Development of the expert image of future specialists of State fire Service of the Emergency Situations Ministry of Russia

The article considers the image of an expert as a complex psychical constitution comprising a projection of axiological and qualitative characteristics of professional behaviour and worldview of an expert. It is shown that the expert's image includes cognitive, emotional, value and behavioural characteristics. The authors study the features of the expert's image development at the stage of training of future specialists of the State Fire Service of the Emergency Situations Ministry of Russia.