This article takes up a series of questionnaire researches focusing on the importance of and the need for voluntary fire brigades in the view of various target groups. The questionnaires are part of a solution of the project IP44/2016/VSBM. The study based on the project conducts an analysis of possibilities of how to develop voluntary municipal fire brigades in the view of the main representatives of the respective municipalities, namely persons in authority, primarily chairmen and commanding officers. Since 2014, voluntary municipal fire brigades have been supported by the state in the form of a flat rate per organisation. In previous years, the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic provided a lot of fire engines, flood equipment trailers and other fire brigade technical equipment. Some questions concerning the activity of organising firemen, e.g. permission for members of voluntary municipal fire brigades to intervene in the event of extraordinary events, are still not solved. This article summarizes possibilities for optimizing voluntary municipal fire brigades, and opinions of persons in authority of voluntary municipal fire brigades regarding their position within the Integrated Rescue System of the Slovak Republic.

Cet article décrypte une série de questionnaires ayant pour but d ‘évaluer la nécessité de mise en place de brigades de sapeurs- pompiers volontaire et leurs compétences. Ce questionnaire représente une partie du projet IP44/2016/VBSM. Le but est d’étudier comment les édiles municipaux et le commandement opérationnel voient la mise en place de ces brigades, financées depuis 2014 sous forme d’une dotation régalienne. Auparavant, le ministère de l’intérieur Slovaque avait distribué de nombreux engins et autres matériel (sans trop de réflexion ni de suivi semble t’il- NDRLF). Certaines questions sur le champ d’activité des sapeurs- pompiers, telles leur rôle en cas de catastrophe, restent sans réponse. Le point de vue des autorités quant au rôle des brigades municipales de sapeurs- pompiers volontaires dans le système de secours intégré de la république Slovaque et aux moyens nécessaire est ici détaillé.

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