The failure of fire-fighting equipment at FRS Zlín Region

Abstract

: The paper follows previous work of the author focused on evaluating of operation and maintenance of fi re- fi ghting equipment on the chassis Mercedes-Benz Atego (Jánošík, 2010a) and TATRA (Jánošík, 2010b) in use at Fire Rescue Service in the Moravian-Silesian and Hradec Králové Region. The observation results of car fi re-engines on the chassis Renault Midlum in use at Fire Rescue Service Zlín Region with fi re trucks by the Polish supplier Wawrzaszek ISS Ltd., Bielsko-Biala, and by the Czech company THT Ltd., Poli č ka, are summarized in this paper. Fire Rescue Service of the Zlín Region consists of four fi re departments and is speci fi c with the fact that the fi re equipment based on the observed chassis is allocated at all of the departments.