DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES TO MAINTAIN THE FORCES AND MEANS OF THE GAS AND SMOKE PROTECTION SERVICE IN CONSTANT READINESS WHEN EXTINGUISHING FIRES IN CONDITIONS NOT SUITABLE FOR BREATHING
This article analyzes the key aspects of the organization of the gas and smoke protection service, the key principle of which is to achieve a high level of readiness and coherence of the forces and means of the gas and smoke protection service for rapid response to fires and effective actions to extinguish them and conduct emergency rescue operations in an area with an environment unsuitable for breathing. The main tasks of the gas and smoke protection service, which are necessarily assigned to it, are: ensuring and maintaining the forces and means of the gas and smoke protection service in constant readiness for targeted actions in an area with an inhospitable environment; extinguishing fires in an area with an inhospitable environment; carrying out emergency rescue operations in an area with an inhospitable environment; training and certification of gas and smoke defenders; creation and improvement of educational material base; ensuring the safety of gas and smoke defenders in solving assigned tasks; implementation of measures for rehabilitation, legal and social protection of gas and smoke defenders.