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Training on fire safety for the NGO “Volunteer-68” with the participation of a SES employee

A fire safety training for employees was held at the training center of the NGO "Volunteer - 68".


It is obvious that measures to prevent fire hazards and general awareness of this topic are a necessary component of a person's experience of survival in a highly technologized world. Like traffic rules, like taking into account data on the side effects of medications, like familiarizing yourself with the peculiarities of information security, practicing actions in case of fire risk is a requirement of today.


“It's dangerous to live in general.” - Cynics scoff. However, humanity faces different dangers in different times and circumstances. For a primitive man, the probability of being run over by a tram is close to zero, just as it is unlikely for a resident of an urbanized jungle to become prey to a pack of predators.


However, there was no time when people did not encounter the element of fire, often causing it to rage. After all, fires caused by lightning strikes, meteorites, volcanic eruptions, or peat bogs smoldering are statistically rare - compared to risky human activities - factors in the occurrence of fires. As for the various manifestations of human negligence and disregard for basic safety rules, they are hardly countable, and even more so to predict.


The team of the NGO “Volunteer - 68”
The team of the NGO “Volunteer - 68”

Today, villagers continue to burn dry grass in the fields, children play with matches, and drunks fall asleep in beds with lit cigarettes... Utilities and responsible persons do not carefully monitor the condition of energy networks and facilities... And Russians, sociopaths and pyromaniacs are making efforts to increase the overall fire danger in Ukraine.


So, if you can't foresee it, you need to prepare to minimize the consequences.


As part of the training, an invited representative of the SES introduced our volunteers to the basic concepts of fire hazard. Among them: conditions of occurrence; ways to stop burning; causes of fires. He also explained such concepts as “fire safety of the facility”, “organizational measures”, “technical measures”, “fire regime” and “fire protection”.


The lecturer did not ignore fire safety measures at home and also touched upon related legal issues, namely the rights, duties and responsibilities of citizens under the legislation of Ukraine.


With regard to practical steps in case of signs of immediate danger, the SES representative focused on such algorithms as the procedure for detecting signs of burning and the procedure for evacuation in case of fire according to the evacuation plan. In particular, he emphasized fire extinguishing agents, firefighting equipment and the rules for its use. The training participants learned how to use powder fire extinguishers correctly.


The last, but certainly not least, cluster of the fire training was the procedure for providing medical care to victims. The volunteers learned about the specific aspects of providing first aid for various injuries sustained in a fire.



Fire safety is an extremely important topic and, unfortunately, one whose relevance is only growing. Therefore, the second training is planned to be held soon at the training center of the NGO “Volunteer - 68”. This training should be devoted to more specific fire safety tasks, which will take into account the peculiarities of organizing the work of the NGO “Center for Human Rights Protection "Volunteer - 68" in the premises where this work is carried out.    

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