Fire safety during the heating period

The heating season is a period when the causes of fires are much greater than usual: stoves, homemade heating electrical appliances, etc. .

Most fires occur in the residential sector. The reasons for their occurrence are different, but the most common is a violation of fire safety rules during the installation and operation of heating stoves.

It should be remembered that stoves are not only a source of heat, but also a possibility of fire. The risk increases especially when you stop controlling the oven. Tenants and homeowners forget about precautions. First, the cause of the fire may be a violation of the rules for installing the furnace. These are insufficient cuts in the places of passage of chimneys, small depressions between the furnace and the walls. Also, the absence of a leaky sheet here, as a result of which fallen coal ignites the floor. Another difficulty is the violation of fire safety rules when using the stove, even if you have a good heating device, there are difficulties. Combustion of furnaces with gasoline, kerosene and other flammable liquids, the use of fuel whose length exceeds the amount of fuel, as well as overheating of furnaces often ends in a fire. A common mistake is to heat the oven too much. The surface of the furnace is heated to the desired temperature, forgetting about the thermal inertia. Some time after the end of the furnace, the temperature on the inner and outer surfaces of the bricks begins to level, which leads to excessive heating of the furnace. To avoid this, it is necessary to strictly control the amount of fuel loaded. The cold oven, after a long break in operation, should be gradually brought to the operating temperature. To do this, you need to conduct a preliminary fire with a small amount of fuel.

Also, speaking on this topic, it is impossible not to touch on another danger that awaits residents of stove-heated houses. We are talking about carbonated gas, which is released when burning-almost all materials (most often synthetic — plastics, lacquers, some types of fabrics). This compound, which is characterized by the absence of color and smell, can cause poisoning of people of varying severity, depending on its concentration in the air. The facts speak more eloquently about this than any other word-carbon monoxide poisoning accounts for 49% of deaths in fires.

Since carbon dioxide is toxic, but has no color, taste, or smell, and is not irritating, it is very difficult for a person to detect it. Poisoning often occurs when the chimney of the furnace is closed prematurely. Non-flammable coal that reacts with carbon dioxide forms carbon monoxide.

Another reason for a fire in a residential building is a violation of fire safety rules when using household electric heating devices. Every day, the range of electrical appliances, devices and machines is increasing, without which the life of modern man is impossible. However, people often ignore the rules for using these products of civilization, which often leads to sad consequences.

The reasons for such fires are the use of heating devices in the house, the lack of a properly connected plug, the detection of electrical appliances near burned structures, the use of electrical wiring with impaired insulation.

Dear residents, observe the rules of fire safety!