Summary Magazine 112 year 2018
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
How to live (not) safely
The seminar named How to live (not) safely was organized by the Prague Fire & Rescue Service and the Capital City of Prague together, and took place in the Prague Town Hall in Mariánské Sq. on 13rd February 2018. The topic of the seminar was fire safety in apartment buildings.
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Red Roaster 2018 Conference
The Red Roaster 2018 (i.e. Červený kohout) international conference of fire protection was held in České Budějovice in the days of 20th and 21st March 2018. This year conference was focused mainly on fire prevention, fire safety of buildings, detection of causes of fires, and intervention activities.
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Fire cookbook
This year the Prague Fire & Rescue Service commemorates its 165th anniversary as the first professional fire brigade in our countries. To celebrate, a book called Fire Cookbook, or Good Food and Good Advice from Firefighters was created. The book links the two indispensable facts in our lives: eating and protecting the household.
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New teaching aid
A new teaching aid for the Sawmill Operator and the Sawmill Operator's Instructor courses was constructed by the instructors of the Brno Fire School at the end of 2017.
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TRINS - from the past to the future
The TRINS (Transportation Information and Accident System) Annual Meeting took place on 14th March 2018 in the MoI, General Directorate of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic. As the last meeting in 2016 was more balancing because of 20th anniversary of this co-operation, this year's session was more about the future, with asking questions to look for answers.
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Entering into enclosed spaces
Training of firefighters in the area of entry into enclosed spaces is currently rather sporadic, and for this reason there was a need to process the topic so that in the foreseeable future the issue would be included in the training plan of the members of the FRS CR. In June 2017, a working meeting on this issue was held, with representatives of all regional FRSs and educational institutions.
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Austrian Bavarian Czech Forest Fire Drill 2017
The large-scale exercise on a major forest fire was held in the vicinity of Trojmezná Hora in Šumava Mountains. The scenario was about a forest fire that affected the territory of all three neighbouring countries, namely Germany (Bavaria), Austria and the Czech Republic.
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Joint preparedness for dealing with emergencies
The 2nd Interdisciplinary Congress Cooperation of IRS in Emergencies and Disasters was held in the congress hall of the Myslivna Hotel in Brno on 1st March 2018, this time with the Safe Region subtitle organized by the Coordination Centre of Disaster Medicine at the Brno Faculty Hospital.
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Golden Rescue Cross for saving human life
As traditionally in the Prague Castle, on 29th March this year Mr. Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic, awarded the Golden Rescue Cross for outstanding acts of both, professional rescuers and amateurs, and individual / collectives who last year contributed to saving human lives.
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Firefighter of the Year 2017 and Fire Athlete 2017
On 19th April 2018 the Top Hotel Prague hosted the rendition of results of the ninth annual survey and the award ceremony on the Firefighter of the Year 2017 and Fire Athlete 2017 of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic.
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