Summary Magazine 112 year 2023
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Electric car fire in underground garages
During the night of Thursday, May 4, 2023, the Regional Operational and Information Centre of the Fire Rescue Brigade of the Capital City of Prague deployed a fire protection unit from the Sokolská station to Bělehradská Street 299/132 through the centralized protection desk. A survey of underground garages revealed that white smoke is coming from under the electric vehicle on the 1st underground floor. Subsequently, the vehicle caught fire and it was necessary to move it from the garage to a safe place as quickly as possible.
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Unmanned vehicles and support for the activities of bodies of the integrated Rescue System in the Pilsen region
For the needs of the statutory city of Pilsen in the field of information technology, the city's organizational component, the Information Technology Administration of the City of Pilsen, was established. Its main purpose is to build and operate the city's information structure and support users of city organizations. This organization significantly facilitates the performance and electronization of city agendas, teaching with the help of modern technologies, access to free wifi in the city space, such as sports fields, parks, city buildings and many other activities.
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Centrifugal fire pump – why to drain?
One of the most widespread fire pumps used in the Czech Republic are centrifugal fire pumps from the company THT Polička, s. r. o. They are intended for pumping drinking or utility water. The centrifugal fire pump, which is permanently built into the fire truck, is driven by the vehicle's motive power (engine). The pump is a flow-through machine with a mechanical drive designed to pump liquids for fire purposes. In hydrodynamic pumps, the mechanical energy that is supplied to the pump shaft is converted into kinetic energy in the pump impeller.
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European response to Emergencies
Forest fires in 2023 were the worst on record. Many states of southern Europe fought the fire practically all summer. The most affected was Greece, which twice activated the Union's Civil Protection Mechanism. On the contrary, at the beginning of August, Slovenia was hit by catastrophic floods caused by torrential rains. A fire at a gas station in Romania injured dozens of people, mainly firefighters who responded after the first explosion, and was swept away by a second explosion. However, the flood wave claimed the most human lives in Libya, where two dams burst as a result of heavy rains.
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Construction and use of multimedia classrooms for education at the Fire Rescue Brigade of the South Bohemian Region
The Fire Rescue Brigade of the South Bohemian Region searches for answers to questions about emergencies together with children and adults in multimedia classrooms. Which ones are they for example? How to behave and what to do in the event of a fire, flood, storm, snow disaster or leakage of a hazardous materials? How to proceed when it is necessary to hide, warn or evacuate the population? Or what to say when an emergency is reported to the emergency line?
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