Investigation of fire evacuation measures

Fires are the most common cause of emergencies at crowded sites. Therefore, there is an urgent need to introduce new tools and methods to ensure fire safety, aimed at saving lives and health in case of possible fires in buildings. Purpose. Analysis of evacuation measures in case of fire in educational institutions and determination of ways to optimize them. Methods. Application of theoretical and calculation research methods, normative-legal documents. Results. It is theoretically determined that the growth of fire hazards to values that can harm human life and health is a matter of minutes. The main causes of death during fires were poisoning by toxic combustion products 67 %, exposure to high temperature 23 %, suffocation in case of low oxygen concentration during a fire 10 %. It is established that the problem of reducing the evacuation time in case of fires in Ukraine is solved by conducting exercises in the organization of evacuation, depends on the number and composition of the contingent in the building, the speed of their movement. It is determined that the total evacuation time in case of fire from the training premises of the three-storey building of the II degree of fire resistance is twice the normative value, according to SBC B.1.1-7:2016. Scientific novelty. Implementation of organizational fire safety measures in educational institutions aimed at saving lives and health in case of possible fires in buildings. Practical significance. As a planning of evacuation measures, proposals were made to unify the schedule of classes in the buildings of the educational institution in order to avoid the negative consequences of the fire.