This work is based on the study of the use of virtual technologies in the training of students in the fire-fighting field. It analyzes practice-oriented skills that allow effective participation in extinguishing fires, conducting emergency rescue and other urgent work in emergency zones, for the formation of which virtual simulators can be used. The main advantages of using virtual reality technologies in the process of professional training of firefighters and rescuers are noted. During the workshop, the obvious advantage of using an innovative approach in learning than a primitive theoretical one was considered.