Basic fire safety rules for operating stove heating

Before the start of the heating season, chimneys and stoves must be cleaned of soot (cleaning is carried out at least:

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 stop at least 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 at least 15 m from buildings (structures). If it is not possible to allocate a place at a distance of at least 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 at least 6 m from buildings (structures).

When operating stove heating, it is not allowed to:

• operate defective stoves;
• use flammable and combustible liquids to ignite the stove;
• use firewood for stove firing whose length 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, placed with its long side along the stove.