摘要:The problem of reduction of smoke-generation ability for construction timber is of high importance as the smokes and toxic combustion products generating in the course of these materials burning are one of the most dangerous fire factors which threaten life and health of people. According to data presented by Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, rate of mortality due to smoke and toxic combustion gases is more than 70% of total number of people deaths in fires. In this paper, influence of phosphorus-containing modifiers to smoke-generation ability of timber, and also dependence of smoke-generation ability on chemical reactivity of the modifier in interaction with timber has been studied. The problem on fumigation at construction timber burning can be solved by development of chemical compositions efficiently reacting with the surface layer of the timber so that diffusion of solid carbonaceous particles from the timber surface into atmosphere decreases.