This theoretical-empirical thesis discusses an issue of burnout among members of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech republic. The focus of theoretical part is given to the burnout syndrome, it's definition, risk factors, possible causes, it's gradual phases and diagnostic and measuring methods of the burnout syndrome. Further, the theses deals with possibilities of treatment of a burnout and preventive actions that could be taken on both sites of each employee and the organization. This is followed by a closer acquaintance of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech republic, it's history, mission and basic competences. Afterwards, a profession of professional firefighter is described. Possible causes and preventive measures against the burnout syndrome at the Fire Brigade are examined. In the empirical part of this thesis the burnout syndrome among members of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech republic is investigated through questionnaires and personal interviews. At this point the thesis focuses on outbound firefighters and operational technicians with the aim to detect possible differences in incidences between those two groups and possible causes of the burnout syndrome among them. Further the aim is to assess the efficiency of the Psychological Services of the Fire Brigade and its preventive measures taken against work-related stress and burnout.

The goal of this thesis was to devise appropriate improvements for the quality control tool JIDOKA used in Continental Automotive Systems Czech Republic s.r.o based in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. First, three areas of concern requiring improvement pro-posals were identified. These were: visualization of the maximum amount of rejects, physical handling of rejects and documentation updates. This work comprises an introduction to the issue and the company, application principles of JIDOKA in Continental company and a description of the areas of concern. As a conclusion, solution proposals for given areas and their implementation are presented.