Building industry (Table)

In 2008, 78 fires with total loss of CZK 16,025,000 occurred in building industry, 8 persons were injured. Compared to 2008, the number of fires dropped by 32.8 %, and losses dropped by 63.5 %.

Commerce (Table)

In 2009, 188 fires with total loss of CZK 157,851,800 occurred in commerce activities, 3 persons died and other 15 persons were injured. Total of 20 major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more), i.e. only 10.6 % of fires caused loss of CZK 110 million, i.e. 70 % of total losses. Compared to 2008, the number of fires increased by 14 %, and losses dropped by 52.2 %.

Household, Dwellings (Table)

In 2009, 2,471 fires with total loss of CZK 373,175,900 occurred in households, 62 persons died and other 442 were injured. Total of 101 major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more), i.e. only 4.1 % of all these fires, caused loss of CZK 230 million, i.e. 66 % of total losses. Compared to 2008, the number of fires dropped by 1.9%, and losses increased by 6.5 %.

Fires by causes and activities ingniting fire (Table)

Portion of fires with loss of CZK 1 million and higher (Table)

Central Bohemia Region

March 3rd  – Plastics pressing plant of the PAJR A SYNOVÉ Ltd. Company, Vlkava, the Mladá Boleslav district
Cause: technical failure of wiring
Damage: 20 million CZK
Injured: two firefighters

April 19th – Cardboard store of the SEQUANA Ltd. company, Luštěnice, the Mladá Boleslav district
Cause: ignition from surface heat  of a gas-discharge lamp
Damage: 60 million CZK
Injured: one firefighter

June 15th – Thirteen towing vehicles, six tarpaulin semi-trailers and one car of the TOMITRANSPORT Ltd. Company, Hořín, the Mělník district
Cause: arson
Damage: 40 million CZK
Injured: two firefighters

July 6th – Testing room for batteries of the AKUMA, Inc. Company, Mladá Boleslav
Cause: technical failure
Damage: 15 million CZK

July 30th – Cardboard store and cooling plant of the PROPACK SERVICE PROVISION Ltd. Company, Ostrá, the Nymburk  district
Cause: not found
Damage:15 million CZK
Injured: one person

November 9th – Car repair shop and metal workshop of the L.T.F- Ltd. Company, Brandýs nad Labem,  the Prague-East district
Cause: arson
Damage: 25 million CZK

 
South Bohemia Region

September 18th – Storehouse of car spare parts of the COMMETT PLUS, Ltd. Company, Tábor
Cause: not found
Damage: 50 million CZK

Pilsen  Region

February 7th  – Glass factory of the STÖZLE-UNION Ltd. Company, Heřmanova Huť, the Pilsen-Nord  district
Cause: technical failure –flux of glowing melting
Damage: 250 million CZK
Injured: one firefighter
 

Ústí upon Labe Region

February 14th – Floor covering store of the RIEGER, Ltd. Company in Modlany, the Teplice district
Cause: not found
Damage: 12 million CZK

September 6th – Processing of used tires of the GRG-INVESTMENT Inc. Company, Tušimice, the Chomutov district
Cause: technical failure during grinding technology
Damage: 30 million CZK

November 25th – Excavator machine, Doly Bílina Ltc., Ústí upon Labe
Cause: technical failure of wiring
Damage: 81 million CZK

December 10th – Transformer sub-station of the ČEPS Ics. Company in Výškov, the Louny district
Cause: technical failure
Damage: 50 million CZK
 

Liberec Region
 
October 4th – Motorbikes and four-wheelers sales of the EVIEN, Ltd. Company in Hodkovice nad Mohelkou, the Liberec district
Cause: arson
Damage: 15 million CZK
Injured: one person
 

Hradec Králové Region

May 22nd – Store hall in the railway station of the Czech Railways, Inc. Company in Broumov – Velká Ves, the Náchod district
Cause: not found
Damage: 11.45 million CZK

November 27th – Store of hay and straw of the ROLNICKÁ Inc. company, in Lodín, the Hradec Králové district
Cause: not found
Damage: 10 million CZK
 

Zlín Region

October 2nd – Armatures production hall of the VT HRANICE Ltd. Company in Starý Hrozenkov, the Uherské Hradiště district
Cause: arson
Damage: 15 million CZK
 

Survey of fire prevention of FRS CR (Table)

Fires - types of conclusion and Fires - concluded by court, in 2003 -2007 (Table)

Function of fire safety equipment in fires (Table)

Most often findings of fire inspections are obstacles on escape ways and not free access to emergency exits.

Survey of selected data from FRS CR activities (Table)

Czech Republic takes part in international rescue operations in emergencies abroad through:
 

• deployment of rescue unit for providing rescue the work or other specific activities (eg fighting fires)
• deployment of experts
• providing technical information, or
• providing humanitarian assistance.

Humanitarian assistance to abroad is a sum of activities financed from the state budget in order to avoid loss of lives, mitigate suffering, maintain dignity
and prevent harm to human health due to exceptional events. In addition to immediate humanitarian assistance abroad immediately after the incident,
humanitarian assistance to abroad also means follow-up assistance to restore basic living conditions after incidents and prevent their negative consequences. Humanitarian assistance to abroad also means the assistance provided by the protracted humanitarian crisis in long-lasting consequences of natural disasters or other incidents.

State humanitarian assistance of CR is implemented from funds allocated by the Government for the current year in state budget into a bound reserve for humanitarian assistance of the General Cash Administration. From the state budget can be financed, in particular, forms of humanitarian assistance to foreign countries as follows:
 

• Material – providing the necessary material in the form of a donation of property in the affected area after the incident
• Cash donations abroad
• Financial contributions to public institutions and NGOs abroad
• Contributions to international organizations and integration groupings,
• Grants to NGOs in the Czech Republic to provide humanitarian assistance to foreign states outside the European Union and European Economic Area,
• Involvement in international rescue operations and sending rescue experts with the necessary equipment according to the Law on the Integrated Rescue System.

For 2009 the amount of CZK 85 million (EUR 3.27 million) had been allocated. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes financial resources from this bound reserve, and regularly informs the Government on these spending.

In 2009 the Czech Republic Government provided humanitarian assistance to 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America (Gaza, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Congo, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Brazil, Ethiopia, Uganda, Philippines, Indonesia, Ukraine, El Salvador and Nicaragua).

Material and rescue humanitarian assistance abroad in 2009 was not realized, because its provision given of the distance was not effective or CR did not have the required commodities.

In countries such as Gaza, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka, the humanitarian situation of population deteriorated sharply due to armed conflict. CR paid to these areas of humanitarian assistance CZK 34 million (40% of the budget).

Territorially, CZK 35 million has been devoted into Asia, CZK 28 million to Africa,  CZK 15 million  to the Middle East (Gaza), Latin America reached 3.5 million CZK and Europe was granted an allowance of 850 thousand CZK to Ukraine to assist with influenza epidemic. Geographically unspecified contribution was CZK 2.5 million to the CERF UN (United Nation - The Central Emergency Response Fund).

In 2009, the Czech Republic participated in the management of humanitarian crises around the world during its presidency of the European Union. Particularly intensively was involved in coordinating the deployment of experts as part of the EU-MIC (Monitoring and Information Centre of the European Commission) team under the Mechanism of Enhanced Cooperation in the EU Civil Protection. The European Commission funds these actions, and CR permanently prepare its experts who participated in the following:

• Moldova (11 to 15 January 2009). The mission was to assess the possibility of providing humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Moldova in connection with the gas crisis in Eastern Europe. Lt.. Petr Vodicka from the Prague FRS was involved in the EU-MIC team as a coordinating expert.
• Namibia (24 March to 7 April 2009). The mission was to identify suitable commodities for humanitarian aid to Namibia stricken by extensive floods. Floods hit also other states, but only Namibia asked the EU for help. Col. Vladimir Vlcek, Ph.D. from Moravian-Silesian FRS participated in the EU-MIC team as a coordinating expert. EU-MIC team conducted primarily monitoring activity in the affected areas to inform the EU about the urgent needs of affected populations (primary sanitary).
• Tajikistan (26 May to 5 June 2009. Col. Vladimir Vlcek, Ph.D. from Moravian-Silesian FRS participated in the EU-MIC team as a coordinating expert and deputy commander. The mission was to assess the needs of the population affected by floods and landslides. Team also conducted a survey in the affected localities and negotiated the country needs with representatives of Tajikistan and international humanitarian organizations.
  More information on humanitarian assistance not only for 2009 can be found in the www.usar.cz website. For 2010 the amount of CZK 73 million (EUR 2.81 million) has been allocated

More information on humanitarian assistance not only for 2009 can be found in the www.usar.cz website. For 2010 the amount of CZK 73 million (EUR 2.81 million) has been allocated

• Losses vs. GNP in Czech Republic in comparison with foreign countries are among the lowest. This effect is mainly due to the fact, that in more than 60 % fire cases the nearest operating fire unit is located in the distance of less than five kilometres from the accident place.
• The table has not included values salvaged during fire units interventions in other emergencies, as - opposite to fires - no reliable methodology is available to assess the effects of other interventions

• Extrication of persons from a lift
• Emergency opening of the apartment,
• Removing obstacles from roads and other areas
• Opening of locked areas
• Disposal of felled trees, electrical wires etc.
• Ventilation of spaces
• Rescue of people and animals
• Water pumping, water closing, and water supply
• Assistance in searching trap systems
• Provisional or other repairs,
• Extrication or release of items (including work on water surface)
• Monitoring of chemical concentration or radiation.

False alarm - fire units’ intervention after reporting a fire or other emergency, which wasn’t confirmed.