The article presents the results of a systematic analysis of the causes and consequences of forest and landscape fires in the USSR and in Russia, which indicate the lack of effective fire protection methods and means from them to date. It is shown that the world community, in addition to flooding landscape and forest fires, bunding and filling of their distribution paths with earth, has no other ways and means of suppressing them. The results of research and synthesis of nanotechnologies and models of fire-fighting helicopters are presented, in which the planet’s atmosphere is used as an “endless source of fire extinguishing composition”, which allows using the developed (thermomagnetic air separators) and produced (membrane air separators and helicopters) re-equip «Avialesookhrana» and the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia in order to reverse the growth trends of fires and losses from them in the forests and steppes of Russia. It is noted that the proposed nanotechnology for suppressing fire can be effectively used not only to extinguish fires on farmland and forests, but also on trunk oil and gas pipelines, vehicles on roads (away from settlements) and facilities in the mountains where water and other extinguishing agent delivery options arelimited.

The monograph examines topical issues of decision support and management in safety systems for fire and emergency situations through the use of innovative approaches and tools for operations research, artificial intelligence, robotics and management methods in organizational systems. The monograph is intended for faculty, researchers, graduate students (adjuncts) and doctoral students, as well as for undergraduates, students and listeners of educational organizations, all those who are interested in the problems of decision support and management in security systems.

In buildings, in case of fire, the forming of routes is of primary importance and will make it possible to identify areas that collapse or allow smoke to spread, eliminating potential threats. These include locations with people who were in the building at the beginning of the fire or explosive objects of mainly domestic use. The purpose of the research is to determine the main criteria when the route of firefighter groups is based on minimizing the likelihood of getting into dangerous situations and increasing the efficiency of firefighting. It mainly used the simulation method, which required setting the problem in conditions when not only were the foci of smoke spread and the fire itself not completely known, but also situations where another firefighter group could stay in the building. It was determined that the criteria that must be taken into account when forming the firefighters’ route in the building, met the requirements for the route formation in the event of a collision with other firefighter groups and determined the likelihood of synchronous movement when detecting dangers not previously anticipated when monitoring factors.

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Purpose The salvation of human life is the goal of work for all rescue units. At the same time, a significant part of rescue operations is carried out in buildings or premises, which themselves are often in a state of destruction or are emergency ones. This paper aims to find how it is possible to carry out rescue operations in the face of the threat of constant collapse of the building. Design/methodology/approach To study the collapse hazard of the building, the information systems are used that display the process of rescue measures in case of a threat of deformation of the building in which there is a risk of burnback or destruction. Findings The findings show that the analysis of destruction parameters online allows using infrared sensors to form a picture of the allocation of places where people can be and thus saves lives while reducing the risk for the fire and rescue unit. To implement the presented format, it is proposed to use infrared sensors. Originality/value The use of infrared sensors allows online interaction with foci of dangerous situations and identifies the main aspects of the stratification of the preparation of the fire and rescue unit’s activities in conditions of increased danger.