Scientific approach to determining the frequency of scheduled inspections of the
fire condition of buildings for temporary stay (residence) of people
Authors:   All-Russian Research Institute of
            Fire Protection of EMERCOM of Russia, Alexander Vasilyevich Matyushin , Andrei Alexandrovich Kondashov ,   All-Russian Research
            Institute of Fire Protection of EMERCOM of Russia, Vitaly Ivanovich Sibirko ,   All-Russian Research
            Institute of Fire Protection of EMERCOM of Russia, Elena Alexandrovna Matyushina ,   Academy of State Fire
            Service of EMERCOM of Russia
Published: December 2024

Introduction. Inspections of the fire condition of protection facilities are one
of the main activities of the federal state fire supervision of EMERCOM of Russia.
Currently, the frequency of scheduled inspections is regulated by the legislation of the
Russian Federation in the field of fire safety, depending on the risk category of
protection facilities. However, the specified frequency has no scientific justification
and is regulated by a strong-willed decision. That is why in recent years the frequency
of scheduled inspections has repeatedly changed. Therefore, the development of a
scientifically based methodology for determining the optimal frequency of scheduled
inspections of the fire state of protected facilities, including buildings for temporary
residence (residence) of people, is an urgent problem. Goals and objectives. The purpose
of the study was to study the dependence of the number of fires occurring in buildings
for temporary stay (residence) of people on the frequency of scheduled inspections of
their fire-fighting condition by state fire supervision authorities. The objective of
the study is to develop an analytical methodology and substantiate on its basis the
optimal frequency of scheduled inspections of the fire condition of buildings for
temporary stay (residence) of people. Methods. Based on the analysis of statistical
information on fires that occurred in buildings for temporary stay (residence) of people
in 2014-2021, analytical dependencies of the average annual number of fires at these
protection facilities on the time interval from the moment of their last inspection to
the moment of fire occurrence, as well as the number of fires that occurred at the
protection facilities of different risk categories on the frequency of scheduled
inspections were developed. Results and discussion. As a result of the conducted
research, the following has been developed methodology for analyzing statistical
information on fires to determine the optimal frequency of scheduled inspections in
buildings for temporary residence of people. Unlike the method given in the regulatory
legal acts on fire safety, the proposed methodology does not prescribe, but
scientifically substantiates the optimal frequency of scheduled inspections. The
conducted research allowed us to justify the optimal frequency of scheduled inspections
of buildings for temporary stay (residence) of people, which is 0.59 years. Conclusions.
The research allowed to prove that the method of regulating the frequency of scheduled
inspections given in the normative legal acts on fire safety cannot be universal for all
types of supervisory bodies regardless of the type of prevented danger, and the
frequency of scheduled inspections significantly depends on the frequency of scheduled
inspections of protection objects in previous years. Keywords: state fire supervision
bodies; federal state fire supervision; fire protection condition of defense objects;
risk category; number of fires; scheduled inspections; frequency of scheduled
inspections; optimal frequency of scheduled inspections; legislation in the field of
fire safety.