Awards and Promotions on the 90th Anniversary of Regaining Independence
A meeting commemorating the 90th anniversary of Poland’s regaining independence was held in the Redutowe Rooms of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw on 25 November.
I Do Not Fish in Somebody Else's Pond
“The service of a chaplain does not mean only holidays and colourful ceremonies. This is being with rescuers on a daily basis," says Rev. Adam Glajcar, national chaplain of the Protestant firefighters. Interview by Anna Łańduch.
Fire in Spa
"Inferno in Spa", "Restaurant on Fire", "Fire in the Center of Ciechocinek", "Popular Restaurant in Ciechocinek Burnt" – these are only four of many titles used by both local and nation-wide media to report on a huge fire of a complex of wooden buildings in the spa town of Ciechocinek. Apart from the town’s characteristic graduation towers and popular fountain, also the Grzyb – one of the three most recognizable landmarks in the center of the spa was on fire. The fire embraced a building with the total area of 1,146 square meters and with the cubic capacity of 12,204 cubic meters. Twenty one fire service units took part in the extinguishing action. By Paweł Frątczak and Andrzej Mucha.
Mass Casualty Incident in Town
Friday, 7 October 2008. It is 10 am on the Świecka Street in Tuchola. A tragic accident of three minibuses. There are 16 victims, most of them in a serious condition. According to unconfirmed reports there are several persons dead. This could be a message of a journalist informing his press agency about a road accident. This time these were only elements of a scenario of rescue system exercises under the code name “Mass Casualty Incident – Tuchola 2008". It included two episodes: the first one concerned a mass casualty incident, the second one planting explosives. By Krzysztof Łangowski
Exercises in Fuel Base No 3 in Boronów
Plan Tested
Implementing the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Dz. U. of 2008, no 25, item 150) obliged the operators of the upper tier establishments to such actions as analysis and training of the internal emergency plans – at least once every three years to update them and to make some justified changes. An operator should immediately inform the regional chief fire officer and the regional inspector of environmental protection about the conducted analysis and about its results. By Agnieszka Rękas.
Peace Pearl
“Once I found accidentally an old letter, it is like three hundred years old, from a parish council to a person building first organ. He was always late at work and he asked the council to be allowed to work at night. However, the council did not agree, since, as it was written: the churchwarden and the assistants will not keep watch on his candles at night," says Rev. Tomasz Stawiak, rector of Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Jawor, a manager of a historic church situated there. Elżbieta Przyłuska writes about the historic church and about how it is protected against fire.
Prevention for Tacticians Part 3
Time for Evacuation, or Between Quarter and Hour
There is a kind of power in our profession and probably everyone can admit that extinguishing can be fun. But the essential part of our job is rescuing – the fire roads were invented to enable the quickest possible access to the incident and to take people away from there. Extinguishing is an action, which is very useful, desired – necessary, but it is secondary to evacuation. By Paweł Rochala.
Fire Service Education – Maps and Sign Posts
We learn a curriculum usually as prospective participants to trainings or courses. Still, it turns out that on the education market the curricula take different forms – from a simple plan to a very detailed procedure of fulfilling given educational form. By Jowita Fidler.
Fireman Sam Takes New Action
We should make already the youngest children realize the threats around them. This is not easy. Serious matter has to be presented in an interesting and simplified way, not to terrify a child, but to encourage it to learn together behavioural safety. By Elżbieta Przyłuska.
HR Management
This issue, not necessarily connected with such an organization as the State Fire Service, has recently sparked my particular interest. It is partly connected with the reports I receive. By Marta Różycka.
Trauma from Abroad
How to help members of the search and rescue groups of the SFS? I wrote this article after learning the opinions of some of my superiors and the articles of firefighters-psychologists writing to Fire Review about psychological help for the SFS rescuers. By Leszek Tanaś.
Champions League
“Fitness, especially in our service, means high effectiveness. If we add the level of training, we can be sure that the SFS guarantees a high level of national security. And this is our challenge," said Brigadier Jarosław Wojciechowski, the Regional Chief Fire Officer of the Lower Silesia Province while he was opening the 14th Indoor Five-a-side Football Championships under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Interior and Administration. Elżbieta Przyłuska and Lech Lewandowski describe the event.
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