Basic fire safety rules for operating stove heating

Before the heating season begins, chimneys and stoves must be cleaned of soot (cleaning is performed no less frequently than:

once every 3 months - for heating stoves;

once every 2 months - for continuous operation stoves and hearths;

once every 1 month - for kitchen stoves and other continuous (long-term) firing stoves);

stoves, surfaces of pipes and walls through which smoke channels pass, must be in good condition, without cracks, and in attics - plastered and whitewashed for visual control of cracks and defects;

stove firing must cease no less than 2 hours before residents go to bed;

ash and slag, removed from fireboxes, must be watered and disposed of in a place located at a distance of no less than 15 m from buildings (structures). If it is not possible to allocate a place at a distance of no less than 15 m from buildings (structures), it is allowed to store ash, slag in containers made of non-combustible materials, with a tightly closing lid, which must be located at a distance of no less than 6 m from buildings (structures).

When operating stove heating, it is not allowed to:

operate faulty stoves;

use flammable and combustible liquids for stove ignition;

use firewood for stove firing that exceeds the size of the firebox;

fire stoves with open doors;

overheat stoves;

leave operating stoves unattended, or entrust their supervision to children;

fire stoves with coal, coke, and gas that are not designed for these types of fuel;

operate a stove without stationary floor protection from combustible materials with non-combustible sheet or slab material measuring at least 0.7 x 0.5 m, with its long side positioned along the stove.