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Scope of psychosocial assistance provided by Fire and Rescue Service of South Bohemian Region in dealing with emergencies and in protecting people
ZÍKA, Václav
The thesis deals with the psychosocial assistance and the entire complex of associated activities which have become a standard in helping people who have been affected by extraordinary events, critical situations and by the actions which are connected with the protection of people. The activities have become the standard in daily work of members of the Fire Rescue Service of South Bohemian Region, as well as of some other institutions, which are parties of the integrated rescue system, during their cooperation and joint intervention. Extraordinary events of various intensity, frequency and extent affect lives of people. The state creates various tools and measures and strives to be ready for harmful effects of these phenomena, address them effectively and minimize their impact. The Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic is the guarantor in this field; its work is based on Act No. 320/2015 Coll., On Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, as amended. The main task of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic is, among others, to protect lives and health of citizens of the Czech Republic. To fulfil its mission, the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic also provides psychosocial assistance to affected people during performing their rescue and relief activities. In that way, the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic develops its care and responds to overall needs of the citizens of the Czech Republic. Such an offer to citizens is expanded even further during joint interventions of more parties of the integrated rescue system. Act no. 239/2000 Coll., On the Integrated Rescue System, as amended, sets the possibilities of coordination and the broad platform of collaboration and cooperation with other important governmental and nongovernmental organizations and institutions. The aim of my thesis was to evaluate the entire complex of activities of psychosocial assistance to people affected by exceptional events. Having known the theoretical sources and especially after the subsequent evaluation of my qualitative research, I wanted to make some suggestions and recommendations for changes and improvements in providing psychosocial assistance. I have formulated five research questions which reflect the full scope of the examined issues. The thesis is divided into two parts: a standard theoretical part and a practical part. The theoretical part includes the research and analysis of scientific literature and related laws which deal with the tasks of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, psychological services, parties of the integrated rescue system and primarily with the psychosocial assistance. The practical part implements the tried and tested qualitative survey, which has been carri
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The activity of the team of posttraumatic care in the system of psychological service of Fire and Rescue Department of South Bohemia region
ZÍKA, Václav
The Thesis Activities of a Post-traumatic Care Team in the System of Psychological Services of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of South Bohemia deals with the work of a group of specially trained firemen, who are members of the team. Currently, the team consists of 12 fire-fighters (2 women and 10 men) and one half of them has been working in the team since 2005; the time when the team was established. These fire-fighters have become members of the team voluntarily. I have chosen this topic for my Thesis because it is very topical theme today. Psychological services and hence teams of post-traumatic care help fulfil the basic mission of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of the Czech Republic in the irreplaceable way. Psychological services improve the daily work of fire-fighters and through more comprehensive assistance at emergencies they can also provide quality service to citizens. I can confirm this statement from my own experience because I have been working as a professional fire-fighter for 19 years. I worked as a squad leader for 15 years and I have been working as a member of the team of psychological services for 3 years. The aim of my Thesis was to summarize and evaluate existing experience of my team in the field of providing post-traumatic services for both targeted groups as well as the evaluation of the level of the theoretical knowledge of members of the team. What is more, having the information of the theoretical base of the team and especially knowing the results of the subsequent evaluation of my qualitative research, I wanted to suggest further possibilities for the development of the team, especially in its core activities. Theoretical bases are the standard chapter of the Thesis. I have fulfilled the bases by studying and analyzing the literature dealing with the tasks of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of the Czech Republic, the psychological services and post-traumatic care services. I have also studied the related laws and internal regulations. In accordance with the objectives mentioned above, I have formulated two research questions for my qualitative research, which is the basis of the practical part of my Thesis. Firstly, using the content analysis for the acquired data, I assessed the results of my qualitative research and then, after subsequent comparisons, I created the summaries of the data. For my surveys, I used semi-structured individual interviews, which were focused on experience and attitudes of members of the Team of post-traumatic care of the Fire and Rescue Brigade of South Bohemia Region, who made up my research pool. I have described and discussed the results of my work in detail in three major sections. Two of the sections are dedicated to the core activities of our team, which are: collegial psychological support to the units within our region and post-traumatic care for people affected by emergencies. In the first two sections I bring the meaningful responses to my formulated research questions. The third section is compiled in the spirit of the objectives and it is focused on some proposed changes and possibilities of the development of the team. I put forward the final and complete form of my proposals in the section ?Discussion?. The proposals show (and it is consistent with my belief) that the potential of our team is not fully exploited. Above all, I see this fact as the essential qualitative benefit of my Thesis: mental and intellectual contributions can reveal new facts and perspectives.
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