people. Particular attention must be paid to escape routes, decorative finishing, facing materials and floor coverings that do not meet fire safety requirements must not be used, commercial equipment must be located taking into account the provision of free passageways at least 2 meters wide along the rows to emergency exits, placed on escape routes and in staircases, clock repair points, kiosks, gaming, vending machines. Fire water supply networks, i.e. fire hydrants and fire hydrants must be constantly maintained in good condition, checked for fluid loss and performance at least twice a year (in spring and autumn). Installation, adjustment, operation of electrical networks, electrical installations and electrical products, as well as control over their technical condition is carried out in accordance with the rules for the installation of electrical installations and the rules for the technical operation of electrical installations of consumers. At the moment, the main issues related to ensuring fire safety are the availability of fire alarms, warning systems and the condition of escape routes and emergency exits, since the life and health of people directly depend on these factors. behavior of the population, including in the field of fire safety.

Department of Emergency Situations of Ayagoz region