BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 10. Kazakhstan is
piloting the digital fire prevention system Tumar 112 in its Abai
Region as part of efforts to strengthen fire safety in residential
areas, the press service of the country’s government reported.
According to the publication, the mobile application allows
authorities to keep electronic records of residential inspections,
document fire hazards using photographs and geolocation data, and
build a unified database. Minister of Emergency Situations Murat
Mukhanov presented the system at a government meeting.
The collected information is expected to help identify homes
most vulnerable to fires, track the elimination of detected
violations and provide emergency services with up-to-date
information when responding to fire reports. Following the pilot
project in Abai Region, the system is planned for further rollout
across the country, the report says.
Alongside digital prevention measures, Kazakhstan is expanding
its firefighting infrastructure and strengthening the resources of
civil protection services. Nineteen fire stations have been built
across the country this year, including seven universal facilities
designed to accommodate both firefighting and medical services.
The country is also purchasing more than 160 fire engines,
around 1,500 pieces of equipment and over 2,000 sets of protective
clothing. Under the “Auyl Qutqarushylary” (Village Rescuers)
programme, 312 firefighting points are currently operating and
providing protection to 978 settlements.
The government is also increasing staffing levels in emergency
response units, with 592 additional positions approved to
strengthen their personnel capacity and readiness to respond to
emergencies. During the heating season, particular attention is
being paid to residential fire safety.
More than 93,000 homes belonging to socially vulnerable groups
are included in the country’s targeted fire prevention programme.
Since August, authorities have cleaned 6,100 chimneys, repaired
3,100 stoves and 3,400 electrical systems, and installed more than
13,000 fire detectors.
A campaign titled “Check Your Parents’ Home” has also been
launched to identify and eliminate fire hazards in the homes of
elderly people.
In North Kazakhstan Region, local authorities allocated 1.4
billion tenge ($3.1 million) from the regional budget in 2025 to
strengthen the material and technical resources of civil protection
services, with another 1.5 billion tenge ($3.4 million) earmarked
for 2026. The funding has been used to purchase fire engines,
all-terrain vehicles, boats, hovercraft, communication equipment,
drones and thermal imaging cameras.
Under the Village Rescuers programme, eight firefighting points
were established in the region in 2025 and another 14 opened this
year. Seventeen additional points are planned by the end of 2026,
which is expected to extend fire protection to 135 villages with a
combined population of around 45,000.
The measures have helped reduce the number of fires in the
region’s residential sector by more than half. Since the start of
the current heating season, 23 fires have been recorded, compared
with 51 during the same period last year, with no deaths or
injuries reported.
At the national level, the 2025-2026 heating season saw a 16%
decrease in the number of fires compared with the previous season.
The number of fatalities fell by 6.4%, while injuries declined by
26%.
More than 55% of fires during the heating season occur in
residential buildings, primarily private houses. The main causes
include violations of electrical appliance operating rules (39.2%),
improper use of stove heating (29.6%) and careless handling of fire
(11.5%).
