Wildberries plans to obtain a license from the Ministry of Emergency Situations to extinguish fires with its own combat equipment. The market is also going to establish the production of automatic fire extinguishing systems. Company co-founder Tatyana Kim wrote about this on Telegram.
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According to his words, in 2025 Wildberries intends to conduct tactical fire exercises with the participation of forces and resources from local garrisons. The market was organized by the fire safety department, headed by retired internal service colonel Anton Tsoi. Under his leadership, a team of 1.1 thousand employees “ensures fire safety in Wildberries warehouses and sorting centers 24 hours a day,” Kim said.
He added that the company reorganized one of its legal entities and created the Firefighter Specialists Union. According to Bakalchuk, the warehouses have everything necessary for fire protection, employees periodically receive training on fire safety rules and briefings on the use of primary fire extinguishing equipment.
In January 2024, a Wildberries warehouse caught fire in Shushary, Leningrad Region. RBC sources reported that the building was not insured. After the incident, Wildberries paid the sellers 95% of the damage caused to the goods, the amount amounted to almost 35 billion rubles.
In May, a fire broke out in a market in Almaty. The fire started “in one of the parts of Wildberries’ rented warehouse,” the press service reported.
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