The exercise enabled the IZS units to verify their procedures and tactics during a joint action involving a major accident with a considerable number of injured persons and environmental emergency. Collaboration of the IZS units was also verified on tactical and operational level during rescue and liquidation processes, whereby emphasis was put on verification of the communication links between the Region’s IZS units and their subsequent cooperation with the AČR 153th Rescue Battalion Jindřichův Hradec, the Institute for Professional Cause Assessment of Aviation Accidents, environmental protection authorities, air rescue services, and other rescue units.
The exercise proved good preparedness on the part of the Vysočina Region’s Integrated Rescue System (IZS) to organize rescue of persons’ lives, health, and property.
In addition to being in charge of certain IZS units, the Region also provides financial subsidies to other units in whose current operations it is not involved, as follows:
Furthermore, the Region supports with considerable financial amounts volunteer firemen’s brigades every year. The Region not only appreciates their independent input, but also their contribution to the social life in their communities. In 2006, volunteer firemen received CZK 1,37 million for contests, work with young people, and prevention, and CZK 4,43 million for technical provisions and activities.
Table – Financing of IZS units from the Region’s budget, in CZK
The Regional Security Council
The Regional Security Council is the authority that coordinates preparedness for crises.
Table – Composition of the Security Council of the Vysočina Region
Table – Crime Rate in Czech regions in 2005
Table – Grant Program of the Vysočina Fund in Crime Prevention in 2006