Defence firefighters together

On 24-28 April, the training facilities of the Training Centre Lešť hosted an international exercise dubbed Fire Rescue 2017, with the aim of practising and coordinating the fire crews' action in conducting specialist activities and rescue missions during a firefighting response. The exercise brought together representatives of the SVK Air Force Firefighting Service, medics from the Office of the SVK Armed Force Surgeon General, representatives of the SVK Interior Ministry's Integrated Rescue System, and members of the Czech Air Force Firefighting Service from Prague, Stará Boleslav, Vyškov, Čáslav, Sedlec, Víceníce, Pardubice and Libavy.