PROBLEMS OF MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SAFETY OF RESIDENTIAL SECTOR AND WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION

The main changes of the regulatory base and the particular technical regulation of fire safety of residential buildings are shown. The main problem of fire safety of residential buildings are identified and the ways to solve this problem are shown. From the analysis of data of Emercom of Russia it can be concluded that each year, on the average, about 70 % of the fires occur in the residential sector (including up to 50 % in residential buildings), the share of those killed and injured in fires in the housing exceeds 80 %. In residential buildings, in the fires of people perished in the main from poisoning by toxic products of combustion and from the impact of high temperatures. Problem: how to reduce the number of fires in the residential sector and the proportion of dead and injured people in the fire. Goal: to raise the qualitative level of security of people in the residential sector. The early detection of fire in residential buildings, to organize the safe evacuation of people and use of primary fire extinguishing means used to fight the fire at the initial stage of its development.