It is determined that, understanding the perniciousness of fires, the state apparatus, at first, chaotically and unsystematically, undertakes the introduction of mechanisms of state regulation of fire fighting and their consequences. Small formations of city dwellers are formed following the example of military wives. They combine to fight fires on their own - using scoops and buckets to deliver water to fires, extinguish fires by improvised means. It is noted that the constant imminent threat of fires in populous cities, especially in summer, required people to take precautions.
Examining the European scientific opinion on the concept of «public administration» (public administration), it was determined that it is one of the elements of the field of law. The definition of the term «public administration» is disclosed as the activity of public authorities in the relevant field, which has no legislative or judicial basis. That is, the content of public administration is outlined in the sense of the practical implementation of statutory provisions, and, consequently, are defined by law specific methods and means to achieve the relevant goals in certain areas.
The analysis of directions of introduction of experience of the developed countries of the world concerning information and analytical maintenance of system of fire safety in Ukraine is carried out. It is substantiated that, today, the effectiveness of emergency response in Ukraine is quite low, due to a number of shortcomings in the work of public authorities at all levels and imperfect functioning of the civil protection system, in general, in effective implementation of state policy in civil protection.
Recommendations for the development of conceptual frameworks for the model of improving public administration mechanisms in the field of fire safety in Ukraine, the main feature of which is to provide proposals for comprehensive reform of the civil protection system, according to European standards, in five main areas: fire safety; development of state and voluntary fire protection services; establishment of self-regulatory non-governmental structures in the field of fire safety; modernization of the fire risk insurance system; optimization of work with personnel and improvement of the existing personnel policy in the field of fire safety
