Aim: The aim of the article is to present examples of rescue and firefighting activities carried out by PSP / national rescue and firefighting system (KSRG) with the use of innovative techniques and technologies resulting from the research and development projects carried out by teams of contractors, which included CNBOP-PIB as a leader or member of the consortium. In practice...
Aim: This article attempts to bring closer the issues related to the emission of harmful substances to the environment. The example of two fires that occurred in Poland in 2018 was used – in the former “Boruta” plant in Zgierz and in a landfill in Trzebinia. By presenting the results of measurements and tests available in this field, attention was drawn to the need to improve the...
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to present a reactive power compensation for small hydropower plants with an induction generator. The classic compensation with capacitors is discussed and its improvement is proposed. Instead of capacitors, a three level power electronic converter connected in parallel to the induction generator can be used to provide reactive power...
Purpose: The paper presents the results of the review of literature and of the legal regulations in the field of the protection of critical infrastructure in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic. The assumed main goal was to determine the requirements for protecting elements catalogued in 11 critical infrastructure systems, in the face of the risk of losing key personnel and the...
Purpose: The aim of the article is to review the possibility of classifying waste as non-combustible and combustible on the basis of the applicable Polish legal acts and to discuss the problems related to this area. Introduction: In the last decade, there has been a marked increase in the number of fires in landfills in Poland. Therefore, a legislative initiative has been...
Aim: The aim of the article was to present voice alarm systems and discuss the legitimacy of their use in fire alarm systems. The article presents the principles of introducing the elements of voice alarm systems to the market and their functional and operational properties. The article was written on the basis of a master’s thesis entitled “The analysis of the functional and...
Purpose: The aim of this publication is to present the results of theoretical research – evaluation of normative and legal documents used for the design and installation of voice alarm systems (VAS) in selected European countries. The aim of the research was to analyze and compare the functioning of voice alarm systems in Poland against the background of selected European...
Aim: The aim of this article is to present effective procedures for acquiring logistic and medical field resources, which include appropriate operating procedures for the State Fire Service (SFS) units during the planning of long-term operations and during their execution. Methodology: In both of the above studies, theoretical (analysis, synthesis and analogies) and empirical...
Aim: The aim of the article is to demonstrate that despite wide variety of areas involving security issues, there exists their common measure and benchmark. The author raised and confirmed a hypothesis that there is a tool allowing for qualitative or quantitative description of security. A risk analysis is such an instrument. Methodology: The article reviews the basic literature...
Purpose: To discuss selected previous trends in approaching security and also to identify new trends in security theory and to start a discussion on exteriorisation, selfisation and ourfisation of security and threats. Introduction: The continuous development of areas in which security, as a service, is provided to the public, is associated with changes not only in approaches to...
Aim: The aim of the test, performed in accordance with PN-EN 1364-1, was to measure the ability of the designed non-load-bearing glass wall element to stop the spread of fire. A comparative analysis was also conducted to show the differences between various glass partition wall solutions in terms of their fire insulation parameters which should be ensured during fire exposure...
Introduction: Occupational safety includes technical, organisational and economic measures to protect employees against threats that may occur in the work environment. Popularisation of the subject of occupational health and safety and action in the field of accident prevention is one of the obligations of the employer and employees of the occupational health and safety service...
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to present arguments in favour of the necessity of seeking a new security paradigm in the globalisation era, a world that keeps changing dynamically, entangled in a network of interconnections and at risk. The scale and type of threats that contemporary communities are confronted with continually provide new impulses to revise the security...
Purpose: The contemporary nature of terrorist attacks forces the rescue services to develop and enhance their operational potential to support the system which guarantees the safety of the civilians. The tasks of the State Fire Service (PSP) in Poland in the country’s anti-terrorist protection system indicate that these units play a key role in neutralizing the effects of...
Purpose: The aim of the study is to analyse health threats and occupational risk based on the assessment of the State Fire Service (SFS) officers depending on the nature of the service performed in the combat division (commander, rescuer, driver). Material and methods: The questionnaire survey which was carried out included 181 officers serving in SFS units across the Lubelskie...
Purpose: The aim of the presented paper is to review the literature concerning the risks related to possible contamination with chemical substances of firefighter’s personal protective equipment (i.e. special clothing, special gloves, firefighter boots and balaclavas) during rescue operations. The authors focused on contamination resulting from the interaction of aromatic and...
Purpose: The objective of the paper was to identify and analyse relevant requirements regarding the safety of storage and usage of pyrotechnic materials, intended for civil use. The review was based on binding applicable Polish and European legal acts. The results of the review pointed to the ambiguity of the provisions regulating the issues of safe usage and storage of...
Purpose: The article presents the results of a survey, which assessed the knowledge of technical university students on the use of AED (Automated External Defibrillator). The authors put forward two research hypotheses. The first one assumes that the respondents do not have sufficient knowledge about the use of AED. According to the second, the respondents assess their knowledge...
Purpose: The article presents the results of research on the evacuation times of passengers of three different trains used by the Warsaw metro. In emergency situations on metro trains, fast and safe evacuation is crucial for saving passengers’ health and lives. Evacuation from the tunnels of the Warsaw metro can only take place properly on underground platforms. The key parameter...
Purpose: The main aim of the study was to investigate the possibility to use the Pathfinder simulation software to determine the duration of an evacuation and to plan its course for various scenarios of evacuation organisation, for specific profiles and behaviours of passengers and on-board personnel, and for a specific geometrical arrangement of the passenger cabin of a selected...
Purpose: The aim of this article is to analyse the activity of individual users, institutions and organisations in social media in the context of the fire in the Notre Dame Cathedral. The main threats of using this type of tools in crisis communication are presented, with particular emphasis on the propagation of information and disinformation. Introduction: The development of...
Aim: The purpose of this article is to evaluate the extinguishing efficiency of water, compressed air foam and gel forming agents in solid materials fires. Project and methods: Comparison of the efficiency of extinguishing water, gel forming agents and compressed air foam was performed by conducting an experimental study to determine the appropriate indicator. An experimental...
Aim: The aim of the article is to identify innovative design solutions in chainsaws which are used in rescue and firefighting operations. The review concerns commercial solutions, scientific publications and patents. It enables to determine development trends of chainsaws utilised as mechanical rescue devices. Project and methods: Although chainsaw evolution analysis is available...
Aim: The aim of this article is to present effective procedures for acquiring logistic and medical field resources, which include appropriate operating procedures for the State Fire Service (SFS) units during the planning of long-term operations and during their execution. Methodology: In both of the above studies, theoretical (analysis, synthesis and analogies) and empirical...
Aim: The aim of the article is to demonstrate that despite wide variety of areas involving security issues, there exists their common measure and benchmark. The author raised and confirmed a hypothesis that there is a tool allowing for qualitative or quantitative description of security. A risk analysis is such an instrument. Methodology: The article reviews the basic literature...