The Capital City of Prague and the Prague Fire Brigade invite you on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the establishment of the Prague professional fire brigade to an outdoor exhibition of photographs.
Dear ladies and gentlemen, the Prague Firefighters of the new millennium exhibition is one of the events to commemorate 170 years since the establishment of the Prague Fire Brigade this year. The exhibited photographs show us how demanding, meritorious and very diverse the profession of a Prague firefighter is. Individual pictures show extensive interventions in…
The new millennium in Prague firefighters began with frequent fires in private family houses and cars. At the end of the holidays came the biggest case of this year in a building that was to become a national cultural monument and was also used as our first film studio. On August 28th, after 8 p.m.,…
Unlike the previous year, fires in production facilities and premises were more prevalent, with a significant increase in technical interventions. Some of the most dangerous fires arise from the smallest „perpetrators.“ Like the one that took place this year on Černý Most. The fire, which started on Sunday morning in the children’s room in the…
This year, millennial flooding had thoroughly tested the preparedness of firefighters and the functionality of the civil emergency preparedness system not only in Prague, but all over the Czech Republic. What we knew only from history or narrative, we experienced first-hand. Firefighters began to prepare for the arrival of the big flood already July 12th,…
Even the anniversary of the 150th anniversary of the Prague Fire Brigade was not very calm. In addition to a relatively large number of more serious interventions in the territory of the capital city of Prague, there were also interventions in Algeria, France and Iran. Among the more demanding ones in Prague was the fire…
This year was not exceptional either in the number of interventions or in their severity, but one intervention made us think of the work of firefighters in the days when there were more horse-drawn carriages on the streets than cars. On 26th January in the afternoon, Prague firefighters were deployed together with their colleagues from…
Even this year was quite rich in events. Only fires with damage over 1.000.000 CZK were 24. The most significant damage of 23.000.000 CZK was the fire of the GLOBE Theatre on 12th November. A replica of the Elizabethan theatre in the grounds of the Prague Exhibition Grounds went up in ashes on Saturday morning.…
Even this year, Prague firefighters could not complain about the lack of work. Typical jobs this year were devastating fires with major damage, serious traffic accidents and actions related to suspected avian flu. Still, one of the most remarkable interventions is this one. It happened on the morning of February 18th, when a natural gas…
In this year St. Florian was very merciful to the Prague firefighters and this gives us the space to point out various aspects of the daily life of firefighters on duty. Several thousand interventions a year place high demands on firefighters not only physically and professionally, but it is often demanding mentally as well. We…
In the amount of property damage in fires, this year surpassed the previous one by the difference of class. It was a fire of electrical wiring in OC Palladium (40 million CZK), fire of Autosalon Exner (70 million CZK), market SAPA (200 million CZK) and especially the fire of the left wing of the Industrial…
This year, out of a large number of relatively common fires of flats, cars and technical interventions, the case of the collapse of the entire courtyard of the reconstructed building in Soukenická Street stood out. When the troops arrived at the site, it was clear that four ceilings had collapsed – two brick vaulted and…
This year we were greeted by a large-scale snow calamity that lasted until the end of January, but the biggest damage was caused by the hall fire in Polygrafická street. However, for a whole year there were fires of abandoned buildings, which culminated in the tragic fire in Florenc. Night fire in the old hall…
From a relatively statistically below-average year, dominated by interventions such as a apartment fires and a car fires, an unusual case of a bus falling into a ravine stood out. A bus carrying customers to the Globus shopping centre in Zličín, Prague, on April 18th, just after 10 a.m. swerved and went off a roughly…
This year, especially at the beginning, there was a noticeable increase in the number of assistance to the Police of the Czech Republic for the disposal of booby trap systems and this year there was also an exceptional case of a fire in an airliner at the airport in Ruzyně. The explosion and subsequent fire…
This year was characterized by a decrease in the number of fires and at the same time a significant increase in the number of technical interventions. The causes were floods in June and windstorms with torrential rains in late July and early August. Yet the intervention that was most etched in our memory was of…
The most significant event of the year for Prague firefighters was the commissioning of a new fire station in Modřany, especially when we realize that the last completely new station was opened by Prague firefighters in the 1980s in Krč (the station in Jinonice was only a replacement for an old substandard station). Although the…
This year, the numbers of technical interventions have returned to the long-term average, as have the numbers of fires and other emergencies. Interesting cases may not be just big interventions, and from this year we have selected one for you. On August 31st, in Na Hutích Street, while repairing the gas distribution and its main…
This year could have had a completely different case as a key fire. As we were able to capture the fire on the roof of the National Museum at the very beginning, we can present you with another event as the most interesting fire of the year. On August 26th, firefighters from Radotín and Smíchov…
There have been several fires in industrial buildings this year, as well as one extremely sad event, when one of our members died from his injuries at a fire in Zvole. This year, however, an unusual case of a hanging footbridge falling was selected. On December 2nd, five units of Prague firefighters were dispatched to…
This year, the number of fires in industrial halls and production facilities continued to increase. The most significant and unfortunately also the most tragic event of the year was the hotel fire in Náplavní Street. On Saturday, January 20th, units of Prague professional firefighters went to a reported fire in the air conditioning on the…
This year, the USAR team took part in an international training in Sicily, EU Modex, which was important for the international certification of the team. Otherwise, it was a peaceful year, with a decrease in the number of fires, technical interventions and traffic accidents. One of the most interesting interventions was the fire of the…
This year was dedicated to the fight with COVID-19. With the disease in its own ranks, it was difficult to provide the necessary number of members in shifts, however, we were active in the delivery of test kits to test centers and protective equipment, or lung ventilators to hospitals. The fact that you can get…
This year, firefighters in Holešovice received a reward for quality work for the residents of Prague. They received adequate quality facilities after years of service in the historic station. The grand opening of the fire station in Holešovice took place on Thursday, September 30th. Its construction started in 2019 and local firefighters, who are in…
This year brought relief from covid measures to the activities of Prague firefighters, but part of the firefighters were on the contrary busy helping in the refugee crisis from the warring Ukraine. The fire, which we will mention this time, originated in the premises of another of our security forces – the army. Before 9:30…
170 years ago in Prague it was decided to establish the first professional fire brigade in the territory of the Czech Republic In Prague, on March 23rd, 1853, a congregation of municipal elders decided to establish a congregation for street cleaning and fire protection. The Prague City Archives hides many treasures. Also documents that reveal…