Summary Magazine 112 year 2017
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Extinguishing tests for edible fats and oils
The Class F fires, i.e. fires of edible kitchen oils and fats, are specific to their high temperature of combustion. Extinguishing with water will cause it to evaporate instantly, causing the burning oil to be poured out of the container. This phenomenon is limited when using fine water mist. P. 4
New Chemical Service Regulation of the FRS CR
The Chemical Service Regulation of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, valid since 1st February 2017, were issued by the Direction of DG FRS CR No. 6 /2017 on 31st January 2017. This new Code replaced a similar regulation, which was valid for more than ten years. The Chemical Service Regulation governs the uniform performance of chemical services, establishes basic tasks in maintaining the serviceability of the chemical services equipment and defines their uniform use. The Code is applied to all bodies of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic; founders of other fire units ensure the tasks of the chemical services in accordance with the Services Regulations. P. 10
How to train an aviation professional or where to get pilots and flight attendants
The Czech Aviation Training Centre (CATC) is based in the B Hangar at the Prague Airport in Prague-Ruzyne. You can easily see the Terminal 3 area from windows of the administrative part of the building, and watch which machines literally park under the windows. However, inside the building other facilities park - flight simulators and flight crew training simulators. P. 12
PYROS 2017 / Pyromeeting 2017
From 31st May to 3rd June 2017, after two years, the Safety Fairs took place again in the Brno Exhibition Centre. PYROS 2017, the 18th International Fair of Fire Equipment and Services, IDET 2017, the 14th International Fair of Defence and Security Technology, and ISET 2017, the 9th International Fair of Security Technology and Services, offered a comprehensive range of the latest products and services for safety and rescue sector. The PYROS 2017 was accompanied by the Pyromeeting 2017 International Conference, focused on the 25th anniversary of IRS (Integrated Rescue System). P. 14
Optimizing education on security issues
The Concept of Population Protection up to 2020, with a view to 2030, obliged the selected central administrative authorities to analyse current system of education of the population, and to propose system changes and measures to remedy the identified deficiencies, and to legalize them. This task was further specified in the subsequent the Report on the State of Population Protection in the Czech Republic, which in its Task 19a commissioned to map the state of education in the population protection in schools, and to propose an optimal solution for improvement of this process by 2020. P. 17
Security in Central Europe
On 30th March 2017, the 13th Brno Political Symposium was held at the Faculty of Social Studies of the Masaryk University in Brno. The expert meeting was organized by the International Institute of Political Science of the Masaryk University in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in the Czech Republic. The accompanying program was a film projection about the RAF terrorist group. P. 18
Twenty years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
On 19th April 2017, the State Office for Nuclear Safety, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Institute of International Relations in cooperation with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held the conference entitled " Chemical Weapons Convention yesterday, today and tomorrow ... ? " in the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Loretta Square in Prague. The main topics of the conference were origin and scope of the CWC, activities of the OPCW, the frame of chemical weapons in the world, their destruction and the world after the destruction of chemical weapons, possibilities of misuse of chemicals in theory and practice, how the CWC reflected to industrial production, and work of other state administration bodies in relation to the CWC. P. 22
Petr Moleš became the European champion at TFA (Toughest Firefighter Alive)
Representation of the Czech FRS for the ninth consecutive time again on medals! This time in another: Europe TFA was ruled by Lukáš Novák every year since 2008 to 2016, this time Petr Moleš won of the gold medal and the tournament cup. At the championship in Monchengladbach, Germany, he won with time of 5.54 minutes, and beated other 150 competitors. The race was divided into four sections, similarly to the Czech Cup in the TFA disciplines. P. 29
Tomáš is a strong personality
Tomáš Malyjurek suffered a serious injury during a traffic accident, while in service at the Třinec Fire Station, Moravian-Silesian FRS. Since then, he has been tied for life to a wheelchair that can only control with his chin. Still, he did not blame the life, and with support of his parents, peer firefighters, members of the Foundation and doctors, he learns to deal with his difficult destiny. P. 30
Traditional meeting of firefighters in Litoměřice
The town of Litoměřice, North Bohemia, again hosted a national meeting of firefighters, which took place on 9th and 10th June this year, on the occasion of the Litoměřice 2017 Fire Festival P. 32