DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF THE CAUSES OF FOREST FIRE

One of the identified problems at the primary level of the forest fire protection system is the forced need for managers of forest fire extinguishing to indicate the causes of forest fires in statistical reports that are submitted daily during the fire season to the regional and federal call service of forestry. These actions are not provided with the appropriate powers under the forest legislation. This necessity arises due to the importance of operational information support in the course of making rational management decisions in a complex fire situation. At the same time, the procedure of investigative actions to eliminate the occurrence of forest fires does not provide high efficiency. As a result, the specialists of the forest industry become hostages of the situation. They are forced to promptly declare the alleged cause of the forest fire, so that the responsible persons can make a decision as soon as possible on the arrangement of forces and means of fire extinguishing, on the optimal number of them and an understanding of what needs to be done to prevent the re-occurrence of a forest fire. This problem is one of the reasons for the lack of understanding and interaction between the authorities concerned. In this regard, the purpose of the study was to develop a unified method for detecting signs of forest fires, based on the inspection of the fire site as a natural disaster, and as a result of violations of Russian legislation. The methods of inspection of the scene of the accident used by various departments, as well as foreign practice of inspection of the place of ignition of the fire were studied. The main directions of application of the developed methodology were determined and the algorithm of the action of the head of forest fire extinguishing was proposed.