Law No. 22 “On fire safety”. Country/Territory Kyrgyzstan Document type Legislation Date 1996 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Forest fires Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Law establishes legal and organizational grounds for ensuring fire safety and establishes the sphere of competence of ministries, departments, institutions, organizations and enterprises, and also of the officials and citizens in the sphere of combating fires. In particular the Act establishes that in case of the outbreak of forest fires the authorized institution in the sphere of forest and hunting management shall be responsible for elaboration and application of forest fire extinguishing arrangements (Art. 20). Full text Russian Website www.minjust.gov.kg