FIRE FATALITY RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE SIBERIAN FEDERAL DISTRICT
Purpose. The research deals with emergencies caused by fires in the Siberian Federal District. The aim of the article is to assess fire fatality risks. Methods. Based on the social and mathematical statistics methods, the article presents the consequences of fires: the number of fires and mortality rate in the Siberian Federal District from 2001 to 2015. Based on the existing methods, the number of fire deaths and population, the article determines calculated risk values: fire death risk for any person; fire death risk by weekdays, dayparts, ages, social status, and fire death risks at technosphere objects. Results. The research has shown that from 2001 to 2015 for each 10,000 residents there were 16 fires; during each 100 fires up to 7 persons died, and for each 100,000 residents there were 12 deaths. Conclusion. The results show that safety level for the residents of the Siberian Federal District does not meet fire safety requirements.