Fire safety in residential buildings.
Fires in residential buildings most often arise from non-compliance with elementary fire safety rules, leaving unattended stoves or switched-on household appliances, the use of open fire to warm frozen pipes of heating systems, non-compliance with fire safety rules during welding, careless handling of fire and from childish pranks with fire.
Fires in residential buildings cause great material damage, and sometimes lead to the death of people.
In order to prevent fires in residential buildings, it is necessary to maintain a strict fire protection regime in apartments, basements, attics and utility storerooms. The specified premises must be cleaned of combustible materials, garbage, paper, etc.
Attics and basements should be kept locked at all times. Access to these premises is allowed only to a certain circle of persons.
It is strictly forbidden to store flammable and flammable liquids, smoke, use blowtorches or use an open fire in basements and attics.
It must be remembered that when visiting basements, attics or utility storerooms, only electric pocket lanterns can be used for lighting. In the dimensions of stairwells, it is not allowed to arrange utility closets, and clutter the passages, corridors and exits with drawers, cabinets and other items.
Great care must be taken when heating stoves, using household heating appliances. It is strictly forbidden to ignite stoves with the use of flammable and combustible liquids, to leave burning stoves unattended, to entrust their furnace to underage children. Before the start of the heating season, it is necessary to eliminate malfunctions in heating devices.
There are cases when fires occur due to a malfunction of the light wiring. You should know that it must be technically sound, have standardized fuses and not have exposed areas.
When leaving home, all household appliances must be turned off.
Department of Emergency Situations of Karatal district