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Statistical Yearbook 2007

Fire units activities, Emergency calls, Fires, Prevention, Humanitarian assistance, Economic Indicators, Foreign statistics, Materials and information, Types of incidents with fire units interventions and Notes 

  • Introductory word
  • Fire units activities
  • Emergency calls
  • Fires
  • Prevention
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • Economic Indicators
  • Foreign statistics
  • Types of incidents with fire units interventions
  • Notes

Introductory word

This year 2008, the Czech Republic celebrates 15 anniversary of the newly established state. In the last 15 years the Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic (FRS CR) passed through many substational changes, concerning legislation, competencies, organisation, operation, tactics, equipment, personal, and also in the area of fire statistics.
 
In 1993 a number of documents adjusting duty performance of fire units, and activities of different bodies in joined interventions, were published. One of the most important was that one on principals of the integrated rescue system, given by the No. 246 Governmental Decree of 19 May 1993. Then, principles on fire cover by means and powers of fire units were elaborated, by the No. 646 Governmental Decree from 16 November 1994. Groundwork for these documents were drawn from statistics data of previous years, and influenced by tactical, technical, and mainly financial potential, which was a limit factor even for the qualified development study till 2000. These breakthrough documents opened both expert and political discussions on future and on necessity of systemic solutions for managing situations of major emergencies in CR.
  
Evaluating last 15 years from statistics data point of view, number of incidents increased from nearly 50,000 in 1993 to more than 115,000 in 2007. The biggest increase is in traffic accidents, where firefighters intervene both in rescue of people and liquidation of aftermaths. Also HazMat leakages had marked increase, most often oil products leakages, then technology failures, and technical assistances. Firefighters intervened in many natural disasters, never registered in such scale in statistics before 1992. Mainly the 1997 floods and the 2002 floods, and windstorms and hurricanes, when in January 2007 the Kyrill hurricane caused the biggest natural disaster of its kind. Cooperation of firefighters and other bodies of IRS was employed also in managing of infectious emergencies (foot-and-mouth-disease, BSE, bird flu). In last 15 years more than 100,000 people were rescued from direct danger, and nearly 170,000 were evacuated from risky areas.
Some statistics data in firefighters’ activities are very mournful, too. Nine professional and twelve voluntary firefighters died in operations in last 15 years, further 3,600 professionals and 1,500 volunteers were injured, with hospitalisation and long-term treatment in many cases. Statistic enumeration can’t be complete without principal economical comparison. Published data compare years 1993 – 2006. During this period, GDP increased 3.2 times, state budget expenses for FRS CR activities increased 5.3 times; direct losses from fires are every year approximately equal to 0.08 % of GDP. Timely interventions of firefighters in fires saved values of 100 milliards CZK (4 milliards EUR) in last 15 years. Compared the above mentioned numbers to foreign fire statistics, results of the Czech Republic are good in comparable indications (number of casualties in fires, investment to passive fire protection of buildings newly constructed or reconstructed). Costs for fire brigades are incomparable to foreign statistics in last five years, as WFSC requires only expenses for fire protection. Firefighters’ activities in CR are wider, with more competencies, not only fighting fires, and therefore it’s a pity that our data are not comparable to abroad.
 
Following statistics outputs in long-term period can reveal system adjusting, and serve as a basis for both, short-term and long-term prognosis. Data from last 15 years show us, that our system was adjusted in a reasonable way, and it proofed to react flexibly to all above mentioned incidents and emergencies. However, we can’t claim that no more changes are needed. Statistics data from last 5 years made us reassess objectives of several important issues (e.g. fire cover, IRS documentations, some conceptions, notices and even laws). Highly increasing number of incidents together with permanent increasing of prices that manifests both in operation and investment financing, caused high tension between ensuring of elementary needs and possibilities of sustainable development. The key task for future years is to keep acceptable balance between FRS CR given activities and its needs, and financial competencies.     
This issue covers also some of the data from the 15-year period, since the Czech Republic was established, and provides comprehensive review on emergencies and connections with.


Maj-Gen Miroslav ŠTĚPÁN
Director General of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech republic


Address: Ministerstvo vnitra - generální ředitelství HZS ČR (Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic), Kloknerova 26, pošt. přihr. 69, post code 148 01 Praha 414
Telephone: +420 974 819 220, +420 974 819 229, +420 974 819 230
Fax: +420 974 819 960
E-mail (press agent): petr.kopacek@grh.izscr.cz

 

In 2007 fire units directly rescued 9,016 persons in operations,
and other 10,824 persons evacuated.


Fire units activities

In 2007, compared to 2006, number of natural accidents markedly increased (due to the Kyrill Hurricane, and also number of fires (mainly wild fires during dry spring period of the year). Number of traffic accidents increased, too, (based on police statistics, although firefighters intervened only in approx. 10 % of total number of traffic accidents),and number of HazMat leakages (esp. oil products on roads). All other types of incidents had only mild changes in numbers.
 
False alarms cover:
43 % fire alarms messages (-5 % compared to 2006)
19 % symptoms of combustion (0 %)
 7 % misused fire units (0 %)
11 % burning without notification (+2 %)
20 % other causes (+3 %)

Reasons of false alarms (Diagram)


Firefighters casualties and fatalities during intervention(Table XLS)


Incidents with intervention of military fire units (Table XLS)


Incidents with intervention of military fire units
Based on the Fire Law No. 133 from 1985, in later versions, fire supervision in premises under responsibility of the Ministry of Defence is provided by fire protection bodies of the MoD, according to Article 85a. Military fire units operate as fire units according to Art. 65a of the Fire Law.
Within the Czech Army there is total of 483 firefighters in 20 fire stations.
Military Fire Supervision practise fire supervision of military objects, premises, in military bases and in companies established by MoD, according to Article 31 if the Fire Law.


Incidents in 3rd stage and in special stage of alert in 2007         
Incidents in special stage of alert - None
Incidents in 3rd stage
February, 7th – Fire of a roof over a production hall for kitchen units in Višňová, Příbram district; 10 fire units involved, 2-day operation.
March, 15th  – Fire of a warehouse in a gardening premises in Obříství, Mělník district; 13 fire units involved, 2-day operation. 
March, 31st  – A forest fire on the area of 2140 000 square meters near the municipality of Benátky upon Jizera, Mladá Boleslav; 29 fire units were involved for seven days.
April, 1st – Fire of a briquette warehouse in Újezd u Brna, Brno-venkov district; 29 fire units were involved for seven days.
April, 5th – A forest fire on the area of 70 00 square meters near the municipality of Litošice, Pardubice district; 14 fire units were involved for two days.
April, 14th – A forest fire on the area of 80 00 square meters near the municipality of Kněžmost, Mladá Boleslav district; 15 fire units were involved for two days.
April, 22nd – Fire of a historical building – a castle from 17th century in Jesenný, Semily district; 11 fire units involved.
April, 23rd - A wildfire along railways near the municipality of Řikotín, Brno-venkov district; 9 fire units involved.
April, 25th - A wildfire along railways near the municipality of Řikotín, Brno-venkov district; 8 fire units involved.
May, 7th  – Fire of a deposit of textile waste in Prostějov; 7 fire units involved.
May, 13th  – Fire of a dumping ground near the municipality of Uhy, Kladno district; 15 fire units involved, 2-day operation.
June, 20th  – Elimination of a bird flu focus in the municipality of Tisová and Nořín, Ústí upon Orlice; 8 fire units were involved for ten days.
June, 28th  – Fire of a dumping ground with tyres near the municipality of Uherský Brod, Uherské Hradiště district; 29 fire units were involved for 5 days.
July, 11th – Elimination of a bird flu focus in the municipality of Kosořín, Ústí upon Orlice; 19 fire units were involved for eleven days.
July, 30th – A fire of a high-rise building – a panel house in the municipality of Čelákovice, Prague-východ district; 17 fire units involved, 2-day operation.
August, 8th – Technical assistance – leakage of molten glass in a production hall in the municipality of Nové Sedlo, Sokolov district; 18 fire units involved, 3-day operation.
August, 31st – Fire of an engineering production hall in the premises of former textile plant in Liberec; 17 fire units involved, 2-day operation.
September,13th – Fire of a chemical production construction in Kralupy upon Vltava, Mělník district; 20 fire units were involved for seven days.
October, 14th – Fire of an engineering production hall in Plazy, Mladá Boleslav district; 16 fire units involved.  


Major exercises of IRS bodies
VLTAVA and LABE 2007 Exercise
Tactical exercise VLTAVA and LABE 2007 took place in the days of 4 – 7 September 2007. Aim: to check up and to train activities of responsible floods bodies and Emergency Management bodies during large-scale floods in river-basins of the Moldau (Vltava) river and the Elbe (Labe) river, connected with declared state of emergency and with solving of floods situations and crisis situations.
The exercise was prepared by the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Environment. More than 1,000 people from central bodies, in seven regions of CR, and in more than 100 municipalities were more or less intensively involved to this four-day exercise. By its span the exercise imitated the 2002 Floods, and by number of participating bodies was one of the biggest exercises in the history of the Czech Republic.
In February – April 2007, as a part of preparing activities, all newly elected and installed mayors and municipal representatives were trained.
Coincidental timing of the exercise and real floods, which came in river-basin of the Odra river, proved good preparing of this exercise.
Cooperation of fire units in incidents (Diagram)


Particular types of fire units in all interventions in 2007:
FRS CR – 67.9 % of all interventions. Total of 237 fire stations. 
Municipal VFU – 24.8 % of all interventions. Total of 7,348 fire units of several categories: II – 184, III – 1,358, V – 5,806. From the total number as many as 790 (10.8 %) fire units operated only in one intervention, and 4,569 of them (62.2 %) didn’t operate at all. High portion of interventions were in fires, natural disasters, and in traffic accidents.
Company FRS – 6.7 % of all interventions. Total of 113 fire units, 20 of them are military fire units within the Czech Army which operate as fire units in military objects and premises. Main interventions: technical / technological assistance, and also false alarms. Many interventions of technical assistance were agreed before, and though were not involved into the statistics.
Company VFU – 0.6 % of all interventions. Total of 258 fire units. Main interventions: fires, false alarms.
Total number of firefighters in the Czech Republic in 2007:
* 9,385 professional firefighters with FRS CR (6,529 of them placed in regional fire units of FRS) and 1,132 of civil employees with FRS CR is 10,559 *  2,818 professional firefighters with companies, incl. 468 military firefighters * 76,026 voluntary firefighters both municipal and companies.


Incidents in municipalities by number of inhabitants (Table XLS)


The Kyrill hurricane
On 18 January 2007 the territory of the Czech Republic was stricken by the Kyrill hurricane, which caused huge amount of emergency situations where mainly fire units were involved. Personal of operation centres had consequently been scaled up, many other professional firefighters were called up from their between-shifts free time, and many voluntary fire units were called up to interventions.
Government Decision No. 11 from 24 January 2007 declared state of emergency due to major natural disaster for the territory of regions: South Bohemia, Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, Highlands, Liberec, and for certain districts within the Hradec Králové region (Trutnov, Náchod, Jičín), the Moravian-Silesian region (Bruntál), and the Central Bohemia region (Benešov, Příbram, Kutná Hora, Kolín). The state of emergency was declared from 25 January 2007, 05:00 a.m., to 5 February 2007.
State of emergency was declared because quick clean-up of aftermath (calamity situation in forests) was needed and persisting risks for people from falling down trees in the areas of calamity.

 
Emergency calls
As the hurricane stroke to the territory of the Czech Republic was super-fast and to large scale, emergency calls increased both in number and duration. In the days of 18 and 19 January 2007, total of 48,833 incoming emergency calls was dispatched in emergency call numbers 112 and 150. Number of emergency calls to 150 was 5 times higher, and number of emergency calls to 112 increased by 30 % but were by 100 % longer. As 112 line suffers from high portion of short malicious calls (50 to 80 % of all calls), statistics are biased – the real emergency calls were approximately three times higher than in average. The 112 Call Centres personal was duplicated to quadruplicated, and technological solutions of call centres – to divert overwhelming calls to available operators – eased prompt dispatching of callers, so that no “queues” of callers were created.

 
Fire units interventions
Compared to long-term average number of interventions, number of interventions in the days of 18 and 19 January 2007 increased 10 times. Fire units were sent mainly: to remove obstacles from routes (fallen trees), to solve traffic accidents caused by strong wind, to remove or to clean-up torn roofs or damaged buildings with risks of falling down, or endangering surroundings. Total of 2,000 professional firefighters and 12,000 other firefighters (mainly from municipal voluntary fire units) were involved in incidents each of these days. The peak period was on Thursday 18 January 2008 from 6:00 p.m. (beginning of the hurricane stroke) to midnight – within these six hours firefighters operated in more than 2,300 incidents. One firefighter died during clean-up operations in the Česká Lípa district, hit by another tree felling down. 


Bird flu in CR
In June and July 2007 FRS CR participated in liquidation of bird flu infection focuses in several large-scale poultry-raising in the Ústí upon Orlice district, East Bohemia. As bird flu occurred in large-scale poultry-raising in the Czech Republic for the first time, it was widely publicised. For the first time, fumigation of breeding halls with CO2 was used for destroying the birds. 

Emergency calls

The Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic receives emergency calls in the 150 National Emergency Call Number and in the 112 Single European Emergency Call Number. The Single Emergency Call Number 112 has been implemented in all telephone networks since the beginning of 2003 (in all mobile phone networks since they have launched operation).

All fourteen 112 Call Centres are fully operated and equipped with modern communication technologies for receiving emergency calls, using supporting services as follows: identification of a called number, identification of a calling number, identification of an address whether a call is coming from stabile phone station, identification of a phone/mobile provider, localisation of a calling mobile phone (established in five of all EU countries only), using integrated GIS, cross back-up of technologies, independent IP phone connection among operation centres, foreign language support.

All these functions eased operational officers activities in dispatching of emergency calls. All emergency calls incoming to 112, emergency calls incoming to 150 from mobile phones, and emergency calls incoming to 150 from stabile phone stations in most of the country territory are receiving through these new technologies. Main problem of emergency calls is quite high portion of malicious calls, which represents up to 80 per cent of all calls to 112.
In 2007 new legislation for localisation and identification of emergency calls was finished:
  • Notice No. 238/2007 on the scope, form and mode of transfer of personal and detection data, on the form of database of certain data, and on the scope, form and mode of transfer of these data to a Call Centre operator;
  • Notice No. 290/2007 on cover of expenses on the database for emergency calls.

Fires

Basic indicators (Table XLS)

In 2007, compared to 2006, number of fires increased by 10.5 %, and fire damages increased by 11.6 %. Total of 305 major fire cases (with fire damages of CZK 1 million or more), i.e. 1.4 % of the total number, caused 69 % of the total sum of fire damages. In 2007, the number of fatalities was lower by 9.7 % and number of injured people higher by 11.3 %.
Firefighters rescued 451 persons in fire operations, and other 3,114 persons evacuated.
This review indicates, that in 2007 some 61 fires occurred daily in the Czech Republic, with an average damage of CZK 5,900,000 (EUR 218,518).
Values salvaged by fire units were 4.2 times higher then the direct loss.


Industry
In 2007, 751 fires with total loss of CZK 852,996,200 occurred in industry, two persons died and other 60 were injured. Total of 67 major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more) caused total loss of CZK 725 million, i.e. only 9 % of fires caused 85 % of losses. Compared to 2006, the number of fires dropped by 15.1 %, and losses increased by 31.3%.

Direct loss in fires (in mil. CZK) (Diagram)
Survey of fires (Table XLS)


Forestry
In 2007, 847 fires with total loss of CZK 24,005,000 occurred in forestry, and 22 persons were injured. Total of five major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more) caused total loss of CZK 7.8 million, i.e. only 0.6 % of fires caused 33 % of losses. Compared to 2006, the number of fires increased by 24.7 %, losses increased by 8.8 %. Fires destroyed or damaged 315.5 hectares of forest growth.

Survey of fires (Table XLS)

Agriculture
In 2007, 640 fires with total loss of CZK 144,667,400 occurred in agriculture, 1 person died and other 33 were injured. Total of 33 major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more) caused total loss of CZK 95 million, i.e. only 5.2 % of fires caused 66 % of losses. Compared to 2006, the number of fires dropped by 4 %, but losses increased by 25.1 %.

Survey of fires (Table XLS)


Transport
In 2007, 2,083 fires with total loss of CZK 304,434,500 occurred in transport, 51 persons died and other 156 were injured. Total of 53 major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more), i.e. only 2.5 % of fires caused loss of CZK 180 million, i.e. 58 % of total losses. Compared to 2006, the number of fires dropped by 1.8%, and losses dropped by 1.5 %.

Survey of fires (Table XLS)

Building Industry
In 2007, 133 fires with total loss of CZK 32,725,800 occurred in building industry, 1 person died and 9 persons were injured. Compared to 2006, the number of fires increased by 20.3 %, and losses increased by 29.2 %.

Survey of fires (Table XLS)

Commerce
In 2007, 192 fires with total loss of CZK 158,807,900 occurred in commerce activities, 11 persons were injured. Total of 18 major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more), i.e. only 9.4 % of fires caused loss of CZK 119 million, i.e. 75 % of total losses. Compared to 2006, the number of fires dropped by 23.5 %, and losses dropped by 31.1 %.

Survey of fires (Table XLS)


Households, Dwellings
In 2007, 2,652 fires with total loss of CZK 335,754,900 occurred in households, 58 persons died and other 473 were injured. Total of 67 major fire cases (with damage of CZK 1 million or more), i.e. only 2.5 % of all these fires, caused loss of CZK 160 million, i.e. 48 % of total losses. Compared to 2006, the number of fires increased by 0.8%, and losses increased by 3.9 %.

M A J O R   F I R E


fire cases with loss of CZK 5 million and higher

Prague
February 9th – Equipment storehouse of the Czech Railways Company, Prague 3
Cause: arson
Damage: 30 million CZK
December 2nd – Offices in administrative building of the DEUTCH Ltd. company, Prague 4 - Libuš
Cause: arson
Damage: 18.5 million CZK
December 13th  – Car Showroom, Prague 3 - Jarov
Cause: technical failure of wiring system in a car
car electric system
Damage: 15 million CZK

Central Bohemia Region
February 7th  – Furniture production hall of the GORENJE KUCHYNĚ Ltd. Company, Višňová, the Příbram  district
Cause: carelessness while flame cutting of construction
Damage: 30 million CZK
September 13th – Technology of butadiene production, SARTOMER CZECH Ltd. company, Kralupy upon Vltava, the Mělník district
Cause: illogical changes of operational parameters
Damage: 10 million CZK
October 14th – Storehouse of plastic products  of the FAURECIA – SAI AUTOMOTIVE BOHEMIA, Ltd. Company, Plazy, the Mladá Boleslav district
Cause: under investigation
Damage: 100 million CZK
December 7th – Gas boiler-house of a heating plant of the Teplárna Ltd. Company, Týnec upon Sázava,  the Benešov district
Cause: gas explosion as a result of technical failure in technology
Damage: 20 million CZK
 
Ústí upon Labe Region
January 7th – Saw mill in Košťany, the Teplice district
Cause: not found
Damage: 45 million CZK
February 25th – Chemist’s storehouse of the OSAN Inc. Company, Košťany, the Teplice district
Cause: not found
Damage: 16 million CZK
May 22nd – Driving station of a belt transport, Doly Bílina Ltc., Ústí upon Labe Cause: : technical failure – friction and overheating of a rubber belt
Damage: 15 million CZK
July 10th – Joinery workshop and offices, Děčín
Cause: technical failure of a cutter followed by friction
Damage: 59 million CZK
December 14th – Shop and store, of the ELECTRO WOLD Ltd., Ústí upon Labe
Cause: technical failure of wiring
Damage: 10 million CZK

Liberec Region
July 26th – A shed with a drilling ring, Radimovice, the Liberec district
Cause: under investigation
Damage: 10 million CZK
August 31st – Production and store buildings of several companies in former KOLORA textile plant, Liberec - Vesec
Cause: under investigation
Damage: 73.31 million CZK
Injured: two people

Hradec Králové Region
October 16th – Production of sanitary material of the RAUSCHER Inc. company, in former textile plant, Nová Paka, the Jičín district
Cause: under investigation
Damage: 210 million CZK
Injured: one person
Evacuated: 120 people

Pardubice Region
April 30th – Hall equipped for processing of municipal waste of the ECOREC Ltd. company, Prachovice, the Chrudim district
Cause: self-ignition of waste
Damage: 14.481 million CZK

South Moravia Region
April 1st – Storehouse of wooden pellets on palets, Újezd u Brna, the Brno-venkov district
Cause: self-ignition of pellets
Damage: 20 million CZK
Injured: 2 people
May 26th – Vegetable drier, Citonice, the Znojmo district
Cause: improper location of heater
Damage: 40 million CZK
September 25th – Timber construction with historical finds, Mikulčice, Hodonín
Cause: technical failure of wiring
Damage: 10 million CZK
Casualties: one person
Injured: one person
December 30th – Footwear storehouse of the NUMERO UNO Ltd., Znojmo
Cause: arson
Damage: 15 million CZK

Zlín Region
January 9th – House of culture, Strání, the Uherské Hradiště district
Cause: arson
Damage: 13.5 million CZK
May 8th – Production hall and storehouse of the AUTOPAL Inc. Company, Hluk, the Uherské Hradiště district
Cause: carelessness while smoking
Damage: 16.493 million CZK
Injured: four people
June 19th – Storehouse of plastics of the SPUR Inc. Company, Zlín
Cause: carelessness while flame cutting
Damage: 18 million CZK
Injured: four people
June 28th – Dumping ground of used tires and crushing line of the KOVOSTEEL Ltd. Company, Uherský Brod, the Uherské Hradiště district
Cause: arson
Damage: 33.98 million CZK
Injured: four people
September 1st – Meat-plant of the FILEX Inc. company, Uherský Brod, the Uherské Hradiště district
Cause: arson
Damage: 14.24 million CZK

Moravian-Silesian Region
May 12th – Cataphoresis varnishing workshop of the LE CYGNE SPORTIF GROUPE Inc., Ostrava - Vítkovice
Cause: technical failure of wiring
Damage: 15 million CZK

Prevention

Number of inspections performed by State Fire Supervision bodies (Diagram)
Number of building prevention reviews issued by State Fire Supervision bodies
(Diagram)
Number of administrative decisions issued by State Fire Supervision bodies
(Diagram)
Text s. 32
Text s. 33

Humanitarian assistance

According to Article 7 (1b) of the Law No. 239/2000 on Integrated Rescue System, the Ministry of Interior is involved in engagement of the Czech Republic into international rescue operations in emergencies abroad and in providing humanitarian assistance abroad, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Moreover, according to Article 7 (2i) of the Law, the Ministry of Interior decides in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the humanitarian assistance, provided by the State to foreign countries and on engagement into international rescue operations. Details are given by implementary regulations No. 463/2000 and No. 527/2002. 

Financial resources, allocated by the Government for the current year in state budget into a bound reserve for humanitarian assistance of the General Cash Administration, fund the State humanitarian assistance of the Czech Republic to foreign countries. For 2007 the amount of CZK 70 million (EUR 2.5 million) had been allocated. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes financial resources from this bound reserve, and regularly informs the Government on these spending.

In 2007, the Czech Republic provided financial humanitarian assistance to 26 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America (Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Bolivia, Solomon Islands, Zambia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Serbia – Kosovo, Yemen, Albania, FYROM, Peru, Nepal, North Korea, Uganda, Dominican Republic, Belize, Ghana, Caribbean, Bangladesh and Palestinian autonomy territory).

The Czech Republic provided material humanitarian assistance of 2 millions CZK to Albania and FYROM, stricken by major fires in July 2007. Provided material – 100 pieces of helmets for FYROM, 120 pairs of intervention boots and 120 pairs of protective gloves for Albania – was in both countries targeted to firefighters. Members of the Czech Fire & Rescue Service transported the material by cars and handed over on 31 July 2007 in FYROM, and on 1 August 2007 in Albania.

 
Another material humanitarian assistance of 4.2 millions CZK was approved by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Moldavia in August 2007. Provided material – seed for sowing of winter wheat –was destined to the agricultural areas heavily damaged by drought. Moldavian side appreciated quick reaction of the Czech Republic and quality of the seed for sowing.

Humanitarian assistance to Sudan was provided three times in 2007, on the whole. In February, financial amount of 5 million CZK was sent via the UN World Food Programme, the same amount was sent in June via European Commission – AMIS, and in August direct assistance of 0.5 million CZK was provided to HART humanitarian organisation.

More information on humanitarian assistance, and more details not only from 2007 events can be found in the www.usar.cz website. For 2008 the amount of CZK 75 million (EUR 2.7 million) has been allocated

 
Year
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Number of cases
25
19
18
17
18
33
Number of countries
18
14
16
15
11
26
Sum in million CZK
20.65
40.1
51.2
158
87.2
66.56

Economic Indicators

Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic fulfils its tasks in the scope and on the conditions determined by the Law on Fire Rescue Service of CR, by Fire Law, by the Law on Integrated Rescue System and by the Law on Crisis Management. Through 237 fire stations the Fire Rescue Service of CR fulfils also the tasks of fire units. Fire units fulfil their tasks in the area of fire protection, Integrated Rescue System and newly also in the area of population protection. The efficiency is illustrated by relations between state budget expenditures on activities of the FRS CR, fire units II and fire units III, and losses and salvaged values in fires, as given in the following table.

  • Losses vs. GNP in Czech Republic in comparison with foreign countries are among the lowest. This effect is mainly due to the fact, that in more than 60 % fire cases the nearest operating fire unit is located in the distance of less than five kilometres from the accident place.
  • The table has not included values salvaged during fire units interventions in other emergencies, as - opposite to fires - no reliable methodology is available to assess the effects of other interventions

Economical indicators in 2003-2007(Table XLS)
* Assessment according to data of the Czech Statistics Authority for nine months of 2007

Foreign statistics

Direct fire loss compared with GDP
Country
Currency
 
% of GDP
 
1988 – 1989
1997 – 1999
2002 – 2004
Slovenia
SIT
 
0,06
0,07
Poland
PLN
 
0,13
0,07
Singapore
SD
 
 
0,07
Czech Republic
CZK
0,04
0,10
0,10
Japan
JPY
0,11
0,09
0,10
USA
USD
0,17
0,11
0,10
New Zealand
NZD
0,16
0,17 (1993-94)
0,11 (2004) 
Hungary
HUF
0,12 (1986-88)
 
 
Spain
ESP
0,12 (1984)
 
 
United Kingdom
GBP
0,20
0,15
0,13
Finland
FIM, EUR
0,17
0,15
0,15
Australia
ATS
 
0,16 (1992-93)
 
Germany
DEM, EUR
0,17
0,16 (1998-99)
0,16
Sweden
SEK
0,29
0,22
0,17
Canada
CAD
0,17
0,19
0,17 (1999-2001)
Italy
ITL, EUR
 
0,18
0,18
Nederland
NLG
0,20 (1987-88)
0,18 (1995-96)
 
France
FRF, EUR
0,29 (1981-82)
0,18
0,19
Denmark
DKK
0,31
0,20
0,20
Switzerland
CHF
0,23 (1989)
 
 
Belgium
BEF, EUR
0,41
0,24 (1998-00)
 
Norway
NOK
0,47
0,30
0,25
Austria
ATS
0,21 (1979-80)
0,26 (1998-00)
 
 
Note:
 Fire loss cover damages caused by explosions, but only in cases followed by fire (i.e. some terrorist acts)
 
One of possible reasons for low direct fire loss in advanced industrial countries is e.g. that those countries pay more attention to prevention, or they have secured early arrival to fires, which all minimize loss. Other reasons could be that in some countries low direct fire loss reflects low level of fire insurance.
 
 
Costs on fire protection of constructions
 
Country
Average % of GDP in 1987 - 1989
Average % of GDP in          1997 - 1999
Average % of GDP in            2002 - 2004
Japan
0,28 (1988-1989)
0,18
0,15
Sweden
0,23 (1986-1987)
0,13
0,16
France 
0,14 (1980)
0,14
0,16
Slovenia
 
0,14
0,16
New Zeeland
0,16 (1988-1989)
0,17
0,17
Australia
 
 
0,17 (2003)
Czech Republic
0,37 (1989)
0,17
0,18
United Kingdom
0,19
0,18
0,21
Singapore
 
0,51
0,27
Belgium
0,21 (1987-1988)
0,29 (1998-2000)
 
Canada  
0,19
0,26
0,29
Switzerland 
0,29 (1989)
 
 
Nederland 
0,12 (1986)
0,30 (1993-1995)
 
Italy
 
0,31
0,34
USA
0,35
0,38
0,35
Hungary
0,42 (1987-1988)
 
 
Denmark
0,37
0,43
0,52 (2001-2003)
Norway
0,32 (1988-1989)
0,44
0,36
 
Data from officially published annual costs for constructions and reconstructions of buildings that are monitored in the Czech Republic by the Czech Statistics Institute in Chapter Building Industry. Fire experts of United Kingdom estimate costs for fire protection from 1 % for dwellings to 7 % for facilities, in USA from 2.5 % for dwellings to12 % for private non-domestic buildings, and in Canada from 2 % for houses to13.2 % for high-rise buildings.
In CR costs present approx. 3 % from total costs for construction of buildings, based on experts from Fire & Research Attests Institute, in 1998. Recently mass building-up of industrial, commercial, store and administration objects suppose higher costs, compared to the data in the table above. A new survey of these costs in CR was not made due to complicacy of problems.
 
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Costs on fire brigades (Table)
 
Number of deaths in fires compared with number of inhabitants (Table)
 
 
Costs on fire brigades
Country
Average % of GDP in 1997 – 1999
Average % of GDP in 1999 – 2001
Average % of GDP in 2002 – 2004
Singapore
0,03
 
0,04
Slovenia   
0,06
0,05
0,05
Denmark
0,08 (1997-98)
0,08
0,08
Norway
0,11
0,09
0,11
Austria
0,11 (1994)
 
 
New Zeeland
0,13 (1996-98)
 
0,15
Nederland  
0,15 (1994-96)
 
 
Belgium
0,18 (1987–89)
0,14 (1998 – 2000)
 
Sweden
0,18
0,14
0,15
Poland 
0,19
0,19
0,18
United Kingdom
0,22
0,21 (1998 – 2000)
0,21
USA
0,23
0,24
0,25
Finland          
0,29 (1993-94)
0,15 (2000 – 2001)
0,21 (2003-2004)
Czech Republic
0,36 (1997-98)
0,32 (2000 – 2001)
Not monitored
Japan
0,33
0,33
0,34
Canada  
0,35 (1991)
 
 
 
For objective estimation of these data real GDP of the certain country, counting of costs per 1 inhabitant, eventually other context should be known. Only few countries provide comparable data. Even data resources and methodology differ among countries (e.g. to costs for fire stations in Denmark cover relations with using of stations by ambulance and other rescue activities and equipment).
Fire and Rescue Service of CR fulfils tasks in the scope and under conditions determined by specific legal regulations, mainly by law on the Fire Rescue Service of CR, law on fire protection, law on the Integrated Rescue System, and law on Crisis Management.
Fire units fulfil tasks in the area of fire protection, the Integrated Rescue System, and also in the area of population protection. From this point of view it is not possible to compare costs in this area with other countries, which are able to separate fire costs.
 
Number of deaths in fires compared with number of inhabitants
 (Number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants)
Country
Average of 1987 – 1989
Average of 
1997 – 1999
Average of 
2002 – 2004
Singapore
 
0,18
0,08
Switzerland    
0,45
0,56 (1998-2000)
0,51
Spain
0,77
0,64
0,61 (2000-2002)
Australia
 
0,69
0,64
Nederland  
0,67
0,68 (1994-1996)
 
Italy
 
0,68 (1999-2001)
 
Slovakia*
 
1,02
0,69 (2001-2002)
Germany
0,99
0,74 (1999-2001)
 
France
1,28
0,94 (1999-2001)
 
Albania
 
0,71 (1998-00)
0,94 (2001-03)
New Zealand
1,16
1,10
0,96
United Kingdom
1,76
1,18
0,97
Slovenia
 
1,15
1,09
Canada
2,15
1,38
1,15 (2000-2002)
Norway
1,58
1,37
1,27
Czech Republic
0,72
1,13
1,29
Poland
 
1,41
1,29
Austria
0,75
0,76
1,31 (2000-2002)
Sweden
1,75
1,62
1,32
Belgium
1,74
1,35 (1995-1997)
 
USA
2,58
1,56
1,39
Croatia*
 
1,58 (1998-2000)
1,52 (2001-2003)
Denmark
1,62
1,49
1,55
Greece
 
1,34
1,59 (2000-2002)
Ireland
 
2,02 (1996-1998)
1,63 (2002-2002)
Japan  
1,37
1,69
1,79
Bulgaria*
 
1,56 (1998-00)
1,84 (2001-2003)
Finland          
2,29
1,98
2,08
Hungary
3,18
2,14
2,10
Romania*
 
2,88 (1998-2000)
2,64 (2001-2003)
Lithuania*
 
5,20 (1998-2000)
4,27 (2001-2003)
Ukraine*
 
4,21 (1998-2000)
5,91 (2001-2003)
Belarus*
 
7,57 (1998-2000)
8,77 (2001-2003)
Russia*
 
8,01 (1998-2000)
10,67 (2001-2003)
Latvia*
 
12,06 (1998-2000)
11,95 (2001-2003)
Estonia*
 
14,57 (1998-2000)
14,79 (2001-2002)
Note: numbers of inhabitants comes from the UN Demography Annual
* WHO data
 

Types of incidents with fire units interventions

Fire - Fire response to any undesirable combustion, where people or animals were killed or injured, or property values damaged. As fire is considered also such undesirable combustion, where persons, animals or material values, or the environment, would be in imminent danger.

Traffic accident - Fire unit intervention at traffic emergency - collision of transport means, which requires rescue extrication work or liquidation of traffic accident consequences. If other work type prevails in fire brigade's intervention, e.g. due to leakage of hazardous substances to the environment, that intervention is classified according to the prevailing character. Intervention at traffic accidents with subsequent fire is considered as a fire. Cases, where fire brigade only removed vehicles from off-road (towing wrecks, vehicles getting off road, etc.), cleared minor consequences of traffic accidents (road cleaning or removal of leakage - operational filling of vehicles, etc.), are also classified as traffic accidents.

Natural disaster - Fire unit intervention due to an emergency caused by adversely acting forces and phenomenon, caused by natural aerial influences, which endanger lives, health, property or environment - like floods, heavy rains, snow, ice, windstorms, landslides, earthquakes etc. (connected with the emergency state announcement, degree of flood activity etc.), and where fire units perform rescue and liquidation works.

Leakage of hazardous chemical substance - Fire unit intervention at an emergency, connected with undesirable leakage of chemical substances, crude oil products inclusive (during production, transport or handling), and of other substances. Fire unit intervention is aimed to limit or reduce the risk of uncontrolled leakage of combustible, explosive, corrosive, toxic, deleterious, radioactive and other hazardous substances, crude oil products, eventually other substances (natural gas, acids and acid salts, lye, ammonia, etc.) to the environment, including serious accidents according to § 2 of Law on Prevention of serious accidents.

(Note: Hazardous substance - see the Law No. 157/1998 on chemical substances and chemical agents and on amendments of selected other laws, in later regulations.)

Leakage of crude oil product (oil accident) - Intervention of fire unit at an emergency with leakage of exclusively crude oil products (gasoline, diesel or oil). Leakage of those substances from operational fillings of vehicles due to traffic accidents is classified as „traffic accidents“.

Technical incident - Intervention of fire unit to suppress risks or hazardous conditions of major extent, or substantial consequences for health of people, animals and property (except natural disaster), e.g. collapsed building.

Technical assistance - Intervention of fire unit to suppress risks or hazardous conditions of smaller extent, except technologic assistance and traffic accident, e.g.:

  • Rescuing of persons from lifts
  • Emergency opening of apartments
  • Removal of obstacles from roads and other areas,
  • Opening of locked areas,
  • Liquidation of fallen trees, electric conductors etc.
  • Ventilation of areas
  • Rescue of persons and animals
  • Pumping, shut-off and supply of water
  • Assistance in trap-systems search
  • Provisional or other repairs,
  • Rescue/extrication of objects, persons (water response inclusive)
  • Measuring concentration or radiation

Technological assistance Intervention of fire unit aimed to suppress risk or hazardous conditions in technological operation of plants.

Other assistance Fire unit intervention, that cannot be defined as technical or technological assistance, for example transport or transfer of a patient or physician, monitoring of river streams, checking of road ride ability (except natural disaster) etc., even on other service demand (both directly and indirectly provided assistance).

Radiation emergency and accident Fire unit intervention at an emergency with unacceptable leakage of radioactive substances or of ionizing radiation (definition see § 2 of Law No. 18/1997 and § 5 of decree No. 318/2002).

Other emergency - Fire unit intervention at other emergency, e.g. epidemic or infection, safe removal of suspicious packages and as well all interventions and incidents that cannot be classified according to any of the above-mentioned type of fire unit interventions.

False alarm Fire brigade response to reported fire or another emergency that was not confirmed. 

Notes

Dash (-)           means that the event didn’t occur or wasn’t monitored
Dagger (x)       means that the entry is not possible from logical causes
Index %           2007 data compared with 2006 data (unless specified otherwise)
FRS CR            Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic
VFU                 voluntary fire units (municipal or company)
IRS                   Integrated Rescue System
 
The data in tables and diagrams are valid for 2007 if not mentioned differently.
 

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