New fire safety requirement

By Resolution of the RF Government N1216 of September 20, 2019, the amendments to the fire prevention rules were made.

These amendments are mainly concern the buildings wherein trading companies, medical, cultural and educational institutions are based. Cinema audience, employees, clients and visitors of the mentioned facilities have to be informed about fire prevention rules.

Smoking areas have to be designated on the territories of facilities connected with sale, extraction, processing and storage of flammable and combustible liquids, and combustible gas, as well as on the territory of facilities producing all types of explosives.

Medical institutions are permitted to set up workshops and storage facilities in the basements and semi-basements, in case they are available in the building’s project.

Amendments are also related to:

• directors of organizations, in part of maintaining the fire protection objects and emergency exits, including during mass-attendance events;
• owners of land and individual dwellings;
• territories of settlements, urban districts and gardening;
• maintenance of electrical and ventilation equipment, gas appliances, elevators, heating systems, etc.

In total, the rules contain over 500 regulatory requirements.

Implementation of the fire prevention rules are mandatory to all state bodies, organizations, farms, institutions, legal entities and natural persons, citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign states, and stateless persons.

According to the Art. 20.4 of the Administrative Code, a fine from 150 thousand RUB to 200 thousand RUB is imposed on legal entities violated the fire prevention rules.