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Summary Magazine 112 year 2017

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 

Evaluation of extraordinary thematic controls of restaurants and casinos
During the year 2017 regional FRSs carried out extraordinary thematic inspections of restaurants and casinos. These controls were aimed at verifying the state of fire safety in entertainment clubs, businesses and casinos.
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Fire of production and storage halls in Kopřivnice
During their routine patrol on 7th January 2017 the Municipal Police officers in Kopřivnice noticed that the object of one of the production and storage halls in the Štefánikova Street premises has visible smoke and smell of burns.  They communicated the situation through their dispatching centre to the fire brigade.  This way begun one of the biggest fires in the modern history of Nový Jičín district. The fire gradually captured several production and storage halls, and the intervention involved more than 200 firefighters from 33 fire units.  The third degree of fire alarm was proclaimed. p. 4

Dog handlers met in Zbiroh for the third time
At the beginning of October 2017, the third workshop of dog handlers of the Association of Firefighters of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia took place in Zbiroh, Pilsen region.  The event was attended by a total of forty-nine dog handlers of nine volunteer fire brigades from the whole Czech Republic as well as a number of guests, assistants and lecturers. p. 15

VLAK 2017 Tactical Exercise
On 18th April 2017 an accident on the railway crossing in Prague - Michle happened, when a train hit into a bus. The public transportation bus was on the railway crossing just as the passenger train was passing through.  This scenario launched the tactical exercise named VLAK 2017 (means TRAIN) focused on the incident with large number of injured. More than 150 firefighters, police officers and rescuers, representing all basic bodies of the integrated rescue system (IRS), were involved. p. 16
 
Autumn forest fires in the south-west of Europe and related draft amendments to the EU CP Mechanism
In October this year the southwest of Europe was affected by extensive forest fires, which were supported by high air temperature, low humidity, and strong wind.  The most affected countries were Portugal, Spain and Italy.  Portugal and Italy in this difficult situation asked for help through the ERCC (Emergency Response Coordination Centre in Brussels), i.e. for the activation of the European Union Mechanism for Civil Protection. p. 21
 
Chemical laboratories compared their equipment and procedures

From 11th  to 14th September 2017, the Institute of Population Protection in Lázně Bohdaneč hosted the fifth international meeting and workshop of workers from chemical laboratories of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic and workers from Control chemical laboratories of Civil protection of the Slovak Republic, dealing with the issues of radiation monitoring and radiation protection. p. 22
 
New General.  President appointed director of FRS of the MSR
Mr. Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic, upgraded Col. Vladimír Vlček, PhD, director of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region, to the rank of Brigadier General, on Saturday 28th October 2017 at the Prague Castle. p. 30

 Fire Safety Day 2017
Czech FEU, the Czech Association of Fire Officers in cooperation with FRSs of the regions traditionally announced every Friday, 13th  as the "Fire Safety Day".  This year there were two Fridays, 13th  in the calendar, so the day of fire safety was declared on Friday 13th October 2017. On this "unhappy day" firefighters try to suppress the superstition through various preventive educational activities. This year main theme was "Safe Operation of Chimneys and Thermal Appliances". p. 30
 
Medals and plaques of the FRS CR awarded on the occasion of the National Day of the Independent Czechoslovak State
On the occasion of the National Day of Independent Czechoslovak State, celebrated on 28th October, the FRS CR medals were awarded in the Zbiroh Chateau. Maj. Gen. Drahoslav Ryba, General Director of the FRS CR, handed over medals and plaques of the FRS CR to certain officers of FRS CR, and citizens of the Czech Republic.
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