Special Search and Rescue team from Ostrava deployed to millitary area in Zagan (Poland) where the international exercise was held from 7 April to 10 April 2009. Team consisted of 16 members of the FRB Moravian-Silesian region, 5 doghandlers with dogs from municipal police Ostrava a Praha and millitary doctor from Brno.
The exercise started on Wednesday 8th April and ended on Friday 10th April in the morning. The aim of this exercise was to practise the activities of the Czech USAR team in search and rescue in the collapsed buildings.
The Czech USAR team deployed to Poland by 8 vehicles. They took electronic search equipment, rescue equipment, equipment for working at heighs and rescue and self-contained breathing apparatus.
In the Czech Republic, there were established two USAR teams in the Czech Republic – from FRB Moravian-Silesian region and FRB Prague. Team from Prague was established at the end of 90th years, team from Moravian-Silesian region was established in June 2007. But its members are among the most experienced and the most versatile professional firefighters from FRB Moravian-Silesian region. Groups of this Ostrava team intervened in liquidation of avian flu in Pardubice region or when the factory hall has collapsed in Kladno.,
USAR teams are deployed in case of large emergency situations and natural disasters, for example earthquake, cave-ins, tsunamis etc. They are specialized for rescuing from debris, heights and depths. Teams are ready to be deployed in a few hours by plane or by theirs own vehicles to abroad and effectively intervene anywhere in cooperation with local rescue teams.
The USAR team from FRS of the Moravian-Silesian region is equipped with the most modern search and rescue equipment, including breathing apparatus. In addition to climbing equipment, there are chainsaws, shredders for metal and masonry, drills, jackhammers, hydraulic stands, but also high-quality devices for searching for trapped people (echo-locator, bioradar, slot cameras...) and hydraulic tools for extricating the injured from vehicles. Of course, the equipment also includes specially trained and certified dogs.
Zpráva ze zahraniční služební cesty (pdf)
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