532 calls to the fire department in Olt, during the Easter mini-vacation

During the mini-holiday on Labor Day and the Easter holidays, more than 100 firefighters ensured population protection missions in Olt county, every day, at the level of Olt county. The rescuers had several hundred interventions and checked the places of worship regarding fire safety.

Between 01-06 May, the military firefighters from the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations “Matei Basarab” of Olt county managed 532 calls received through the Single Number 112.,Of the total number of interventions, 89 were by SMURD paramedics, for providing first aid and transporting injured people or people with serious medical problems to the hospital, but there were also five fires, without particular problems, most of them having the probable cause faulty or improvised electrical installations.,, shows ISU Olt.
At the same time, the prevention inspectors carried out control actions and dissemination of preventive information at the main places of worship in the county. The firefighters checked whether the following measures are ensured: the establishment of rules and fire protection measures, with an emphasis on the use of open fire, the evacuation of people participating in religious services and maintaining free access to the intervention routes; limiting the access of believers to places of worship, up to the standard capacity and keeping the doors on the access and evacuation routes open; verifying the existence of the initial means of extinguishing and training the staff to know how fire extinguishers work, the technical means of PSI and the possibilities of water supply in case of fire; establishing the methods of operative alerting of the intervention forces.
“Nine checks were carried out at places of worship in the county and 16 contraventional sanctions (warnings) were applied. The main irregularities found were: the operation of electrical installations with improvisations, the fire protection measures were not established, during the periods when normal activity is interrupted, the fire extinguishers were not checked, according to the rules in force. We recommend citizens to comply with all preventive measures, and information on how to behave in the event of emergency situations can be obtained by accessing the national emergency preparedness platform fiipregătit.ro and through the DSU mobile application that can be downloaded for free for mobile terminals,Olten firemen also transmit.