ландшафтные пожары, прогнозирование ландшафтных пожаров, причины ландшафтных пожаров, пожарная опасность, засушливые условия, человеческий фактор, Industrial safety. Industrial accident prevention, T55-55.3

The article is devoted to the research of causes, development characteristics, damage from fires in the Azov district of the Rostov region for the period from 2010 to 2015, and the search for opportunities for their forecasting. To achieve the aim of the research means to achieve a number of goals. In particular, it gives the characteristics of physical and geographical conditions of the Azov district, the analysis of the possibility to forecast landscape fires. The obtained data can be used for decision-making by the district administration, rural settlements and state organizations authorized to solving problems in the field of fire safety. In Conclusion, the authors formulate the results of the research. In particular, it is noted, that forecasting the number of landscape fires in the Azov district is possible, given the climatic conditions and the nature of the vegetation. To reduce the risks connected with the risk of landscape fires in the Azov district, it is first necessary to carry out preventive and administrative activities. Further research of the solution to the problems of landscape fires forecasting is relevant and promising.