The invention discloses a fire emergency response method based on icons. According to the fire emergency response method, all plan elements in a textualized fire emergency plan are converted into plan icons and workflow meta models, the corresponding plan icons are called according to safety accident information in the application process, instantiation processing is carried out on the obtained plan icons through the corresponding workflow meta models, and a safety emergency workflow model based on the icons is obtained to guide the fire emergency response to be completed. Comprehensive emergency execution information is provided for emergency personnel in an ionic mode, fire emergency workflow is monitored in real time, the real-time performance of fire emergency commanding is improved through a mobile terminal, and fire emergency processing efficiency is improved.