Optimal solutions for special machinery and equipment norms required by the Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service

Abstract

Technical progress covers all areas and is clearly related to special and technical equipment intended for performing fire fighting and rescue work. One of the objectives of the State Fire-Fighting and Rescue Service strategy is aimed at improving the quality of the services to be provided, including the implementation of a package of measures aimed at modernising the technical base. Which, in turn, will ensure the efficient performance of the functions and tasks identified and the use of useful resources, and will also provide staff with safer working conditions. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the spotlight of the regulatory documents regulating the norms of the special equipment provision in SFRS. Laws and regulations are an external form of expression of rights and an integral part of any democratic state. The updating of the regulatory framework, which determines the norms of special equipment in SFRS, was not carried out from 2011, but the range of special machinery and equipment changed significantly over a period of ten years. Within the framework of the study, an analysis of the existing regulatory framework, which determines the equipment necessary for fire-fighting and rescue work of SFRS, as well as special and technical equipment and the norms thereof, has been performed. The provision of SFRS with the special machinery and equipment necessary for carrying out the functions and tasks specified in regulatory enactments has been identified and evaluated. Methods used in the study: statistical and document analysis, observations. Practical calculations have been made and optimal solutions have been proposed based on the results of the calculations. The study results in the development of practically applicable material, the regulatory enactment, which determines the equipment necessary for fire-fighting and rescue work of SFRS, as well as the technical equipment and the norms thereof, for the project.