PROFESSIONALLY IMPORTANT QUALITIES OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN THE FIELD OF FIRE SAFETY AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THEIR FORMATION AT THE UNIVERSITY
Professional activity in the fire service of the Ministry of emergency situations is associated with constant risk, danger, and great responsibility for people's lives, i.e., it is carried out in conditions of constant high nervous and mental stress. Such professional activity imposes special requirements on the professionally important qualities of a specialist and their insufficient development can lead to a decrease in the effectiveness of the activity and professional development. The process of forming professionally important qualities begins at the stage of professional education and training by mastering the theoretical knowledge, professional skills and competencies of the student at the University. The development of professionally important qualities of students in a higher educational institution largely depends on their personal qualities, which can serve as certain prerequisites for their formation. The article attempts to empirically study the personal qualities of University students that contribute to the formation of professionally important qualities of future specialists in the field of fire and technosphere safety. As a result, it was found that students have a certain set of qualities that contribute to mastering the profession: sociability, a tendency to cooperate, purposefulness, and the ability to control their emotions and behavior. Some personal qualities that are part of the complex of professionally important qualities of a firefighter (self - esteem, emotional stability, self-confidence) are not yet developed enough for students. A program for the formation of the PVK of future specialists in the field of fire safety.