The tasks of municipal fi re service are considered. A comparative analysis of the response indicators of municipal fi re service divisions and other types of fi re service is carried out. There have been identifi ed a number of problems that prevent the municipal fi re service divisions from effective solving the problem of saving people and property in case of fi re. It is shown that the risk of death in city fi res, which are extinguished by divisions of municipal fi re service, is 86 % higher than at the extinguishing by FPS GPS divisions. In rural areas this index is less and makes 34 %. As for the risk of injury of people during fi re extinguishing in cities by the municipal fi re service divisions is 8 % higher than by FPS GPS. In rural areas, respectively, the difference in the magnitude of the risk of death is slightly higher and makes 10 %.

The description of installation model is presented as well as the brief methodology for estimation of parameters of heat expansion of fire-retardant coatings and sealants is proposed. The testing of work in form of research of intumescent samples selected from real facilities and objects of certifi cation was carried out at the differential thermal analysis cell DTA-850 of the company Du Pont. The resources of developed installation such as coeffi cients of linear and three-dimensional thermal expansion, maximum swelling pressure are defined with the help of investigation results of different samples. The modes of heating were chosen. The method for sample preparation as well as the method for installation measurement and testing were developed in the scope of R&D. The capabilities of installation allow using it as mobile (express) control by authorities of GPN directly at facilities as well as by laboratories for control of fire-retardance means at facilities during usage.

In the current regulatory documents on fi re safety there are no uniform requirements to installation, maintenance and repair of aperture fi lling in fi re barriers subjected to mandatory licensing. The article presents methodological recommendations for checking the aperture fi lling elements in fi re barriers of buildings and structures that are developed for inspectors of Federal State Supervision to improve both the quality of control measures (supervision) at objects of protection and fi re safety level.

The analysis of the results of the interstate standards development for determining the quality indicators of frothers used to produce fire-extinguishing foams of various purposes is conducted. The contribution of comments and suggestions received from the Gosstandart of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Gosstandart of the Republic of Belarus, Kyrgyzstandart and a number of interested manufacturers of foaming agents was noted.

There is given the list of specialized services which must be available around the clock and free of charge. The types of false calls are provided. This problem is caused by the number of imperfections in the legislation that require comprehensive study. The law enforcement practice of article 19.13 of the Russian Code of Administrative Infraction (hereinafter CAI RF) providing administrative punishment for a deliberate false call to specialized services is analyzed. It is proposed to conduct additional research in terms of fi nancial and economic analysis of the cost of FPS EMERCOM of Russia on false calls. It is recommended to make adjustments to the article 19.13 to toughen the punishment for false call to specialized services.

This article presents the problem of promoting the activities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and delivering various useful information in the most available form. Large flow of information, various messages and images obstruct understanding and digesting this information. Infographics is a way to make complex things accessible to perception and at the same time convey all the necessary information. By means of infographics it is possible to transform statistics into picture. Also, its use allows to create an accessible information space for people with disabilities.

The work continues to consider approaches to the justifi cation of fire gap reducing between objects of different functional purposes and is a continuation of publications [1-3]. There is considered the fire in one room of the building. Approximate calculation formulas for the heat flow to the facade of the neighbour building as well as elementary calculation formulas for calculation of angular coeffi cients are given. Additional information from the literature on the characteristics of the facade torch is presented.

Basic fire trucks are an important part of the fire truck park (FT) for fire and rescue operations. This is confirmed by statistical data on the number of FT involved annually in fire-fighting operations. Monitoring of fire protection divisions showed that the FT park by age composition keeps a obsolescence tendency. The analysis of the age FT park composition allows to evaluate the strategy of its renewal. The terms of replacement of outdated mobile fire extinguishing vehicles with new ones in the nearest period till 2025 are shown by age groups. There is presented a number of new FT models to form the composition of the updated park.