Professionally Qualified Persons in the Field of Fire Protection

Abstract

For a safe society, it is necessary to implement measures to prevent the emergence, spread and rapid liquidation of crisis situations and the evacuation of people and animals, as well as environmental protection, which is ensured by professionally qualified persons or persons with special authorization. In the following text, based on the latest theoretical knowledge and practical approaches, we will therefore focus on mapping the current legal status of professional competence in the field of fire protection in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. To compare both legal regulations, evaluate the situation and look for ways to make the provisions of the current legal regulation in the Slovak Republic more effective. We will mainly focus on professional competence and the persons who can obtain it based on the completion of vocational training, namely fire protection specialist, fire protection technician and village fire protection preventive officer. Comparisons of persons with professional competence between the Slovak and Czech legal arrangements in terms of professional competence, tasks and competences are also processed.