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Fire Rescue ServiceBesides fire fighting, fire protection units take part in rescue and clean-up operations during traffic accidents, in accidents with HazMat leakage, in technical interventions and natural disasters, but they also fulfil special tasks, connected e.g. with prevention of spread of dangerous infections and diseases, with citizen protection against consequences of possible terrorist attacks, or dealing with calamity situations, caused by extremely unfavourable weather conditions.
Nearly 93,000 firefighters work in fire units, approximately 9,000 of them are professionals, and nearly 84,000 are voluntary firefighters.
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fires | 16,421 | 18,295 | 28,156 | 20,550 | 19,484 |
| Traffic accidents | 18,536 | 20,450 | 21,503 | 21,188 | 20,681 |
| Natural disasters | x * | 13,329 | 1,796 | 1,605 | 2,729 |
| HazMat leakage | 4,156 | 5,693 | 5,883 | 5,550 | 5,630 |
| Technological accidents | 36,578 | 43,190 | 40,994 | 46,814 | 40,413 |
| Other interventions | 1,555 | 240 | 154 | 100 | 48 |
| False alarms | 8,237 | 8,162 | 8,023 | 7,626 | 7,846 |
| Total | 85 483 | 109 359 | 106 509 | 103 436 | 96 833 |
During the above-mentioned interventions, fire units rescued 31,276 persons and evacuated 76,933 persons during the years 2001 - 2005. Protected property during fire operations in this period is valued to EUR 1,140 millions.
On May 7th, 1874, the first voluntary firefighters organisation was established in the town of Velvary. Activities of voluntary firefighters developed even after professional fire protection was established. Voluntary firefighters organisations have been, and will be, an integral part of our fire protection system. In 2005 a total of 83,679 voluntary firefighters were registrated.
Structure of voluntary fire units:
Municipal and company voluntary fire units together with FRS CR are basic bodies of the Integrated Rescue System. To the end of 2005 as many as 7,740 municipal voluntary fire units and 299 company voluntary fire units have been registrated in the Czech Republic.
Municipal and company voluntary fire units are playing a significant role in interventions of fire units. They perform fire fighting and rescue work during natural disasters and other emergencies and fulfil other duties in fire protection area. In 2005, municipal voluntary fire units participated in 21,848 incidents, and company voluntary fire units in 1,039 incidents.
Traditionally, voluntary firefighters are involved in wide activities of cultural and sport area, in training of youths, in public life and keeping of their traditions.
Municipal voluntary firefighters are most numerous and most extended NGOs in the Czech Republic.
Municipal voluntary fire units are associated in several corporations. The association of Voluntary Firefighters of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia is the biggest one, followed by the Czech Firefighters Union and the Moravian Firefighters Union.
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