Since the beginning of 2021, there have been several major incidents in shopping centers. On February 24, TC "Weavsky" caught fire in Gorno-Altaisk, on February 12 due to gas explosion, as a card house, a shopping center was crumbling in Vladikavkaz. Fresh memories of the fire, completely destroyed the TC "Central" in Siberian Iskitim a year ago. Alas, fires in trade facilities happen regularly, and each of them causes a crushing blow to business. Due to the latest events, the Development Company "Eachite" has prepared a small certificate for tenants and owners of premises on how to protect their business from fire.
Fire in the supermarket in Novosibirsk, 2018 photo: "Hole".
Fire safety methods that are used in retail premises:
- contract with fire organization;
- fire extinguishing systems;
- fire extinguishers;
- Fire fighting faucet;
- evacuation plan;
- Compliance with PPB rules.
Fire and technical minimum and instruction
Responsible for fire safety should explore the course "fire and technical minimum" and instruct other employees of the enterprise about fire safety rules. Each employee signs in the fire safety journal. From that moment on, he takes responsibility for compliance with fire safety rules. In case of their violation, he will punish the law.Employees should know fire evacuation plans, how to use fire extinguishers, how to act during a fire. In all rooms there should be a procedure for evacuating customers and employees.
Fire safety system
So that fire services remotely reacted to the fire, the fire safety system should be installed in the shopping center. If these conditions are observed, fire protection services are obtained on their control panel signal and extends to the object. If they detect real fire, will cause fire service. When you conclude a contract with a fire organization, it does not guarantee a momentous fire extinguishing, but it will help minimize problems at the object when there is no one on it.
Fire extinguishing systems
For instant response, there are indicator systems of fire extinguishing that independently extinguish the fire (depending on the type with water or powder).Fire extinguishers and hydrants
It is important to know that in each room there must be a minimum of two powder fire extinguishers. Their number increases in proportion to the area of the room. The regulatory number of fire extinguishers for a particular room, the timing of their operation and refueling after the expiration date - all these questions you can contact your serving fire safety organization.
In large shopping centers, hydrants of fire extinguishing are designed at the construction stage. Your duty is to teach employees to use them and conduct instructing on fire safety.
"Fortunately, we did not come across fires on our facilities, but, alas, we often observe such incidents in shopping centers. When building their own properties (not only the shopping center), we carefully follow the system of fire extinguishing and ask colleagues to pay close attention to it, "Nikita Artemyev comments, the Administrative Director" Each ". - For example, we are working on the object in the center of Tomsk, which is located on the first floors of a residential building. It had to completely remake the fire extinguishing system. The equipment was unsuitable, and this residential house - consequences can be catastrophic. Made a sprinkler fire extinguishing system: in case of fire, water under pressure is spoiled from the devices. Nothing difficult, but some neglect this. "
Fire in shopping pavilions in Novosibirsk, ul. Vysotsky, February 2021. Photo: "Hotels".
Evacuation plan
The evacuation plan is required in premises with partitions.
State Fire Prevention Measures
To ensure fire safety, the state implements a number of measures. Among them - checks of state fire supervision. Often they are treated as excess maternities from the state. But we strongly recommend seriously referring to the rules of fire safety and perceive such inspections as measures, warning fires and their consequences.There is nothing terrible in such inspections, and the conscientious tenant will not be difficult to pass.
To check check:
- It is impossible to use dangerous and faulty electrical appliances;
- You can not use faulty extension cords and connect them one to another;
- Do not heat the room with heat guns;
- It is necessary to maintain employees and keep accounting a briefing log.
Summing up, we offer a check-list of action to ensure fire safety.
- Read the lease agreements and find out who is responsible in case of fire.
- Check for fire alarms in all your objects.
- Check out payment under contracts with fire services.
- Case contracts with fire-fighting organizations for premises, where they are not yet.
- Check the fire safety documentation: Assign the responsible for fire safety (otherwise it lies on the director of Jurlitsa), which will be the course "Fire and Technical Minimum" and will lead to all employees.
- Fill in fire briefing logs.
- Check the integrity of electrical wires and plugs of electrical appliances.
We hope your objects does not threaten anything, and the theme of fire safety has become more transparent for you.
Retail.ru.