The purpose of the signed Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov order, enters into force today – to protect the population in case of chemical or radioactive contamination. The whole area of St Petersburg is related to a special (highest) group of civil defense, including may be subjected to radioactive contamination in the event of an accident at Leningrad NPP. Therefore, 100 percent of the citizens should be provided with gas masks, nearly one in three from St. Petersburg – as “medical personal protective equipment” (kits with special preparations – AI-2).
The primary responsibility for civil protection MOE leadership rests with the employer. They need to buy gas masks to all employees and create a 5 percent margin. In the absence of the necessary warehouses executives have the right to distribute gas masks and kits to workers, charging them with responsibility for the safety of property. And all this – at his own expense.
Any failure to comply with these requirements qualifies as a fairly serious administrative offenses: legal entities can be fined from 100 to 200 thousand rubles, their managers or other officials – up to 20 thousand.
Abide by the rules, of course, profitable. After all, the easiest mask on the St. Petersburg market is worth 150 rubles, AI-2 kit – 240 rubles. That is to ensure the collective enterprise of 50 people will cost about 12 thousand rubles. Given that, according to the Committee on Labour and Social Protection of St. Petersburg, the city has about 3.1 million people, the total business expenses will exceed 700 million rubles.
However, in addition to the purchase of PPE, employers entrusted the training of civil defense rules, coordination with local administrations comprehensive plans and so on. All this is not so costly as troublesome events. For example, the head of each organization or his other officer (chairman of the commission) must undergo special training and every five years to improve skills in the institutions of Ministry of Emergency Situations (including Training Center in St. Petersburg).Tuition is free, but you need to enroll and get directions to the district administration. For the rank and file employees should be held lessons on the approved curriculum followed by fixing the knowledge and skills in exercises and training.
Employers themselves are convinced that the imposition on them relating to civil defense obligation looks like another attempt to strangle business. “I think that the balance between the budget and augmentable pressure on the business to be met, and some mass control of the company in terms of ensuring personal protective equipment is not, – says Dmitry Karev, COO outsourcing company Acsour. – To have or not to have personal protection – to solve each employer. In principle, they are cheap, and you need to compare the risks, costs and so on. “
But the managing director of PM NAI Becar in St. Petersburg Natalia Skalandis estimates the cost of providing PPE team of 50 people is about 250 thousand rubles. “A more effective solution would be the introduction of the obligation to ensure the means of protection on an individual basis. That is, every citizen should he buy a gas mask and a first aid kit, as drivers are required to have a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit car “, – says Natalya Skalandis.
Where are the big risks for the new rules are caught recently in disgrace nongovernmental (nonprofit) organizations – NGOs. According to the head of the NGO “Human Rights Resource Center” Mary Kanev, civil protection should deal with the state. “Requirements for the acquisition of PPE – additional burden for organizations which often employs one or a maximum of three employees. In this situation, the pressure on NGOs, perhaps for some it will be the “last straw” in the selection of the options, for example, charity. According to my practical calculations, compliance with all the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor, Rostekhnadzor, MES, Roskomnadzor and other departments will cost a total of from 80 to 500 thousand rubles – depending on the number of employees, floor space and other nuances, “- Mrs. Mary Kanevskaya.
Meanwhile, the majority of respondents as a journalist “BaltInfo” Employers could not comment on the new requirements and the willingness to implement them.“Our specialist is just at a seminar on this issue”, – says the press service of “Imperial Porcelain Factory.”
Experts remind that the procedure adopted by the accumulation of personal protective equipment is installed in 1998 and approved by the federal law on the basis of its rules. It is no longer a St. Petersburg company came under the rink checks, was fined and received a prescription MOE.
Moreover, some companies have tried to challenge the legality of imposing a financial burden to ensure civil defense business. After ensuring the safety of individuals, society and the state, including civil protection, it is the constitutional obligation of the state. But the higher courts found no violation. “Civil protection is organized on the basis of territorial-production principle. The disputed legal regulation, rests with the obligations arising from the specifics of measures to provide civil protection against catastrophes, natural disasters, epidemics and eliminating their consequences, can not be regarded as discriminatory, unconditional and thus violates the constitutional rights of the applicant ” – concluded the Russian Constitutional Court.
Come into effect from 16 March ordered reduces responsibility of state bodies.For example, the previously applicable regulations oblige the authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation to provide all children with special protective chambers or masks. Whereas in the new document, the younger generation is not mentioned, and governments at all levels are required to purchase PPE primarily for their own employees and employees of subordinate structures.Regional administrations must also ensure that first-aid kits and masks all non-working population, but who underneath is meant – remains a mystery.
The press service of the North-West Regional Emergency Center is not able to comment on the journalists’ BaltInfo “procedure for the application of the new order.
Paul Netupsky