State fire supervision
Fire prevention presents an important part of activities of the FRS CR. Main task is to work out fire precautions, preparedness to fire extinguishing, and conditions for fire extinguishing. All these measures are targeted to minimize fire risks, risk of fire spread, and to prevent aftermath losses of lives, health, and property.
Fire prevention is ensured mainly as a part of the state fire supervision. Based on the Fire Act No. 133/1985 Coll. on Fire Protection and the Decree No. 246/2001 Coll. on fire safety conditions and performance of the state fire supervision (Fire Prevention Notice), the scope of the state fire supervision is set down.
State fire supervision is performed by:
a) Inspections of observing the duties given by fire protection regulations;
b) Reviewing of spatial planning documentation, of projects and designs for constructions, of changes in constructions or of changes in using
of constructions; ordering of necessary changes, safety works, special proceedings, or release exceptions based on specific legislation
on scope and provision of fire protection solutions;
of constructions; ordering of necessary changes, safety works, special proceedings, or release exceptions based on specific legislation
on scope and provision of fire protection solutions;
c) Checking fire safety conditions in constructions based on reviewed designs and documentations given in item b), incl. conditions resulting
from the decisions;
from the decisions;
d) Reviewing of fire safety of products if it is not given by specific regulations, and reviewing of functionality of systems for fire safety
equipment;
equipment;
e) Approvals of fire risk evaluations of activities with high fire risk;
f) Investigation of fire causes;
g) Inspections of preparedness and readiness of fire units;
h) Lying on provisions to remove inadequacies found by inspections.