Attention! Fire hazard period!

With the arrival of warm weather, private property owners tidy up their household plots, including by burning garbage and dry vegetation in situ. Often, burning garbage, dry vegetation, and shrubs leads to the spread of fire to residential buildings and utility structures. Sometimes, a seemingly harmless fire leads to tragedy – loss of life.

To prevent fire emergencies, simple safety rules should be followed when building fires and cooking on a grill (barbecue), namely:

– use special cooking appliances; fires should be built under continuous supervision of the burning and smoldering process;

– areas for building fires should be cleared of combustible substances and materials, dry vegetation, and equipped with extinguishing agents;

– the burning and smoldering process should be carried out in such a way that flames and sparks do not fall on combustible elements of buildings, utility structures and constructions, as well as on stored combustible substances and materials;

– upon completion of the burning process, the remnants of burning (smoldering) materials should be extinguished until smoldering completely stops.

– do not allow fires to be built on peat soils, under tree crowns;

– do not allow fires to be built or special cooking appliances to be used on balconies, loggias, terraces, roofs, and stylobates, except in cases where their placement is provided for by design documentation;

– do not allow dry vegetation to be burned in situ on adjacent territories, land plots provided for collective gardening or dacha construction.

It should be remembered that burning dry vegetation in situ, crop residues, as well as failure to take measures to extinguish fires, entail administrative liability.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations reminds you that if you witness any emergency situation or an incident happens to you, report it to the rescuers by calling 101 or 112.