Because the Zhanaozen Oil Refinery poses a risk of fire, explosion, and gas leaks, it has taken special measures to ensure fire and gas safety. The plant routinely improves firefighting protection and carries out fire-prevention actions in order to reduce the risks associated with fire accidents in emergency situations. The Labor Protection and Environment Department’s Civil Defense and Emergency Situations Division oversees the plant, and in accordance with a signed contract, the fire and gas-rescue team performs fire protection and fire-preventive activities in Zhanaozen Oil Refinery units.

It is possible to control and quickly identify violations of the refinery’s operation from the requirements specified by standard technical documents in the area of fire safety with the help of properly set up preventive measures for fire safety. This aids in the observation of the fire prevention regime and the prompt prevention of any fire accidents, ignitions, and accidents on the premises. The Zhanaozen Oil Refinery’s fire and gas-rescue team, Civil Defense and Emergency Situations Division, and their primary responsibilities are:

• Development and execution of measures aimed to removal of causes which may lead to fire accidents;
• Localization of possible fire accidents and creation of conditions for successful evacuation of people and material values in case of fire;
• Securing timely detection of fire, rapid alert notification of fire-fighting rescue team and successful extinguishing of fire accident.

Fire and gas rescue team:

• in address of administration of secured object the team sends some recommendations, information letters regarding fire safety discrepancies found while inspection of stationary and basic fire-extinguishing equipment, automatic fire-extinguishing unit and automatic fire alarm system, firing work etc;
• conducts instructions, briefings on fire-fighting, Basics of Fire Safety (ПТМ) for workers and employees of secured objects and contracting agencies;
• considers and coordinates approvals for firing works, provides regular control over their performance;
• checks internal and external water supply with execution of act. Based on the results of inspections the team provides managers of secured object with some recommendations;
• checks availability and condition of basic fire-extinguishing equipment with execution of act;
• checks availability and condition of stationary fire-extinguishing means on designated objects areas with water release. Based on the results of inspection the team executes acts of inspection;
• checks fire safety conditions on designated objects in a form of preventive inspections by giving recommendations on discrepancies found and entering then into a log.