Summary Magazine 112 year 2024
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Fire in the batteries of the photovoltaic power plant near Frýdek-Místek
On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, a fire in a family house in Lhotka near Frýdek-Místek was reported to the emergency line. During the intervention, the battery of the photovoltaic power plant exploded. The fire units disconnected the electricity supply from the photovoltaic panels to the house in the technical room, as well as the external supply and extinguished the fire in the cabinet with a powder fire extinguisher. The intervention commander requested a technical vehicle with the CCS Cobra device, which, after a brief introduction at the intervention site, was immediately deployed to cut through and flood the batteries. The use of this device in an intervention showed that with its help the fire units are able to get fire-fighting water inside the accumulators and pass through their container without any problems. At the same time, such a procedure proved to be very effective.
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Helmet divers checked on the final dive
In the fall of last year, eight firefighter-divers completed the "Diver and helmet diving operator" course, who improved both theoretical knowledge and practical skills as part of self-education. The final dive in backwater in the premises of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ostrava was preceded by several days of practice dives in the Šumbark indoor pool in Havířov. The conditions of diving in clean water were gradually made more difficult for divers, e.g. by sealing the visor of the helmet, and the resulting loss of visual perception.
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Implementation of cross-border cooperation for solving floods in the Western Balkan countries
Members of the Fire Rescue Service of the Moravian-Silesian region organized several workshops, the aim of which was to create methods and procedures for managing flood risks within the framework of cross-border cooperation on rivers flowing through the territory of the Western Balkans. The key point was sharing of experiences, identification of shortcomings and finding good practice in the field of cross-border cooperation on watercourses at the national, regional and local level.
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Two years of conflict in Ukraine from the point of view of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism
In February, two years have passed since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine. This unprecedented act of war, taking place on the European continent, has become commonplace for us in two years and we already perceive it as a common reality. Most of the countries in the world and international organizations still support Ukraine, not only morally and militarily, but especially in terms of the delivery of humanitarian aid. Unfortunately, the huge wave of solidarity that started at the beginning of the conflict and was unprecedented in modern history has subsided. Currently, the support provided through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism is steadily decreasing.