Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic
- Director General of FRS CR:
Maj-Gen Miroslav ŠTĚPÁN (biography) - Address: Ministerstvo vnitra - generální ředitelství HZS ČR (Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic), Kloknerova 26, pošt. přihr. 69, post code 148 01 Praha 414
- Telephone: +420 974 819 220, +420 974 819 229, +420 974 819 230
- Fax: +420 974 819 960
- E-mail (press agent): petr.kopacek@grh.izscr.cz
Fire Rescue Service of the Czech republic
„Our whole society undergoes wide dynamic changes. They show themselves not only in our open views and orientation, but in preferences of recognised values and attitudes of living as well. In the pointh of intersection of common past and present they affect everyone.
Mutual tradition bonds of the past even in the present time influence thousands of professional and voluntary firefighters. A firefighter is even at the break point of the new millennium in human mind connected above all with feared and dangerous enemy - fire. People perhaps do not even realise what had to be done, so that the primary firemen trade changed into a discipline, which today in the complexity of mutually interconnected activities represents the rescue business, i.e. a prestige service, provided to all citizens in the interest of their life, health and property protection in case of fire and other emergencies.“
General Dipl. Eng. Miroslav Štěpán
Director General of FRS CR
Fire Rescue Service of CR is one of the basic bodies of Integrated Rescue System, which has been operating with new structure since January 1st, 2001. Primary mission of Fire Rescue Service of CR is to protect life, health and property of citizens against fire and to provide effective help in emergencies.
By the Law No. 238/2000 on Fire Rescue Service of CR and on certain regulations, a new organisational structure had been established and the basic tasks had been determined.
Fire Rescue Service of CR consists of General Directorate of Fire Rescue Service of CR, which is a part of Ministry of Interior, and of Regional Fire Rescue Services. General Directorate of Fire Rescue Service of CR controls the Regional Fire Rescue Services, which are state organisational bodies and accounting units as well.
Fire and Rescue Service of CR fulfils tasks in the scope and under conditions determined by specific legal regulations, mainly by:
- Law No. 133/1985 on fire protection, in latter wording
- Law No. 238/2000 on Fire Rescue Service of CR and on the modification of certain codes, in latter wording
- Law No. 239/2000 on Integrated Rescue System and on the modification of certain codes, in latter wording
- Law No. 240/2000 on Crisis Management and on the modification of certain codes (Crisis Code), in latter wording.
Tasks of Fire Rescue Service of CR are fulfilled by members of Fire Rescue Service of CR (under the Law on functional relation of members of Czech Police Corps), by civil servants (under the Civil Service Law) and by other employees.
