Introduction. In this study, the problem of audit concept definition scarcity in legal documents (expert assessment) of civil protection, technological, and fire safety was considered. Specific qualification requirements, structure, rights, respon-sibilities, reports, a system for conducting and results registration of auditor inspections and audit organizations working in civil protection field and fire safety inspection have not been approved.Today, the issue of audit (expert assessment) of civil protection, technological, fire safety, and insurance of facilities is becoming the most pressing issue. Society, and in particular businesses, are reorienting themselves to European standards of doing business, where property insurance is necessary, and it guarantees them compensation in the case of an emergency.Purpose. The main purpose of the article is to highlight the problem of the lack of a rightful audit concept in civil protection, technological, and fire safety.Methods. Expert assessment of the state of businesses, institutions, and organizations, regardless of their ownership form, makes it possible to get a full picture of object shortcomings, proposals for their elimination, without prosecuting officials quickly and efficiently and without terminating the installation, units and the object as a whole. The audit is a kind of state supervision (control) in the field of civil protection, technological, and fire safety, but without administrative and legal consequences. Based on legal documents analysis in the field of civil protection and fire safety, processing of auditors' feedback, and practical experience of the authors of the article, the main scientific results are proposed.Results. The authors show organizational structure of audit associations. Also, the authors’ qualification requirements for auditors (experts) and their assistants, including the availability of relevant education, experience in practical, teaching, and research work in the field of civil security, and passing the qualifying examination was proposed.Conclusion. According to this organizational structure, high-class auditors create an association that will determine (organize) the activities of all levels of experts. The next step is the high-class experts, who form the relevant associations on a territorial basis, which control the activities of the first and second class experts. The last step is the first and second class auditors, who report to the higher class auditors in their activities.The proposed results should be taken into account in the existing regulations on auditing or a separate regulation in the field of civil protection, technological, and fire safety.
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