Summary Magazine 112 year 2023
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Fire at the industrial area of the brick factory in Kadaň
On Thursday, April 20, 2023, a fire was reported in the industrial premises of Cihelna Kadaň, a. s. Due to the increasing number of reports about the fire and taking into account the fact that, according to information, thick black smoke was rising from the affected building, duty officer announced an alarm to fire units assigned to 2nd degree fire alarm. The fire was exceptional due to its rapid spread due to the age of premises and due to the long-term heat-stressed building structures of the dryer, where the temperature is stable in the range of 50-70 °C.
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Tactical exercise in the emergency planning zone of the Dukovany nuclear power plant
One of the main objectives of the tactical exercise of the Rescue units of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, which took place in the parking lot of the village of Únanov in the South Moravian Region, was the decontamination of people and equipment in the emergency planning zone of the Dukovany nuclear power plant.
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The role of regional hygiene stations in crisis management
Regional hygiene stations are part of the integrated rescue system in the Czech Republic. Their activities are usually imagined by the laymen as inspections in restaurants, hotels or comments on constructions. What is not generally known is the fact that they also play a key role in crisis management and population protection. The period of the covid-19 pandemic showed some of the crisis processes that regional hygiene stations deal with.
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Population Protection Institute in Lázně Bohdaneč continues international educational activities
In 2022, Population Protection Institute was awarded the prestigious OPCW-The Hague Award for the long-term education of foreign specialists - rescuers in dealing with chemical emergencies. Every year, experts from all over the world come to Lázně Bohdaneč for training, and at the same time, the Institute's lecturers also train their colleagues directly in their home countries, specifically in Uganda and Paraguay. Since 1999, when cooperation with the OPCW began, lecturers have trained almost 900 participants from 90 countries.
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