Ensuring the fire protection of objects of different significance is connected with deflnite work and material expenses. The important factor characterising the effectiveness of these expenses is the volume of economic loss caused by fire. Getting and using complete and secure information about the effectiveness of fire protection system functioning in separate objects as well as in State in general and the information about the volume o f economic loss caused by fire allows to find vvellgrounded Solutions about ensuring fire protection o f objects, protection o f nature and people from unhealthy influence o f fires. At the same time it gives the possibility to perform economic evaluation o f the use o f fire protection system, as well as to plān the distribution o f resources directed towards ensuring the fire protection of objects of different significance and functioning o f fire protection brigādes as basie element of State fire protection system. This information gives the possibility to reasonably show the connection o f fire protection with social and economic development o f the State.