Summary Magazine 112 year 2023
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Fire of the manufacture hall in Čelákovice
On Monday, March 13, 2023, a fire at a wood processing company in Čelákovice in Praha-východ district was reported to the emergency line of the Fire Rescue Brigade of the Central Bohemia Region. Even before the arrival of the first fire unit, the roof of the building collapsed, and the fire mainly affected the 80 x 30 m hall. Due to the large amount of flammable materials, the fire spread quickly and threatened to spread to the western part of the premises. It was necessary to deploy additional forces and means for the supply of a larger quantity of water. The elimination of the fire was reported next morning. Damage was set at 2 million CZK.
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Firefighters and soldiers trained in Čáslav
At the beginning of this year, the cooperation between members of the FRS Central Bohemian region, Department of Kolín and colleagues from the military fire unit of the 21st Tactical Air Force Base in Čáslav began. The emphasis was on the preparation of a possible intervention from the point of view of firefighting activities. During their first joint exercise, the firefighters became familiar with safety principles in the event of an accident involving JAS Gripen and L-159 ALCA aircraft, and then other types of aircraft. They learned about emergency procedures, danger zones and ways to rescue a pilot from the airplane cabin. They became familiar with the system for evacuating people from the mentioned aircraft and the expected behaviour of its members during an emergency.
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New mobile application - Technik HZS
FRS of the Pilsen region has long-term cooperation with a number of entities in the framework of innovations, in an effort to improve the quality and efficiency of the work of firefighters. The new Technik HZS mobile application is intended for chemical and technical service technicians. It brings simplification of data transfer and independence from a non-portable computer. Records taken from a mobile phone during inspections can be transferred easily and in a minimum number of steps in the application to the database of the integrated regional information system. The application also makes it possible to fully change the location of means within the services and to check the completeness of the equipment on the fire trucks or in the warehouses. The development of the application from the first idea to implementation took six years and the funding was provided by the Ministry of the Interior-Directorate General of the FRS CR.
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EU Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure
During the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU, two important documents increasing the resilience of critical infrastructure were approved within the framework of the Working Group for Civil Protection - the CER Directive. The CER Directive changes the fundamental philosophy of the approach to the protection of critical infrastructure, and its approval was the main and only priority of the working group. In connection with the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, a draft recommendation on a coordinated EU approach to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure was presented to the European Council. EU member states were invited to speed up the preparatory work and take appropriate measures and, as a result, allocate a sufficient amount of funds. Strategic communication and the fight against hybrid threats are also key issues.
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