Improving the effectiveness of fire safety briefings

The mandatory nature of fire safety briefings for individuals engaged in work or service is enshrined in legislation. Fire safety briefings are followed by a review of employees' knowledge and skills to ensure compliance with the requirements outlined in the fire safety briefing programs. However, despite the regulatory clarity surrounding fire safety briefings, there are several challenges in this area. This article concludes a study aimed at quantifying the effectiveness of fire safety briefings and identifying ways to improve their efficiency. The empirical study revealed a low level of knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired during fire safety training. As a result of a sociological survey conducted by the authors among residents of different regions of the Russian Federation, of different genders, ages, and social status, the respondents formulated ways to improve the effectiveness of fire safety instructions. The formulated options confirmed the hypothesis about the low level of knowledge of the content of fire safety instructions among the respondents, as most of the alternative options are already included in the structure of fire safety instructions. The authors selected six methods that are innovative and are not included in the structure of fire safety instructions.The results were processed using the expert assessment method. Individual rankings of methods by experts, followed by the construction of a generalized ranking matrix based on the pairwise comparison method, showed that the most effective methods are the independent preparation of fire safety materials by the instructed personnel, the discussion of ways to improve the effectiveness of training sessions with colleagues, and the organization of multi-level competitions on fire safety prevention, first within the department and then throughout the entire enterprise.