Tactical exercise checked the IRS units to rescue people from cable car
Only two days left to this planned exercise, when the real rescue intervention was needed. On 2^nd November 2021, two days after the unfortunate fall of the cable car cabin leading to the Ještěd Mountain in the Liberec Region, a tactical exercise of the Integrated Rescue System (IRS) units of the Hradec Králové Region took place to check their readiness in case of rescue of persons from a damaged chairlift. The exercise was prepared and planned for a long time, and based on the intervention of the IRS units in rescuing people from the Ještěd cable car, it also proved to be very effective. In our conditions, we may encounter several types of cableways that have their own technical specifics, but rescue training is regularly carried out across all rescue services.
P. 8

IRS Karlovy Vary Conference
The 7^th IRS Conference in Karlovy Vary had the central theme “COVID-19”. The scientific committee chose this topic at the end of spring, when everyone believed that it would be a matter of passing on the findings of the already closed chapter. However, the event took place at a time when the epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic is once again speaking out loud and the daily incidence of this disease is still higher. During the meeting, it was possible to hear an evaluation of activities, the need for improvisation and flexibility, as well as suggestions for improving or changing the conditions for the operation of individual IRS units, which significantly contributed to solving the epidemiological situation in the country.
P. 15

Exercise within the TERRIFFIC project in Slovakia
At the beginning of September last year, members of the radiological laboratory of the Institute of Population Protection FRS CR in Lázně Bohdaneč took part in a two-day exercise with real sources of ionizing radiation. The "Magic Bus" Exercise was organized by the Institute for International Security and Crisis Management in the area of ​​the base of the Rescue Brigade of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Slovak Republic in Malacky.
P. 18

Mobile Information Centre in the South Moravian Region
Since 2008, the Fire Rescue Service of the South Moravian Region has been trying to focus its preventive educational activities on all target groups of the population. In the period before the COVID-19 epidemic, an average of 70,000 visitors a year visited the preventive stands of the FRS of the South Moravian Region, which were usually part of various security events. The conversion of the vehicle for the purposes of preventive educational activities was completed just before the measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only practical experience can help eliminate any shortcomings in any prototype.
P. 26

Challenge for chemists
For the fourth year in a row, the Central Bohemian Region FRS has participated in the organization of the "Challenge for Chemists" competition. The competition is intended for pupils in the 8th and 9th grades of basic schools and is organized in cooperation with the Gymnázium Slaný secondary school and the Central Bohemian Region FRS by Spolana Company Ltd. in Neratovice, which is owned by ORLEN Unipetrol RPA, Ltd.
P. 30

Balance press conference of FRS CR activities in 2021
The traditional balance press conference of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic for 2021 took place in the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior, General Directorate of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic in Prague on 17^th January 2022 at 10:00 am. The presented statistical data have so far been only preliminary and the finals will be published in the Statistical Yearbook 2021 in the March issue of this magazine.
P. 6

New Fire Station in Prague-Holešovice
After two years of construction, the new building of the Prague-Holešovice Fire Station was ceremoniously opened on Tuesday 18^th January 2022. The event was attended by Mr. Vít Rakušan, the Minister of the Interior, Major General Vladimír Vlček, Ph.D., MBA, General Director of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, Mr. Zdeněk Hřib, Mayor of the City of Prague and Mr. Petr Hlubuček, his Deputy for Security, Mr. Jan Čižinský, Mayor of Prague-Holešovice, Col. Luděk Prudil, Director of the Prague FRS, and Brig. Gen. Roman Hlinovský, the  former director of the Prague FRS, former and current members of the Prague FRS, and others.
P. 8

Apartment fire in Prague-Strašnice
On 29^th July 2021 at 4.30 pm, smoke from a window on the seventh floor of an apartment building in the Prague-Strašnice district was reported to the Operational and Information Centre of the Prague Fire Rescue Service. The concreate-panel apartment building built in the 1970s had one underground and eleven floors, and its staircase, as the only escape route, was located in the middle of the floor plan. Moreover, from the time of its construction since now, neither assembly area had been set up at the apartment building, nor was the access road leading to it.
P. 10
 

New methods of extinguishing Li-batteries and their testing
Today, lithium batteries are widespread in all industries. We use them in different devices; they are of different types and have different safety features. The most common are Li-on and Li-pol. These types have excellent properties in terms of capacity and other parameters, but pose a potential threat in terms of security. Charged batteries either explode or rapidly burnout when penetrated, shorted, or exposed to heat. From this point of view, the risk of fire increases and it is necessary to solve the extinguishing. Current approved manufacturers' procedures recommend extinguishing these sources of electricity by immersing them in large amounts of water. Manufacturers are not yet known to describe a more efficient and simpler procedure. For this reason, we in the Technical Institute of Fire Protection focused on new, more effective ways of extinguishing, testing and modernizing them.
P. 12
 

Exercise of IRS bodies in Jablonec nad Nisou
The joint exercise of the Fire Rescue Service of the Liberec Region with the 31^st Regiment of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection of Major General Oskar Starkoč and the Military Health Agency of the Czech Army, Department of Biological Protection took place in the end of 2021. The exercise topic was an emergency with the presence of biological substances (B-agents).
P. 17

Photo competition "Firefighters in front of / behind the lens"
The 17^th year of the "Firefighters in front of and behind the lens" competition had the deadline the last day of September 2021. The Czech Association of Fire Officers (Czech FEU) in cooperation with the HAFOK Photo Club organizes this popular competition of photographing firefighters as well as amateur photographers from the public from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The partners of the photo competition also include the Fire Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region, the pozary.cz website and the hasik.cz preventive educational portal.
P. 32

New Fire Station in Most
The new fire station as well as the seat of the Most District Headquarters of the Ústí nad Labem Regional FRS at 163 Dělnická Street in Most, Northern Bohemia, were ceremoniously opened on Tuesday 8^th February 2022 at 2 pm. The grand opening was attended by Mr. Vít Rakušan, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Major General Vladimír Vlček, Ph.D., MBA, General Director of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, Mr. Jan Schiller, Governor of the Ústí nad Labem Region, Mr. Jan Paparega, Mayor of the City of Most, top management of the Ústí nad Labem Regional FRS, and other guests. 
P. 6

Firefighter-Paramedic at the FRS CR
Every member of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic during his career countless times face a situation, when he will have to provide first aid, not only as an auxiliary force of paramedics, but also independently, when the future of the rescued person's health will be in his hands. His knowledge and necessary equipment will significantly streamline the assistance provided.  
P. 8

Truck fire in the Lochkov Tunnel
Fire units of the Prague FRS liquidated a fire of a tractor and semi-trailer truck in the B Tunnel Tube of the Lochkov Tunnel on 9^th February 2021. The transport set consisted of a MAN TGX tractor and a Krone Cool Liner semi-trailer for the transport of refrigerated goods. The transported cargo consisted of fresh kiwi fruit in cardboard crates, which filled almost the entire capacity of the trailer, i.e. approximately 92 cubic meters.
P. 12

Training on firefighting in compartment space with ventilation holes focused on effectiveness and culture of extinguishing
The Fire Rescue Service of the Central Bohemian Region has for a long time been conducting tactical training focused on fire dynamics and firefighting culture. One of training tasks is firefighting in conditions of a simulated fire in a living room. In cooperation with the Technical Institute of Fire Protection FRS CR, a total of five measured exercises were carried out, during which temperature field in the room and water consumption for extinguishing were monitored. 
P. 17

Psychological preparation of firefighters for interventions with a suicidal-intentions person
A new instructional and methodological course, included in the curriculum of the Fire School of the Hradec Králové Region FRS in Velké Poříčí, is focused on crisis communication with a potential suicide. Members of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic within their intervention activities deal with various kinds of events, while their main task is always to protect lives and health of the population, the environment, animals and property from fires and other emergencies and crisis situations.
P. 20

STAMINA project - How to be better prepared for future pandemics
The STAMINA International Project was launched in September 2020 with the aim to create a system for predicting pandemic situations and their subsequent management within Europe and beyond. The project is currently in its middle, and the Czech Republic is represented there by two partners: the Institute of Civil Protection of MI-DG FRS CR, and the "Energy Security of the Czech Republic" Technology Platform.
P. 28

Forty skiers rescued from cable car
The deployment of firefighters - climbers required an emergency in Přemyslov, the Šumperk District. The Regional Operational and Information Centre of the Olomouc Region FRS received a notification of a cable car failure in a nearby ski resort on Sunday 6^th February 2022. As many as 130 people got stuck on a cable car that stopped working for an unknown reason; forty of them had to be evacuated by seven climbing groups using climbing equipment.
P. 6
 

Paramedics of the Zlín Region FRS completed their annual training
In previous months, firefighters-paramedics from all fire stations of the Fire Rescue Service of the Zlín Region completed instructional and methodical training focused on providing pre-medical first aid and cooperation in patient care. Total of fifty firefighters on-duty in fire units deployed throughout the Zlín Region underwent the training.
P. 12
 

Overview of certification in the Technical Institute of Fire Protection in 2021
The Technical Institute of Fire Protection in Prague carries out conformity assessment of most specified and non-specified products in the field of fire protection technology, fire protection equipment and fire extinguishers. Despite the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and associated restrictions, twice as many certificates and certifications were issued in 2021 as in the previous year.
P. 15
 

History and direction of the Panel of Humanitarian Organizations of the Ústí Region
The task of the Panel is to coordinate the activities of members of non-governmental organizations, provide services in mitigation of emergencies and crises, in evacuation, rescue of people, during their residency in evacuation centres and in return back to their homes. During the covid-19 pandemic, negotiations took place by videoconference every two weeks, and members exchanged information about activities of individual organizations.
P. 20
 

Emergencies dealt with at European Union level
Since mid-January 2022, north-eastern Argentina has been afflicting by forest fires, which have the potential to destroy up to 800,000 hectares. In southern Paraguay, forest fires have left dozens of dead livestock and thousands of hectares of burned forests and pastures since January 2022. Outside of forest fires, since October 2021 all of South America has faced a huge heath wave and drought.
P. 32

President appointed new generals of FRS CR
On the occasion of the Victory Day on Sunday 8^th May 2022, Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic appointed Major General Vladimír Vlček, Ph.D., MBA, General Director of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, to the rank of Lieutenant General. General Vlček has been passing on his knowledge and professional experience to other firefighters for almost 40 years. Mr. President at the same time appointed Col. Václav Klemák, Director of the Fire Rescue Service of the Karlovy Vary Region, who has been with the Karlovy Vary Region FRS since 2002, and since 2008 as the Regional Director, to the rank of Brigadier General, as well as Col. Luděk Prudil, Director of the Prague FRS, who has served in the resort for more than 30 years.
P. 6

Customs officers trained at the Institute of Population Protection
An intensive practical course of radiation protection for members of the Customs Administration (CA) took place at the Institute of Population Protection in Lázně Bohdaneč at the beginning of this year.  Among other, little-known activity of the CA is monitoring of the radiation situation, both ground monitoring and radiation monitoring at the airports with international traffic. At the same time, customs officers also carry out inspections of legal shipments. The main focus of the course was practical training of activities, which took place using real sources of ionizing radiation and using devices that are commonly available to customs officers in the performance of their work.
P. 19

Cooperation between the School and Training Facility FRS CR and Technical University of Liberec
This mutual cooperation started in 2020 with the aim to obtain comprehensive information about developing materials of the international team of workers. It is a geo-polymer composite material that withstands high temperatures and can therefore serve as fire protection for buildings. A functional test of geo-polymer surface treatment on the protective cladding of equipment simulating real fire conditions was agreed to be held in the School and Training Facility of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic in Zbiroh. Based on the evaluation, which will be prepared by the Technical University of Liberec, further possible use of geo-polymers within this facility will be decided.
P. 22

Fire Mass in honour of St. Florian
On the occasion of the feast of St. Florian, patron of firefighters, a solemn mass was held in the church of St. Nicolas, the most important Baroque tabernacle in Prague in the middle of Lesser Town Square, in early evening of 3^th May 2022. Cardinal Dominik Duka served the mass for both voluntary and professional firefighters, firefighters around the world, and at the same time blessed their work, which they do for benefit of all people. During the service, the memory was also dedicated to those firefighters who died helping others.
P. 24

Experience with distance forms of education in the field of preventive educational activities
The long-term development of epidemiological situation and the announced measures significantly reduced preventive educational activities, and thus did not enable personal contact with children and the public. The Fire Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region adapted to this situation and tried to maintain mutual contact with these groups. For children they launched the Path of Safety competition on social networks just on the National Fire Safety Day. For teachers then they prepared an entire education project in connection with the framework educational program for primary schools. The participants were largely grateful that firefighters had not forgotten them and that there was still mutually beneficial and high-quality cooperation and communication, even at a time of limited restrictions.
P. 32

President appointed new generals of FRS CR
On the occasion of the Victory Day on Sunday 8^th May 2022, Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic appointed Major General Vladimír Vlček, Ph.D., MBA, General Director of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, to the rank of Lieutenant General. General Vlček has been passing on his knowledge and professional experience to other firefighters for almost 40 years. Mr. President at the same time appointed Col. Václav Klemák, Director of the Fire Rescue Service of the Karlovy Vary Region, who has been with the Karlovy Vary Region FRS since 2002, and since 2008 as the Regional Director, to the rank of Brigadier General, as well as Col. Luděk Prudil, Director of the Prague FRS, who has served in the resort for more than 30 years.                                                                                                                       
P. 6
 

Customs officers trained at the Institute of Population Protection
An intensive practical course of radiation protection for members of the Customs Administration (CA) took place at the Institute of Population Protection in Lázně Bohdaneč at the beginning of this year.  Among other, little-known activity of the CA is monitoring of the radiation situation, both ground monitoring and radiation monitoring at the airports with international traffic. At the same time, customs officers also carry out inspections of legal shipments. The main focus of the course was practical training of activities, which took place using real sources of ionizing radiation and using devices that are commonly available to customs officers in the performance of their work.                                                                                      
P. 19
 

Cooperation between the School and Training Facility FRS CR and Technical University of Liberec
This mutual cooperation started in 2020 with the aim to obtain comprehensive information about developing materials of the international team of workers. It is a geo-polymer composite material that withstands high temperatures and can therefore serve as fire protection for buildings. A functional test of geo-polymer surface treatment on the protective cladding of equipment simulating real fire conditions was agreed to be held in the School and Training Facility of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic in Zbiroh. Based on the evaluation, which will be prepared by the Technical University of Liberec, further possible use of geo-polymers within this facility will bedecided.                                                                                            
P. 22
 

Fire Mass in honour of St. Florian
On the occasion of the feast of St. Florian, patron of firefighters, a solemn mass was held in the church of St. Nicolas, the most important Baroque tabernacle in Prague in the middle of Lesser Town Square, in early evening of 3^th May 2022. Cardinal Dominik Duka served the mass for both voluntary and professional firefighters, firefighters around the world, and at the same time blessed their work, which they do for benefit of all people. During the service, the memory was also dedicated to those firefighters who died helping others.                                                                      
P. 24
 

Experience with distance forms of education in the field of preventive educational activities
The long-term development of epidemiological situation and the announced measures significantly reduced preventive educational activities, and thus did not enable personal contact with children and the public. The Fire Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region adapted to this situation and tried to maintain mutual contact with these groups. For children they launched the Path of Safety competition on social networks just on the National Fire Safety Day. For teachers then they prepared an entire education project in connection with the framework educational program for primary schools. The participants were largely grateful that firefighters had not forgotten them and that there was still mutually beneficial and high-quality cooperation and communication, even at a time of limited restrictions.                 
P. 32

Results of the Firefighter of the Year 2021 award
On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the ceremony of announcing the results of the Firefighter of the Year 2021 award took place in the Bethlehem Chapel in the Old Town of Prague. This award has been announced by the Minister of the Interior since 2009 and awards professional firefighters, their commanders, challenging interventions, working teams, newly created projects and employees of the service for the past calendar year. Firefighter of the Year 2021 and a glass helmet were awarded to Cpt. Eng. Richard Franc from the Fire Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian Region.
P. 6

Fire in an apartment building
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 6.26 pm, a fire was announced in the common areas of an eight-storey apartment building in the street V Zátiší in Kralupy nad Vltavou. Upon arrival at the scene, an intense smoke from the entire stairwell was evident and the combustion products spread on both sides outside the building. Several people were in open windows and loggias, warning of their presence. Firefighters rescued a total of 25 residents of the building and five animals. Six people were handed over to the Emergency Medical Service on suspicion of intoxication by combustion products.
P. 10

Rescue people from the water
During April of this year, members of the Fire Rescue Service of Olomouc Region underwent one of the most challenging training near the city of Náchod. Water rescue instructors trained a specific type of the intervention on the river Úpa, namely rescue from a weir. Speed and efficiency significantly affect the rescue of drowning people from the water. The fact that the conditions for rescue and the condition of the rescued people may change at any time, usually to the worse, must not always be overlooked. The safety of intervening firefighters must also be taken into account during this type of intervention. Therefore, regular trainings on water are necessary for intervening units.
P. 12

Directorate General of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic hosted an CTIF HazMat Commission international meeting
Directorate General of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic organized the 59th meeting of the CTIF HazMat Commission in Prague from 18 to 22 May 2022. The commission is composed of CBRNe and HazMat experts from the firefighters, civil protection representatives and education and training institutions, representing individual member states of the European Union. This meeting is mainly used to share and obtain current information and trends in the field of interventions on hazardous material, training, detection, decontamination or personal protective equipment. The most important topic of the meeting was the discussion on the technical implementation of the transition to a new generation of fluorine-free fire extinguishers.
P. 18

Humanitäre Hilfe für die Ukraine
Im Zusammenhang mit dem Krieg in der Ukraine hat die Tschechische Republik sowohl im Rahmen des EU-Katastrophenschutzverfahrens als auch auf bilateraler Ebene materielle humanitäre Hilfe geleistet. Diese Hilfe kann in drei Kategorien unterteilt werden: in die Ukraine wurden medizinische Hilfsgüter, d.h. Medikamente, persönliche Schutzausrüstung und medizinisches Zubehör, ebenso wie Unterstützung für die ukrainischen Feuerwehrleute in Form von Feuerwehrausrüstung und -material geschickt; drittens bestand die Hilfe in der Bereitstellung von anderen Hilfsgütern wie Lebensmitteln oder Kleidung, aber auch z.B. Konstruktionen für Brückenbau. Die Gewährleistung der materiellen humanitären Hilfe wird vom Feuerwehr-Rettungskorps der Tschechischen Republik in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Außenministerium, dem Innenministerium und anderen zentralen Verwaltungsbehörden organisiert.
S. 6
 

Brand eines Schachtbrechers auf einem Schrottplatz
Am Dienstag, den 25. Januar 2022 wurde um 11.25 Uhr der Notrufzentrale 112 der mittelböhmischen Feuerwehr ein Brand in einem Schachtbrecher gemeldet. Der Vorfall ereignete sich in einem Betrieb, der sich mit dem Ankauf von Sekundärrohstoffen und der ökologischen Entsorgung von Autowracks in der Stadt Zdice befasst. Als die erste Einheit am Einsatzort eintraf, war die Maschine bereits vollständig vom Feuer erfasst, und der Kraftstoff lief aus und brannte.
S. 10
 

Rettung des Archivs vor dem Feuer
Fast zwei Dutzend Feuerwehrleute und Polizeibeamte nahmen am Freitag, dem 22. April 2022, an einer taktischen Übung des integrierten Rettungssystems teil. Gegenstand der Übung war ein Brand im staatlichen Schloss in Třeboň, wo sich das staatliche Regionalarchiv befindet. Das Kloster wurde für die taktische Übung vor allem wegen der komplexen Anlage des Gebäudes ausgewählt. Die Hauptaufgabe der Übung bestand darin, taktische Verfahren zu testen und die Einheiten mit einem Objekt mit komplexen Einsatzbedingungen vertraut zu machen.
S. 12
 

Internationale Schulung für Chemiesicherheitsexperten nach einer zweijährigen Pandemiepause wieder im Institut für Bevölkerungsschutz
Das Institut für Bevölkerungsschutz veranstaltete zum sechsten Mal eine Fortbildung für Ausbilder auf dem Gebiet der chemischen Sicherheit. Die Veranstaltung fand unter der Schirmherrschaft der Organisation für das Verbot von Chemiewaffen (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) statt. An der Schulung nahmen 15 Fachleute aus 11 Ländern teil. Neben der theoretischen Ausbildung wurde auch eine Reihe von praktischen Übungen angeboten.
S. 19
 

Aufklärungsarbeit der Feuerwehr in der Region Pardubice
Vorbeugende und aufklärende Maßnahmen sind seit der Gründung der regionalen Feuerwehren ein fester Bestandteil ihrer Aktivitäten. Die Feuerwehr der Region Pardubice ist ebenfalls auf diesem Gebiet tätig. Jedes Jahr werden Tausende von Kindern und Erwachsenen in ihren Räumlichkeiten oder bei verschiedenen Veranstaltungen mit den Grundsätzen der Brandverhütung, der wünschenswerten Reaktion auf Notfälle und den Verfahren zum Schutz der Bevölkerung in Notfällen vertraut gemacht.
S. 30

Fire in the roof of an apartment building in Prague
On Monday, May 2, 2022, at 3:35 p.m., a roof and insulation fire was reported to the Operational and Information Centre of the Fire Rescue Service of the Capital City of Prague. The site of the emergency was an apartment building in Divišovská street in Prague 11. Based on the informant's information, fire alarm level 2 was announced and units from Chodov and Strašnice fire stations were deployed to the scene.
P. 8

Tactical-command post exercise on the leakage of HAZMAT
Tactical-command post exercise took place at the company Diamo on the territory of the Liberec Region in the cadastre of the town Stráž pod Ralskem. This company deals with smoothing the consequences of underground and chemical mining of uranium. The topic of the exercise was a traffic accident of car tanker with liquid chlorine during transport from the unloading site to the area of the company.
P. 12

Firefighters-climbers trained in Slovakia
From June 13 to 16, 2022, cooperative training of firefighters-climbers from the Fire Rescue Service of Hradec Králové Region and Liberec Region together with members of the Fire Rescue Service of the Slovak Republic took place in the Lešť near Zvolen training area in Slovakia. Training was primarily focused on abseiling and hanging activities from high-rise buildings and in rocky terrain.
P. 16
 

Health damage due to negligence in a chemical experiment
The expert institute of the Technical Institute of Fire Protection in Prague participated in clarifying the circumstances of the occurrence of two similar fires. These fires occurred during the "Pharaoh's Serpent" chemical experiment. Both fires resulted in severe injuries to several minors. In the form of prepared expert reviews, evidence was presented to the Police of the Czech Republic as part of the preliminary proceedings, which is already an important part of the proceedings before the court at this stage.
P. 22

XVII.International competition CTIF 2022 in Celje
Covid-19 pandemic has caused the regular international firefighting competition organized by CTIF (International Technical Committee for the Prevention and Extinction of Fire) to take place a year later than the planned four-year cycle. The Slovenian city of Celje thus became the main firefighting city this year from July 17 to 24.
P. 28

Fire of the warehouse in Zápy
On Friday, July 1, 2022, a fire in a warehouse in the village of Zápy near Brandýs nad Labem was reported to the Operational and Information Center of the Fire Rescue Service of Central Bohemian Region. According to the caller's initial information, the hall of the former area of the unified agricultural cooperative, now an auto parts warehouse, where spare parts for vehicles, oil, paint and pressure cylinders were stored, was affected.
P. 8

Development and tasks of National Operational and Information Center
On Monday, January 1, 2001, Operational and Information Center of the Ministry of the Interior-General Directorate of the FRS CR was established and became the nationwide operational and information center of the integrated rescue system. It began to fulfill new tasks established by new legal regulations in dealing with large emergencies and crisis situations, especially in the areas of integrated rescue system, population protection, civil emergency planning and crisis management. It was also established as the official Contact point of the Czech Republic in the area of disasters and involvement in international rescue operations.
P. 11

Human factors models for comprehensive investigation of the causes of traffic accidents involving fire trucks of the FRS CR
Traffic accidents involving fire trucks have not been an exception in recent years within the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic. Therefore, there is a constant effort to improve existing preventive and reactive tools as well as find new ones that could help to gradually reduce the current level of accidents. An example can be modern sophisticated methods (models) for investigating the root causes of traffic accidents with a focus on the role of human factors.
P. 14

My Safe Family - Part 1
In 2010, the student safety project "My Safe Family" (subtitled Emergency Family Plan) was implemented at the universities by Eng. Bohuslav Svoboda, CSc., who also contributed to its focus, content and implementation. This student safety project has expanded from one university to several others. Currently, it is possible to state that it is successfully implemented at universities, both in Bohemia and Moravia.
P. 19

With „Valaška“ according to the rules
Firefighters from the station in Valašské Meziříčí have already participated several times in the project with the title "With „Valaška“ according to the rules", which focuses on road traffic safety. The program is divided into three separate parts, which take place in February and March in Žerotín Castle, in primary schools and on the square in Valašské Meziříčí.
P. 32

A fire in a straw house
Buildings built in a non-traditional way using non-traditional materials have been appearing in the territory of the Czech Republic for several years now. These buildings are also at risk of fire. In this issue, we present an analysis of the house fire, the perimeter walls of which were made of wooden load-bearing structures and filled with a thick layer of biological straw. The fire occurred as a result of careless handling of tung oil, which the owner used to impregnate the floors inside the house. The intervention was complicated by the location of the house on a slope, the proximity of forest and high summer temperatures. The straw in the perimeter walls was re-igniting. The damage was estimated at 6 million CZK.
P. 6
 

What was behind the success of the firefighters-climbers at the Grimpday 2022 international competition?
At the beginning of September this year, a prestigious international competition of rope rescue teams from all over the world took place in the Belgian city of Namur. The Czech team won an excellent 5th place at the competition. Capt. Tomáš Saifrt, head of the Training centre of the Fire Rescue Service in Velké Poříčí, who participated in the competition, summarized in an interesting interview how much hard work was behind the excellent placement. The competition took place in non-traditional locations - an amusement park, a museum, the main train station or a flooded quarry and military training area.
P. 10
 

49th meeting of the Directors-General for civil protection of the Member States and the Participating States to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the European Economic Area and candidate states
A top event of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the area of civil protection was the meeting at the Pyramida Hotel in Prague on October 5 and 6, 2022. The expansion of the Union's Civil Protection Mechanism was the first point of discussion, and the group of member and participating states widen by including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Another topic was the reaction of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and to the record season of forest fires not only in Southern, but also in Central Europe. In conclusion, Sweden invited to the 50th anniversary meeting in Stockholm in May 2023.
P. 28

Project Cartoners of the FRS of South Bohemian Region
It is an educational project in the field of fire prevention, population protection and an integrated rescue system for preschool children and young schoolchildren. Members of the FRS of the South Bohemian Region created short seven-minute videos on the topics of home fire, safe swimming, ice skating, flying a kite, emergency call lines, sirens, starting a fire in nature and a pilot introductory part. Each episode is accompanied by two cardboard figures. The implementation of the entire project was not easy at all, everything took about nine months. So far, eight episodes have been produced, and the second series is already being prepared.
P. 32

Advent wreath pre-Christmas fire
In the evening of December 22, 2021, a fire broke out in the living room of a three-room apartment in the Vsetín district. At the time of the fire, the underage daughter of the owner of the apartment was in the room with her friend. After the fire was extinguished, the investigator found, through a detailed investigation, that it was caused by the lit candles of an Advent wreath that was placed on the TV table, and thus there was a crime fire source. Damage to property was estimated at more than 1 million CZK.
P. 8

Training of air rescuers
Joint training of firefighters-air rescuers of the Fire Rescue Brigades from the South Bohemian region and Pilsen Region took place in České Budějovice, on September 20, 2022, focusing on rescuing people from chimneys. The training took place in cooperation with the Army of the Czech Republic. For the training, the instructors decided to choose a form where a helper abseiled under the upper walkway of the chimney at a height of approximately 155 m, simulating an injury due to which he was unable to climb down from the chimney himself.
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Involvement of volunteer firefighters in fulfilling the tasks of population protection in the territory of Prague
Cooperation between the Fire Rescue Brigade of the Capital City of Prague, volunteer fire units and the Municipal Association of Firefighters of the Capital City of Prague in the field of population protection was fully demonstrated in 2015 with the preparation of the Population Protection Technician course. Due to the big (large) interest of this course, Fire Rescue Brigade of the Capital City of Prague followed up by preparing the Population Protection Specialist course in 2017. In addition, since March 2020, members of the volunteer units have helped with tasks related to managing the covid-19 pandemic. Volunteer firefighters were also involved in tasks related to the war conflict in Ukraine. Part of their work was helping with the operation of the Regional Centres for Assistance to Ukraine and activities related to the emergency accommodation of persons affected by the war conflict.
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My Safe Family - Part 3
The student project "My safe family" is now also implemented at the Faculty of Security Management of the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague and at the same time at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. After assigning a project at a professional exercise or seminar, students have a few weeks at their disposal to find out the necessary information and first prepare their presentation, which they then present publicly at the seminars.
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