Summary Magazine 112 year 2018
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Fires of electric buses
When dealing with traffic accidents or fires of electric buses, the electrical equipment is still under voltage and electric shock can never be excluded. These risks can be limited by rigorous adherence to the principles set out in the Methodology Lists of the Intervention Order and during training. It is also recommended to cooperate with electric bus operators in the fire station area, and to train firefighters about the construction of individual types of buses and safety procedures.
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Fire Protection Conference - what is the future?
From 4 to 6 September 2018, the Fire Protection 2018 international conference took place in Ostrava, the Silesia metropolis. The most interesting themes were future of fire protection in the Czech Republic, the impacts of the Herwart hurricane, practical experience from Thailand's rescue efforts, or the Fire Prevention Concept for 2018 - 2021.
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Nominees to the Volunteer Firefighters Survey in 2018
The 8th Volunteer Firefighters of the Year survey finalizes, with 25 fire units of voluntary firefighters of municipalities and 25 volunteer fire brigades from all 14 regions of the Czech Republic. The finalists were nominated by a nine-member expert jury composed of representatives from both, professional and voluntary firefighters, and of representatives of the survey partners.
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Identification and registration of under-the-limit sources of risks in the Liberec Region
Until 2017, it was not clear how to access dangerous objects that are not classified under category A or B under the Major Accident Prevention Act. The effort to unify the approach to the registration of under-the-limit sources of risks ended by issuing the Act No. 35/2017 of DG FRS CR. In this article, you will learn how some confusions in its practical application were solved in the Liberec Region.
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Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic supported Carpathian colleagues
Maj Gen Drahoslav Ryba, General Director of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, visited the Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine (formerly a part of Czechoslovakia) in July 2018. Within the long-term co-operation of the Vysočina Region and the Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine thirty helmets were handed to local firefighters.
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New director of the Technical Institute of Fire Protection
On 1 September 2018, Maj Gen Drahoslav Ryba, General Director of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic introduced Col. Ondřej Suchý, PhD, as a new director of the Technical Institute of Fire Protection in Prague.
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Czech firefighters are world champions in fire sport
From 12 to 16 September 2018, the 14th Men World Championship in Fire Sport, and the 5th Women World Championship in Fire Sport were held in the Slovak town of Banska Bystrica. The Czechs mastered the championship and became world champions.
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Czech TFA and World Firefighters Games 2018
Selection of representatives of the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic in TFA, accompanied by Brig Gen Slavomír Bell, MSc., Deputy General Director of the FRS CR, took part in the 13th World Firefighters Games in Chungju, South Korea, in September 2018. And, in competition of 7,000 participants from 65 countries, they succeeded.
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