Strict monitoring of fire safety in Istanbul will be reported every three months.

29.04.2025 17:02

The Istanbul Governorship has issued a strict directive for ensuring fire safety. Governor Davut Gül warned district governorships, municipalities, and relevant institutions to take measures in accordance with regulations and to conduct inspections meticulously. It has also been made mandatory to submit reports to the Governorship every three months regarding the measures taken.

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İstanbul Governor Davut Gül published a letter containing a comprehensive series of instructions aimed at ensuring the highest level of fire safety in all buildings, facilities, and enterprises used by public institutions, the private sector, and citizens. In the letter sent by the Governorship to the relevant distribution points, it was reminded of the provisions of the "Regulation on Fire Protection of Buildings," and it was requested that precautions to be taken before and during a fire, as well as organization, training, and inspection issues, be handled meticulously.

With the letter dated January 29, 2025, it was instructed to establish commissions under the coordination of District Governors in each district to monitor compliance with the provisions of the aforementioned regulation. With the newly published letter, the scope of these inspections has been expanded, and the necessary precautions have been detailed.

Precautions to be taken against fire are as follows:

Public Buildings: The compliance of service buildings of public institutions and organizations with fire legislation will be monitored, and immediate fire precautions will be taken in non-compliant buildings. For buildings where precautions cannot be taken, information will be provided to the relevant ministries, and arrangements will be made to relocate them to suitable alternative buildings.

All Types of Structures and Enterprises: Fire prevention and extinguishing measures will be fully implemented in all structures, buildings, facilities, and open and closed area enterprises such as business centers, shopping malls, office buildings, passages, student dormitories, cultural centers, cinemas, theaters, wedding halls, and parking lots.

Design, Construction, and Usage Principles: Maximum attention will be paid to the design, construction, usage, maintenance, and operation principles of structures, buildings, facilities, and enterprises from the perspective of fire safety.

Internal Regulations: Municipalities, public institutions and organizations, private entities, and real and legal persons will make internal regulations regarding fire prevention and extinguishing, taking into account the relevant regulation provisions according to the characteristics of their locations.

Emergency Teams and Training: Emergency teams will be established, and practical training will be provided in fire protection, fire extinguishing, life and property rescue, and first aid activities. Importance will be given to cooperation and organization with the fire department.

Responsibilities and Prohibitions: In buildings owned by public institutions, the highest authority, in places with condominium ownership, the managers, and in other buildings, the property owners will be responsible for fire safety issues and will act in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Building Usage Characteristics: The compliance of the usage characteristics of buildings with those specified in the regulation will be monitored, and legal action will be taken in case of violations.

Building Materials: The compliance of building materials to be used in buildings with the provisions of the regulation will be ensured. Building inspection firms will meticulously check whether all materials used and the quality of concrete ensure fire safety. In this regard, the Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change will inform the building inspection firms.

Escape Routes and Fire Safety Halls: All structures will be equipped with sufficient escape routes and external escape passages to ensure the rapid escape of users in case of fire or other emergencies, and fire safety halls will be created.

Lightning Protection: It will be monitored whether the lightning protection standards are met in buildings.

Fire Extinguishers: The periodic maintenance and inspections of fire extinguishers in buildings will be carried out in accordance with the relevant regulation provisions.

Hazardous Materials: The storage and use of hazardous materials (LPG depots, filling and natural gas distribution facilities, etc.) will comply with the standards specified in the relevant legislation.

Risky Areas: License inspections will be conducted for businesses operating in areas with fire risks, such as scrap depots and solid waste storage facilities, and fire precautions will be carefully examined before licenses are granted.

Fire Extinguishing Systems: Fire extinguishing systems in buildings will be designed, established, and maintained in a way that does not harm those in the building, prevents panic, and extinguishes the fire as quickly as possible.

General Precautions: Public institutions and organizations, private entities, and real and legal persons will take all necessary precautions in the buildings they use and for which they grant licenses, in accordance with the principles of the regulation.

Personnel and Equipment Status: Public institutions and organizations will review their personnel and equipment inventories according to needs.

Unlicensed Enterprises: The operation of concrete companies operating without a license will not be allowed, and necessary actions will be taken to close such companies.

Elevator Safety: The maintenance, periodic inspection, improvement, and supervision of elevators will be carried out in accordance with the relevant regulation provisions.

QUARTERLY REPORTING REQUESTED

Governor Gül requested that District Governors, Municipalities, and the sequentially responsible officials of public institutions and organizations closely monitor the specified issues and avoid any disruptions in implementation. It was instructed that the works carried out and the precautions taken be reported to the Governorship in quarterly periods (at the end of March, June, September, and December). With these comprehensive instructions, the Istanbul Governorship aims to raise fire safety to the highest level in all structures and enterprises in the city, preventing loss of life and property.