The public institutions where explosions and fires are possible will have to possess fire safety certificates that are issued by the competent state bodies. A bill to this effect was drafted by the Civil Protection and Emergencies Service and proposed for public debates, IPN reports.
According to the authors, the goal of the bill is to increase the level of security in case of fires following an increase in the number of fires with casualties at specialized public institutions.
Following the tragic incident at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, the Service inspected a number of recreational facilities in Chisinau and other towns. It was determined that most of the managers of these facilities do not obey the anti-fire rules. The imperfection of the legislation concerning the interaction of the public authorities in case of fire was proven by the January 9 blast at the “La soacra” café in Chisinau.
Also, statistics for 2007-2015 show that more than 2,000 fires happened in passenger and freight transport in the period. The damage caused was estimated at over 77 million lei. A part of these vehicles had installations working based on liquefied petroleum gas.
Among the institutions that will be obliged to possess fire safety certificates are the old people’s homes, hospitals, boarding schools, all the public and private schools, hotels, dorms, pensions, theaters, movie theaters, clubs, museums, exhibition halls, eateries, railway and bus stations, factories, power plants, etc.
