Establishing the Organisational and Operaitonal Model for Intervening Volunteer Fire Brigades

Abstract

The regulation of disaster management drafted recently strongly emphasizes the ever broadening involvement of volunteer firefighter associations. The author describes operating conditions and tasks of volunteer firefighter associations eligible for independent interventions as an essential and novel part of firefighting operations. After a short historical overview, the legal background is explained, followed by an analysis of the scope of agreements on cooperation making operating conditions more effective and the development of the number of interventions. The author pinpoints the efficiency with which volunteer firefighter associations are able to perform their tasks; thus, justifying their raison d'etre and the future benefits of developments. The work was created in commission of the National University of Public Service under the priority project KÖFOP-2.1.2-VEKOP-15-2016-00001 titled „Public Service Development Establishing Good Governance” in Győző Concha Doctoral Program