Bulgaria: fire safety

“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.

• LawThe owner or the fire-safety person checks each fire extinguisher at intervals of at most 30 days (Ordinance 8121з-647/2014, art. 21). Servicing and pressure tests follow the maker’s rules.
• LawKitchen extraction ducts, shafts, chimneys and flues are cleaned at the start of the heating season and when needed. Grease filters are cleaned when needed. Write a protocol each time (Ordinance 8121з-647/2014, art. 38).
• LawLPG installations: an inspection by a supervision body every year, joints leak-checked every 3 months, and a signed staff gas-safety briefing every year (Ordinance PMS 243/2004).
• LawNatural gas: installations are checked every 12 months and gas appliances every 2 years (Ordinance PMS 171/2004).
• LawEarthing resistance is measured at intervals of at most 1 year (Ordinance 16-116/2008).