Our company leases warehouses from another company (LLP).We store our goods in these warehouses.We have fire extinguishers,fire alarms ,fire shields.At the moment, we conclude a contract with an insurance company for the insurance of the warehouse and all goods and materials (inventory items) from the fire.And all insurance companies have a clause in the contract: The Insurer has the right to refuse to pay the insurance amount if we (the policyholder) violated the rules and norms of fire safety established by law. But I do not know if I have the right number of fire extinguishers, whether they are the right volume, etc. In this regard, I would like to conduct an audit for compliance with the standards of the fire situation. Question: Who is authorized to conduct such audits and give opinions? Question 2: What rules and laws should I rely on? our warehouse is 300 sq. m. total
1. According to the Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 3, 2017 No. 240 "On Approval of the Rules for Conducting an Audit in the Field of Fire Safety", an expert organization is an organization accredited in accordance with the established procedure for carrying out audit activities in the field of fire safety.
Accreditation of expert organizations is carried out by the Committee of the Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated February 13, 2015 No. 112 "On Approval of the Rules for Accreditation of expert organizations for conducting audit activities in the field of fire safety".
The register of expert organizations on audit in the field of fire safety is available on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan (link: https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/emer/documents/details/127118?lang=ru).
2. The standards of equipment of premises with portable fire extinguishers for storage facilities are specified in Table 1 of Annex 1-6 to the Fire Safety Rules approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 9, 2014 No. 1077.