KEY POINTS TO DEVELOP A FIRE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN
PURPOSE. The article deals with the organizational issues affecting safety of people in the event of a fire in buildings and constructions. Our work is aimed at increasing the relevance of the document to be developed. METHODS. The research is based on the comparison of fire safety regulations and practice with regard to the implementation of a fire emergency evacuation plan. FINDINGS. On the basis of the analysis of separate fire safety regulations we offer the main requirements to the form and content of a fire emergency evacuation plan. RESEARCH APPLICATION FIELD. The recommendations offered in the article can be used when developing a fire emergency evacuation plan needed for buildings and constructions according to the requirements of the normative document “Fire Safety Regulations in the Russian Federation”. CONCLUSIONS. In practice a fire emergency evacuation plan is developed in disregard of its basic purpose therefore the developed plans fail to perform their functions. Tragic fires with a massive loss of human life testify to public unawareness of what actions must be taken in the event of a fire. There is a need to develop a regulatory document establishing requirements to the content of fire emergency evacuation plans and evacuation drills as well.