
Emergency prevention is a set of measures that are carried out in advance and aimed at reducing the risk of emergencies as much as possible, as well as at preserving the life and health of people, reducing the amount of material losses in case of their occurrence.
According to paragraph 1 of Appendix 1 to the Fire Safety Rules approved by the decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.10.2014 for No. 1077, evacuation plans are developed in buildings and structures (except for residential buildings) with a single stay on the floor of more than 10 people. Recommendations for drawing up an evacuation plan are given in this appendix.
1. According to the Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 3, 2017 No. 240 "On Approval of the Rules for Conducting an Audit in the Field of Fire Safety", an expert organization is an organization accredited in accordance with the established procedure for carrying out audit activities in the field of fire safety.
Accreditation of expert organizations is carried out by the Committee of the Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated February 13, 2015 No. 112 "On Approval of the Rules for Accreditation of expert organizations for conducting audit activities in the field of fire safety".
The register of expert organizations on audit in the field of fire safety is available on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (link: https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/emer/documents/details/127118?lang=ru).
2. The standards of equipment of premises with portable fire extinguishers for storage facilities are specified in Table 1 of Annex 1-6 to the Fire Safety Rules approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 9, 2014 No. 1077.
Fire safety requirements in the design and construction of buildings and structures are established in the technical regulations "General requirements for fire safety" (approved by the Order of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of 17.08.2021 No. 405, hereinafter referred to as the Technical Regulations).
According to paragraph 17 of the Technical Regulations, personal respiratory and visual protection equipment (self-rescuers) are provided to people in the premises of buildings of functional fire hazard subclasses F1.2, F1.5 and F4.3 located at a height of more than 28 m.
At the same time, in accordance with paragraph 18 of the Technical Regulations, individual and collective means of rescue are provided for buildings of functional fire hazard subclasses F1.2 and F1.5 with a height of more than 50 m.
It follows from the above that buildings not listed in paragraphs 17 and 18 of the Technical Regulations are not subject to the provision of personal respiratory and visual protection equipment (self-rescuers), as well as individual and collective means of rescue.