The activities of construction companies and their contractors in many areas are monitored by departmental bodies. This is done to ensure that residential, commercial, administrative and any other newly built real estate meets certain standards and norms.
Including with regard to fire safety. So, what approvals and licenses do you need to get for a company that not only builds houses, but also equips them with fire systems, fire alarms, or is designing such systems in 2018?
Firstly, it is a license from the Ministry of Emergencies, which is also called a fire license. As the name implies, the document is issued by the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The holder of this document can legally engage in two generalized activities - extinguishing fires, as well as carrying out measures for the repair, installation and maintenance of systems that are responsible for fire safety in buildings. For obvious reasons, construction companies are more interested in the second direction.
Secondly, this is a license for the installation of fire alarm systems, security and fire alarms on real estate, residential or commercial. Note that this document is not issued separately, but together with the Ministry of Emergency Situations license, which we talked about above. In other words, if you plan to install this type of alarm, you will need to obtain a fire license.
With engineering work in the field of designing fire systems, the situation is more complicated. According to the law, any company, including a construction company, that wants to design in this area must obtain admission from the relevant SRO - this is a design license. However, there are additional requirements, including those for the staff of the company. Unlike the activities described above, engineering works in the field of design no longer require licensing from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.
A similar situation is with pipe and furnace work, which also often needs to be done at the stage of construction itself. Now, in order to conduct them on the territory of the Russian Federation, it is also not necessary to obtain a permit from the Ministry of Emergency Situations in 2018.
You can get detailed information about in what other cases it is necessary to obtain a license from the Ministry of Emergencies or SRO admission on thematic websites or from consultants of accompanying organizations.
In conclusion, we note that obtaining any licenses and permits is a rather complicated undertaking that requires the collection of a whole list of correctly executed documents, passing the inspection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, paying the state duty, and so on. Complicating matters is that the composition of the package of documents is often subject to changes, adjustments and additions.
In order to simplify this process, developers are advised to contact the accompanying organizations, which will help to obtain the necessary permits, licenses and SRO approvals without delays, return of submitted documents and additional costs. The range of services of such firms is quite large - from consulting support to filling out documents and solving non-standard issues.
