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General Directorate of Fire & Rescue Service
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Statistical Yearbook 2005 - Fire units activities


Number of particular types of incidents with fire units interventions
Incident type Number of incidents Index (%)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005/2004
Fire 16 421 18 295 28 156 20 550 19 484 95
Traffic accidents 18 536 20 450 21 503 21 188 20 681 98
Natural disasters x 13 329 1 796 1 605 2 729 170
Water response 399 x x x x x
Water pumping 2 228 x x x x x
Leakage of HazMat in total 4156 5 693 5 883 5 550 5 630 101
part of oil products 3 596 4 653 4 904 4 572 4 616 101
Technical emergencies in total x 43 190 40 994 46 814 40413 86
from these technical emergencies x 19 25 23 37 161
technical assistance 32 679 35 496 35 285 40 858 34 799 85
technological assistance 1 272 1 253 1 713 1 459 1 150 79
other assistance x 6 425 3 971 4 474 4 427 99
Other technical intervention 1 555 x x x x x
Radiation emergencies/incidents 0 0 0 3 2 x
Other emergencies x 240 154 100 48 48
False alarms 8 237 8 162 8023 7 626 7 846 103
Total 85 483 109 359 106 509 103 436 96 833 94

In 2005, compared to 2004, number of natural disasters increased due to weather conditions, and, on the other hand, number of technical accidents decreased for the first time in years. All other types of incidents dropped, or stayed on the same level.

In 2005 two cases of radiation incidents happened:

  • June, 13th - Four components designed as radioactive material was found in a former civil protection store in the district of Usti upon Orlice. No increased radiation was measured out, and things were transported to a lab of State Office for Nuclear Safety, where it was found that there were so called surge diverter.
  • July, 7th - An accident happened in the Spolana Neratovice chemical company in the district of Melnik, when radioactive emitter support unfastened from a device for checking of welding steams. The accident was disposed by a specialised company.

False alarms cover:

  • 48 % fire alarms messages (+2 % compared to 2004)
  • 20 % symptoms of combustion (-1 %)
  • 9 % misused fire units (no changes)
  • 9 % burning without notification (-1 %)
  • 14 % other causes (no changes)

In 2005 fire units directly rescued 5,248 persons in operations, and other 7,076 persons evacuated.

Number of firefighters died (D) and injured (I) during interventions
Category 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Index %
D I D I D I D I D I D I
Professional 0 273 4 320 1 264 0 244 2 189 x 77
Voluntary 1 84 1 158 2 126 0 80 1 82 x 102
Total 1 357 5 478 3 390 0 324 3 271 x 84

Three firefighters died during interventions

  • April, 4th – Jaroslav Klimes, born 1952, from the Zabreh fire station, Olomouc Fire Rescue Service – on the way to fireFire Rescue Service – on the way to fire
  • May, 22nd – Jaroslav Rehak, born 1982, from Jablonne upon Orlice VFU, in fire operation
  • June, 30th – Miroslav Lipnicky, born 1959, from the Vansdorf fire station, Usti upon Elbe Fire Rescue Service – after firefighting in hospital



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