"If there are only two firefighters, they don't need a toilet."

Firefighters Ambarny village Loukhsky district in Karelia They were left without a shower or toilet. The only amenities were a cesspool. The labor inspectorate found no violations in this situation and reported that the employees of Fire Station No. 60 were not entitled to a restroom, as there were only two people working there.

About this on your page wrote Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Andrey Monastyrshin. And published the response of the Karelia labor safety inspector Kirill Efremov, where the deputy appealed regarding the lack of amenities.

"The chief labor safety inspector cites an order from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, according to which "one washbasin is installed per 3-4 people on duty (guard), as well as one toilet per 3-4 people on duty." <> Due to the fact that the established standards do not specify the case when the guard duty consists of 2 employees, there are no obvious violations of labor laws in the employer's actions in these matters," — the deputy quotes Efremov.

The response also states that when the fire station was built in 1995, the installation of amenities was not envisaged, since "There are no wastewater treatment facilities or septic tanks in the Ambarny settlement, so installing a toilet and shower is not possible, as it could lead to environmental pollution."