Main Fire Safety Regulatory Mechanisms in Ukraine

It has been proven that, today, the implementation of a new course of Ukraine in the direction of improving the state system of guaranteeing fire safety and implementing innovative approaches in the development of state mechanisms for its regulation is becoming relevant.It was determined that the general state of fire safety in Ukraine, having a tendency to decrease the number of fires, nevertheless remains quite difficult, especially in the case of human deaths.Ukraine ranks fourth among countries in the world in terms of deaths per 100,000 people.According to the general criteria of statistical measurements, the indicator of Ukraine regarding the number of dead has much larger numbers compared to other countries.Statistical data on fires in Ukraine indicate a sufficiently high level of the number of fires and the mortality of citizens during their occurrence.This trend shows that there is a strong need to take measures to improve public administration in the field of fire safety in order to protect the life and health of citizens from fires.It has been proven that over the past few years, due to the illogical and inconsistent state policy in the direction of fighting forest fires, the once successful national system of ensuring the protection of forest areas against the occurrence of fires in Ukraine has collapsed.Currently, the key structures in the field of extinguishing forest fires are in the process of being liquidated, or have been completely liquidated.These included: State enterprise "Ukrainian State Project and Research Institute of Forestry" (abbreviated name "Ukrdiprolis"), whose activity was directed to the development of state projects related to fire prevention equipment on the territory of forest areas; Ukrainian state base of aviation protection of forests, which carried out timely provision of information on the level of fire danger for forestry enterprises.