Holidays of Russia - Day of creation of state fire supervision bodies

Every year on July 18, all employees of the State Fire Supervision bodies celebrate their professional holiday - the Day of Creation of the State Fire Supervision Bodies It began to be celebrated in 2007, and it arose back in Soviet times On July 18, 1927, the Council of People's Commissars adopted a document on the creation of a state fire supervision service designed to prevent and extinguish fires Today, the responsibilities of this service include the prevention of fire prevention measures, checking the availability and condition of fire equipment at serviced facilities, creating a general warning system in the event of a fire alarm or real danger, developing and maintaining an automatic fire extinguishing system The statistics for our country are as follows: there are about 2,000 fires per million people The reasons are different, but almost all of them are caused by careless handling of fire by people This includes the use of faulty electrical appliances, smoking while intoxicated in bed, barbecues in nature leading to fires in forests, and the worst thing - matches and lighters left by careless parents within the reach of children Federal State Fire Supervision is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations An exception is Gospozhnadzor, which operates in forests, underground facilities, during mining operations, as well as during the production, transportation, storage, use and destruction of explosive materials for industrial use On the day of the holiday, the employees of the department are honored by the Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the heads of departmental services of this ministry In addition, on July 18, preventative awareness-raising events are held to prevent fires People are told how and with what they need to extinguish various sources of fire, how to knock out the flames from a burning person, that it is not always worth opening windows during a fire, since the flow of oxygen stimulates combustion, and also how to move through a smoke-filled area room If each of us follows basic fire safety rules, such as monitoring the integrity and condition of wiring, serviceability of sockets and switches, insulating gas stoves from wooden furniture, the number of fires will be significantly reduced Let us note that Russian Fire Protection Day is celebrated annually on April 30