About the Condition of the Formation of Public Safety Centers of the Territorial Communities of the Kharkiv Region

Safety of life activity of the population is one of the main tasks of both the state authorities and local self-government authorities. The main constituent elements of providing the security of united territorial communities (UTC) and factors that affect them, depend on economic, ecological, social and information indicators. Such configuration of factors that affect the safety of the population emphasizes the importance of the process of formation within the UTC of specialized cooperative objects - public safety centers. Having analyzed the existing condition of the organization of citizen security in the Kharkiv region in general, it can be concluded that in the formed 56 united territorial communities and the number of fire departments on their territory (namely 65, a significant part of which was damaged because of military actions), providing of the safety of the local residents is not sufficient. Among the recommended types of PSC and fire stations within the region, the following types are functioning: expanded fire station for 8 fire trucks, expanded fire station for 6 fire trucks, expanded fire station for 5 fire trucks, expanded fire station for 4 fire trucks, expanded fire station for 3 fire trucks, fire station for 2 fire trucks. In this regard, the system of providing of communities’ security needs to be strengthened by organizing a network of public security centers and local volunteer brigades on the territories of united territorial communities – especially within the OTG, distant from large cities of the region, where the network of police stations is not developed, and deficit of family clinics exists. Also, an important aspect of strengthening the security system is organization of local fire protection, law enforcement service, medical service in the structure of the PSC and volunteer fire brigades on the territory of the community.