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Planning of 15. th. Engineer brigade troops preparation on extraordinary events during performance of integrated rescue systeém tasks.
SNÍŽEK, Libor
At the time when natural and industrial disasters are becoming more frequent than before, there is a growing need for the Czech Armed Forces to assist the Integrated Emergency System. Earlier, such emergency operations were in the competence of Rescue Battalions, which have since been disbanded. The 15th Engineer Rescue Brigade was transformed into the 15th Engineer Brigade, which now consists of Engineer Battalions as well as separate Rescue Companies. These units form the bases for forming detachments to provide assistance to the Integrated Rescue System. The first part of this thesis is dedicated to the beginnings of the Civil Defence and to the beginning of rescue units in the Czech Armed Forces, including preparation of planning of Engineer and Rescue units. The technology used for providing assistance to units within the Integrated Rescue System, i.e. the technology used throughout the spectrum of kind of troops as well as special engineer?s technology, is also elaborated on. The second part of this thesis is dedicated to elaborating on the implications of deploying the units of the 15th Engineer Brigade to perform tasks during natural or industrial disasters. The numbers of so far performed tasks of specific units of the 15th Engineer Brigade are also published in this part. Formation of rescue battalion, which would substitute the necessity of forming rescue detachments, represents an important part of this thesis. Despite the fact that the rescue battalion is only fictional, it is based on the real structure of the 15th Engineer Brigade, including specific positions and their formal requirements. Special courses, which are advertised in relation with the formal requirements, are based on an internal document of the Army of the Czech Republic, which is the 20-2012 Bulletin of the Ministry of Defence Education Activity, 2013. By analysing the internal documents of the 15th Engineer Brigade as well as analysing the ways of putting such documents into practice, it has been concluded that the units of the 15th Engineer Brigade are ready to deal with incidents which may occur during performing tasks within the Integrated Rescue System.
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THE CZECH REPUBLIC MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE INTERGATED RESCUE SYSTEM.
SNÍŽEK, Libor
Nowadays, active involvement of the Army of the Czech Republic as well as of the Integrated Rescue System (IRS) has been increasingly required. Both of these components present a great support to society and this fact often leads to their co-operation. Therefore, the main objective of this thesis is to describe the cooperation of these units. The first part of the thesis deals with basic principles of cooperation and the determination of responsibilities and competences of individual units. General background of this issue, such as the crisis management definition, its origination and implication, is also mentioned. Most of the work, however, describes the historical development of the Army of the Czech Republic and the related changes in the structure and also in principles of cooperation with the IRS. The greatest attention is paid to the year 2008, which is, in context of this thesis, considered the most important historical milestone in the development of the Army of the CR (ACR). In this year rescue battalions were dissolved, which significantly disrupted cooperation between the IRS and the ACR, let us say society as a whole. The second part deals with investigation if the realized restructuring is considered a positive step. Therefore, 100 respondents, mostly professionals, were inquired if they consider the dissolution of rescue battalions as appropriate. The results were statistically evaluated and together with other research, which was focused on expenditures incurred for the intervention of the ACR before and after restructuring, and relevant conclusions and recommendations were deduced. The results show clearly that the dissolution of battalions was not considered a positive step.
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