The firefighting is the military actions which purpose is to save people and property as well as fire extinguishing.During the fire-fighting the Anti-Fire Service employees may carry out the necessary activities for the ensuring of the people security and saving the property, as well as:
a) at any time of the day to enter the organizations, as well as the citizens dwelling houses and other constructions where the fire has developed or could develop, also, if necessary to open the shut doors and windows as well as fences to save people and to extinguish fire,
b) temporarily to limit or forbid the traffic and the movement of pedestrians in the streets as well as the access of the citizens to the separate objects and sections of the area, to make citizens to leave the areas of fire-fighting and accident-rescue operations,
c) during the fire-fighting and accident-rescue operations implementation for the service purposes to use freely the communication means of the organizations and citizens (except the transport means of the special importance, diplomatic, consular and means belonging to the representatives of the foreign States and international organizations), water resources under the condition of damages reimbursement,
d) while going to the area of fire to use all the types of transport means, to obtain traffic arrangements out of order and to enjoy the right of hotel accommodation by the service certificate.
All fire-protection forces and means, located at the fire area are submitting to the fire-fighting leader. The authorities and citizens cannot interfere his actions or not to fulfill his instructions, concerning the fire fighting.
The requirements presented by the firefighting leader within his authority are binding on all authorities and citizens to whom they are directed. The leader has the competence to make obligatory instructions to stop the works of objects, separate productive areas, and aggregates and to switch off the devices. He receives the relevant information from the authorities of the objects in fire on the existence of dangerous materials and on other specifications for the organization of firefighting.
The general provisions of the fire fighting organization and fulfillment are defined by the military code of fire protection.
According to the order defined by law the employees of the State Anti-Fire Service are responsible for the faults committed during the fire fighting as well as for the non-commitment of their responsibilities or for their non-proper commitment.
