EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DURING HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC INCIDENTS PARTICIPATION OF FIRE PROTECTION UNITS (FPUS)IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED BY THE AUTHORITIES AFTER COMPLETION OF A RESCUE OPERATION

Abstract

Every day a number of dangerous road traffic incidents take place on a national scale that requirethe intervention of emergency services and entities. The major part of this type of interventionsentails the cooperation between Fire Protection Units (FPU), the Police and the EmergencyMedical Service (EMS). The organisation of operations and their nature depends on several factorsincluding the mechanism of the incident itself, the location of the incident, the type and numberof vehicles involved in the hazardous incident, as well as the number of occupants, their state ofhealth and a number of other derivatives resulting from the occurrence of the incident in question.The article will show the circumstances of the implementation of tasks by the FPU in the casesin question and will present the issue of the participation of the FPU in criminal proceedingsconducted after the completion of the rescue activity. Particular emphasis will be placed on thepresentation of the competences of the functionaries representing the FPO both in the courseof exercising of the authoritative role within the framework of a given rescue activity and in thecourse of fulfilling of auxiliary tasks in relation to bodies that carry out criminal proceedings.