Principles are worked out for the organisation and implementation of the training of the population on the issues of protection from disasters (TPIPD). TPIPD should be indissoluble and continuous, and the existing educational system, governing bodies and mass-media should be considered as a basis for TPIPD. Educational-methodology, organisational, legal and other issues are discussed for the enhancement of the effectiveness of TPIPD, the system of which, and its activities, in the Republic of Armenia are analyzed.