FZ "On Fire Safety" of December 21, 1994. General Provisions

In any sphere, in any industry, employees, workers, employees need to ensure security. Especially this rule applies to activities that are very dangerous for life, for example, fire service. That is why on December 21, 1994 a federal law was issued under the title "On Fire Safety".

Date of adoption

This normative legal act carries the status of a federal law, which indicates the highest degree of its legal force, not counting the Constitution, of course. The NAP of December 21 was adopted by the Chamber of the Federal Assembly on November 18, 1994. The legal document is number 69.

Despite the twelve-year age, the law does not lose its relevance, since changes are made to it several times a year. If you pay attention to the list of acts that make changes, you will see there more than 30 documents.

As in any other law, here as a small preface it is said that the law of December 21 is intended to provide fire safety, since this line of activity is one of the most important functions of the Russian state.

general information

The first article of the normative legal act tells about general provisions, namely, on the legislative level, discloses the basic concepts that are used later in the text of the law. For example, it is the law of 21 December 1994 that interprets such concepts as "fire", "fire safety", "fire safety requirements" and others. The list of concepts is constantly updated and is not a closed list.

Further, the law tells about the security system, which, in fact, is a combination of means that provide fire safety. It is important to mention the functions of the aforementioned system, among which the fire protection function takes the first place, as well as the organization of its activities. This list is not exhaustive, and from time to time small changes are made to this article.

Fire protection: public service, tasks, types

December 21, Moscow adopted the law "On Fire Safety", where the second chapter is called "Fire Protection." It contains 11 articles, among which 2 have lost force. It begins with article 4, which deals with the types and main tasks of fire protection. According to the normative act, its following types exist:

• State;
• Private;
• Municipal;
• Departmental.

In total, three main tasks of fire protection are singled out: fire prevention, rescue of people and providing them with first aid, extinguishing fires and, on par with that, carrying out rescue operations.

The state fire service includes services of federal and regional levels. In these organizations, all the units are collected, the main activity of which is aimed at resolving the tasks set by the law of December 21. Of no less importance is the Regulation on the Federal Fire Service, which reveals the basic subtleties of the profession of a firefighter.

A little bit about supervision

In addition to efficiently functioning bodies that provide fire safety for citizens, fire surveillance functions in this area.

Supervisory agencies in the field are authorized to conduct supervisory activities at sites that belong to legal entities or organizations with foreign investments, whose activities are regulated by the above-mentioned federal law of December 21.

In addition, fire supervision is authorized to conduct inspections in diplomatic and consular offices on the territory of foreign states. Officials authorized to exercise control and supervision also have a number of direct rights, namely:

• Request information necessary for conducting inspections;
• Visit the territory of a certain inspected institution;
• Issue orders in the event of violations;
• Conduct an inquiry if there are signs of a crime, and also enjoy a number of other rights.

Powers in the field of fire protection

The next chapter of the law of December 21 includes provisions on the powers conferred on the authorities and local self-government.

The main powers of federal authorities include the development and practical transformation of public policy; Development and implementation of targeted programs; Creation and liquidation of management bodies; The organization of the development of science and technology, as well as a number of other activities that form the basis of the fire service.

In general, the chapter consists of 5 articles, one of which has lost its force. In this part of the law, special attention is paid to the authority of regional security agencies, as well as the procedural order of transferring rights and obligations from the federal level.

Fire safety: provision

December 21 is the day of the adoption of the federal law "On fire safety", which tells not only the theoretical and regulatory basis, but also provides for the procedure for real preventive measures.

Among the rescue measures, the norms regulating the process of extinguishing fires occupy the first place, for example, in Article 22 it says: "Fire extinguishing is an action aimed at eliminating a disaster, and at the same time saving people and their property."

Another no less important point of rescue measures, which contains the federal law of December 21, is considered to be fire-rescue garrisons; Performance of specialized works and services; Thematic propaganda and so on.