Kazakhstan pilots digital app to improve fire safety in residential areas

Kazakhstan is testing the Tumar 112 mobile application in the Abai Region to enhance fire prevention in residential neighborhoods.

The government press service reported that the system allows authorities to maintain electronic records of residential inspections and use photographs and geolocation data to document fire hazards. Minister of Emergency Situations Murat Mukhanov stated that the unified database will help officials identify homes most vulnerable to fires.

The system also allows the government to track the removal of safety violations and provides emergency services with current information during fire responses. After the pilot project in Abai Region concludes, the government plans to roll out the system across the entire country. The government is also expanding physical infrastructure by building 19 fire stations this year and purchasing more than 160 fire engines. Officials have approved 592 new positions to increase the number of staff in emergency response units.

In the North Kazakhstan Region, local authorities allocated 1.4 billion tenge for 2025 to buy equipment including drones and thermal imaging cameras. These efforts contributed to a 16% decrease in fires during the 2025 to 2026 heating season at the national level.