Fire safety rules for operating a bathhouse

The most common causes of fires in saunas are: violation of fire safety rules, violation of rules for operating stove equipment, careless handling of fire, violation of rules for operating electrical equipment. One of the main causes is careless handling of fire while intoxicated.

When operating a sauna, fireplace, or stove, it is essential to strictly adhere to fire safety rules. When constructing a sauna or designing a stove and fireplace, fire safety is the most crucial factor. To avoid unpleasant consequences, attention must be paid to the peculiarities of building and operating a sauna, stove, or fireplace.

It is necessary to ensure that wooden, and therefore highly flammable, parts of the sauna are insulated or kept at a significant distance from the hot parts of the stove and chimney. Non-combustible material or material with low thermal conductivity can serve as insulation.

It is necessary to monitor the stove and chimneys and promptly repair cracks. Smoke ducts should be regularly cleaned of accumulated soot.

The points where the roof (any type of covering) meets the chimney must be protected with a smoke collar made of roofing steel.

Fire safety when firing stoves with wood and other types of solid fuel.

Adherence to fire safety when firing stoves is extremely important, as almost half of all fires in homes with stove heating occur due to faulty stoves and chimneys, as well as their improper operation.

Although wood ignites at temperatures around 300 degrees, spontaneous combustion is also possible as a result of prolonged contact with objects heated to only 100 degrees. Consequently, particular attention should be paid to the areas where chimneys pass through interfloor and attic spaces.

The main requirement of fire prevention is that all wooden parts of the building must be at a sufficient distance from the stove and chimneys or must be well insulated from them, for which brick, asbestos, or felt impregnated with clay mortar is used.

To protect the floor from ignition by accidentally falling embers from the firebox, a sheet of roofing iron is laid in front of the firebox doors.

The riser in the attic is coated with clay mortar and whitewashed after drying. This is necessary so that any defects in the riser can be more easily detected against the white background.

Remember that all fire safety norms and rules are written with human lives, and any violation of these norms will sooner or later play a fatal trick on you.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES!

In case of fire, call: 101 or 112.