Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic - Mission and tasks
- Mission and tasks
- Director General of FRS CR
- Firefighters‘ oath of office
Primary mission of the Fire Rescue Service of CR is to protect life, health and property of citizens against fire, and to provide effective help in emergencies. Fire Rescue Service of CR is one of the basic bodies of the Integrated Rescue System, which has been operating with new structure since 1st January 2001.
Under the Law No. 238/2000 on Fire Rescue Service of CR and on certain regulations, new organisational structure had been established and the basic tasks had been determined.
Fire Rescue Service of CR consists of the General Directorate of Fire Rescue Service of CR (FRS CR), which is a part of the Ministry of Interior, and of 14 Regional Fire Rescue Services, the Emergency Unit of FRS CR, and the Special Secondary School of Fire Protection and High Special School of Fire Protection in Frýdek-Místek.
The General Directorate of FRS CR manages Regional Fire Rescue Services, which are organisational bodies of the state, accounting entities, and administrative authorities; and the Emergency Unit of FRS CR, which is an organisational body of the state and an accounting entity.
The General Directorate of Fire Rescue Service of CR fulfils tasks of the Ministry of Interior, which is the central body of state administration for fire protection, crisis management, civil emergency planning and population protection.
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 the Fire Rescue Service of CR and on the modification of certain codes, in latter wording
• Law No. 239/2000 on the Integrated Rescue System and on the modification of certain codes, in latter wording
• Law No. 240/2000 on Emergency 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 the Fire Rescue Service of CR (in service employment), and by other employees.
Information brochure- Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic
Organisational diagram FRS CR