Vätgas är en energibärare som kan vara en av pusselbitarna i omställningen till en mer klimatneutral värld. Infrastrukturen byggs ut, industrin växer och vätgasfordon blir vanligare. Vätgas är ett ämne med de bra egenskaperna att det kan lagra kemisk energi och från förnybar el tillverkas med elektrolys, men det har också den riskabla egenskapen att det är mycket brandfarligt. Vid läckage av vätgas finns risken att en jetflamma med höga temperaturer uppstår vilket påverkar omgivningen där det sker. Standarder för jetbrandtester är idag baserade på tester med propan, men då vätgas har andra egenskaper behövs ökad kunskap för att minska riskerna vid olyckor. Studien syftar till att via litteraturstudier samla information om storskaliga jetbrandtester, vilken utrustning som används, hur material påverkas av jetflammor och vilka standarder som finns för jetflammor och jetbrandtester. Ett av syftena är också att med intervjustudie ta reda på hur räddningstjänsten i Luleå ser på utvecklingen av vätgasinfrastruktur och om de har några rutiner för olyckor med vätgas. Det finns en vision vid Luleå tekniska universitet att det i framtiden ska finnas en anläggning för att utföra jetbrandtester av vätgas och andra bränslen i Luleå. Studien syftar därför också till att via intervju ta reda på om räddningstjänsten i Luleå skulle ha någon användning för en sådan anläggning. Jetbrandtester kan enligt standarden SS-ISO 22899-1:2021 utföras i mindre skala med propan som bränsle och ändå ge liknande resultat som vid storskaliga jetbrandtester med naturgas. Jetbrandtestet utförs för att testa brandmotstånd genom integritet (E) och isolerande förmåga (I) för passiva brandskyddsmaterial som används till rör, paneler, konstruktionsstål och rör- och kabelgenomföringar. Testerna utförs enligt standarden med utrustning såsom munstycke, åter-cirkuleringskammare, skyddskammare, med mera. Enligt standarden SS-ISO 22899-1:2021 träffas testobjektet vid ett jetbrandtest med en jetflamma av propan på 1 meters avstånd. Det korta avståndet medför att propanet inte fullt hinner förbrännas vilket skapar temperaturskillnader på testobjektets yta när det träffas av flamman. Det bildas en ”kall” och en ”varm” zon på ytan där den ”kalla” zonen är den punkt som i direkt kontakt med jetflamman utsätts för mekanisk kraft i form av erosion. För vätgas hinner flamman stabilisera sig på en meters avstånd vilket gör att testobjektet träffas av en fullt utvecklad flamma och därför både utsätts för termiska laster i form av en enhetlig ”varm” zon och mekaniska laster i form av erosion. Denna skillnad kan göra att passiva brandskyddsmaterial vid jetflammor av vätgas inte klarar av att upprätthålla det krav på brandmotstånd som ställs. Detta är främst aktuellt att undersöka för reaktiva passiva brandskyddamaterial då de är mer känsliga för erosion än icke-reaktiva passiva brandskyddsmaterial. Om så är fallet att passiva brandskyddsmaterial inte klarar av att motstå jetflammor av vätgas lika bra som för propan kanske en standard för jetbrandtester med vätgas skulle behöva tas fram. Det kan vid intervjun med PärJohan Fredrickson som är sektionschef för myndighetsutövningen vid Luleå räddningstjänst konstateras att de verkar vara väl informerade om utvecklingen av vätgasinfrastrukturen och att de har varit delaktiga i vätgasfrågor sedan några år tillbaka. De har samarbeten med andra räddningstjänster och de försöker tidigt vara med i dialogen när nya processer och verksamheter utvecklas. De har i dagsläget inte några operativa övningar med jetflammor av vätgas men de arbetar förebyggande genom att ta fram insatsplaner tillsammans med de industriella verksamheter som hanterar vätgas. De kan från ett förebyggande perspektiv se hur räddningstjänsten kanske skulle kunna ha användning av en anläggning för att genomföra jetbrandtester med vätgas. Men om det finns något operativt behov behöver vidare utredas med personal på räddningstjänsten som arbetar inom de operativa resurserna. / Hydrogen is an energy-carrier that can be a piece in the change for a climate neutral world. The infrastructure and industry expand, and hydrogen vehicles becomes more common. Some good characteristics with hydrogen are that it from renewable energy can be produced through electrolysis and store chemical energy, but it also has the risky characteristic that its very flammable. If hydrogen gas would leak from a container there is the risk of a jet flame with high temperatures that can affect the surroundings. Today’s standards for jet fire testing are based on propane gas, but because hydrogen has so many different characteristics there might be a need for more knowledge to prevent risks and accidents. Through a literature study this report aims to gather information about large scale jet fire testing, what equipment that is used, how materials react to jet flames, and what standards that are current for jet fire testing and jet flames. A purpose is to through an interview-study figure out how the rescue service in Luleå sees on the development in hydrogen infrastructure and if they have any routines for accidents with hydrogen. Luleå University of Technology has a vision to in the future have a facility in Luleå where they can perform jet fire testing with hydrogen and other flammable fuels. One purpose of the study is therefore to interview the rescue service in Luleå to investigate if they would have any interest in such facility and what use they could have of it. According to the standard SS-ISO 22899-1:2021, jet fire tests with propane gas can be performed in a smaller scale and still give similar results as for large scale jet fire tests with natural gas. The jet fire test is performed to determine the fire resistance regarding integrity (E) and isolating capacity (I) for passive fire protection materials that are used for pipes, panels, structural steelwork, and pipe penetration seals. The gear that is used for the tests are a nozzle, flame re-circulation chamber, protective chamber etc. A propane flame hits the object of testing from 1 meter according to the standard. Because of the short distance, the propane flame does not reach full combustion which leads to a temperature difference on the object of testing that is encountered with the jet flame. A “cold” and “hot” zone is therefore created at the surface where the “cold” zone appears at the center core of the jet flame. At this core, the object of testing is exposed to a higher mechanical force in terms of erosion than other parts of the object. For hydrogen the jet flame stabilizes in 1 meter which changes how the flame affects the object of testing. The object is instead hit by a fully combusted jet flame that exposes it to high thermal load with a uniform “hot” zone and mechanical load of erosion. That difference could change how passive fire protection (PFP) materials are able to resist jet flames with hydrogen as the tests for PFP materials are done with propane. This would mainly be topical for reactive PFP materials as they are more sensitive to erosion than non-reactive PFP materials and a standard for jet fire tests with hydrogen may become relevant if PFP materials fail to maintain the requirements that are set for propane. The interview with section manager PärJohan Fredrickson that works at Luleå rescue service shows that Luleå rescue service seems to be well informed about the development of hydrogen infrastructure. Since a few years back they have been involved with questions relating to hydrogen, they have collaborations with other rescue services around the country and they try to get involved as early as possible when new processes and operations are formed. They do not seem to do any exercises where they train for jet fire accidents with hydrogen involved but they are working to prevent accidents with hydrogen. Action plans has been and are being developed together with the operations that are handling the hydrogen. The rescue service could from a preventive perspective have a use of a facility for jet fire testing with hydrogen. But it must be further investigated if there is an operative need to use such a facility.

This diploma thesis is dedicated to the examination of maturity levels of the rescue service of the central bohemian region. Furthermore to using the results of the examination to formulate recomandations in order to ease possible effort of the management to introduce approaches of the process management into the organization. Levels of maturity are examined by the factors identified by Mike Hammer in his PEMM (Process and Enterprise Maturity Model) model. Whole document is logically divided into four parts. The first part consists of detail description of the organization from three different angles. Purpose of the organization, strategic goals of the management and the organizational structure. Second part includes global and detail business process models created by the MMABP (Methodology for Modelling and Analysis of Business Process) by prof. Ing. Václav Řepa Csc. The models are created in the BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation) and Eriksson-Penker notation. There are also included process interfaces and object lifecycles in the second part. Third part is where the comparison of described reality and the PEMM model factors of maturity is being made. All the maturity levels of the factors are argumented here as well. In the last part of this document, there is a presentation of the recomandations concluded from the previous comparison.

The diploma thesis analyzes the topic of preparedness of individual regional and training centers of medical rescue service providers and employees of such organizations for cases of emergencies with mass casualties. In order to collect the data required for the empirical part of the diploma thesis, I prepared two questionnaires: one was a qualitative research aimed only at managers of educational and training centres of individual regional medical rescue services. The other questionnaire was used for a quantitative research, in the form of an anonymous non-standardized questionnaire, which was prepared for employees of medical rescue service. The evaluation of the results of the questionnaire surveys has shown that in spite of the usually appropriate conditions secured by the medical rescue service providers and in spite of the relatively frequent trainings, the knowledge of individual employees in this field is not sufficient. Based on the results acquired it is obvious that individual educational and training centres of medical rescue service providers should pay more attention to the professional training of their employees on this issue. These results will be, upon request, presented to the representatives of individual educational and training centres, and should be used to make the preparation of their employees for cases of emergencies with mass casualties more effective.

Human protection in emergencies is one of the topics, which is getting more public attention nowadays and its teaching at schools is strongly supported. The main authority providing this support is mostly the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic. This institution organises various activities within the programme of population preparedness, for example educational books and booklets, videos etc. Raising the participation of the population in ensuring their own security is defined as one of the security interests in the Security strategy of the Czech Republic. It is also one of the key priorities listed in the Conception of the population protection till 2020 with the outlook to 2030. In the theoretical part of the master thesis, the basic information about the population protection, about the integrated rescue system, about the educational system and about the activities of individual authorities and institutions in the population protection education is summarised. This part of course summarizes also the problematics of the school subject Human Protection in Emergencies and of the teaching of this subject at schools, the tools needed for this teaching and also the possibilities, which teachers have to prepare for teaching this subject. The research part of the thesis elaborates on an analysis of teaching the subject Human Protection in Emergencies at primary schools in the Rokycany district. The research was carried out by formulating and evaluating questionnaires, analysing the schools' educational programmes and creating a SWOT analysis. On the basis of the obtained results, the research question was answered: "Which form does have the teaching of Human Protection in Emergencies at primary schools in the Rokycany district?" Currently, the teaching is carried out in other subjects, such as Natural sciences. The schools try to complete the classical teachers' explanations with debates with the employees of the integrated rescue system, excursions, or project days. The benefit of this thesis is the acquired complex overview about the teaching of the subject Human Protection in Emergencies at primary schools. The thesis could furthermore serve as a topic for future bachelor or master theses, with the focus of the research part on other areas of the Czech Republic.

Work name: The analysis of the Health Rescue Service City of Prag trips for the period 2007 - 2009 Aim of work: The aim of this work is to describe and assess by graphs the analysis of the Health Rescue Service City of Prag trips in Prag for the period 2007 - 2009. Further to classify its historical progress, describe its current state including the modern equipment and also describe access of resuscitations for the same period. Method: In this work a method of data collection from avaiable literature of the Health Rescue Service City of Prag is used as well as the consultation with experienced rescue workers and people who work on the operation centre and who are processing the data and statistics of the Health Rescue Service City of Prag trips. Results: The result of this work is the graphical representation of the single trips for the urgent life - threatening events and their subsequent comparison for the period 2007 - 2009. There is also the evaluation of the success of interventions. Key words: the Health Rescue Service, the medical emergency, a rescue worker, an emergency event, a sudden cardiac arrest, the resuscitation

The aim of the Dissertation was to assess and analyse the times spent by PO brigades of the South Bohemian Region on interventions and to find out what types of interventions are the most time-demanding and to compare the times spent during fire fighting operations by professional and voluntary PO brigades, and thus to find out which PO brigades spend the longest time at fires. The research was carried out on the basis of the data acquired from the SSU programme for the period from 2006 to 2010. The analysis of the time spent on interventions for the period monitored was carried out for all the PO brigades on the whole, separately for professional and voluntary brigades, and measurement was carried out at JPO I. The hypothesis was verified, professional HZS brigades of the South Bohemian Region spend a longer time at a fire fighting intervention than the SDH brigades do. The research found out that both PO brigades and professional brigades spend most time at the intervention type known as ?technical assistance?, while least time is spent at the event type known as ?other extraordinary events?.

ABSTRACT The thesis titled Reasons of Early Retirement of Members of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic introduces Fire Rescue Service unit in the South Bohemia region, its role, its basic units, and operations. Further, I focused my attention on the personality of the fireman {--} rescuer and its features, as they are necessary for good performance when rescuing. Next part of the thesis describes history, major goals, and methods of work in Psychological service of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, established in order to prepare firemen professionally in psychological sphere, and in order to provide post traumatic care for firemen, their relatives, and also for the general public. The practical part is focused on the investigations of reasons bringing Fire Rescue Service members to retire early, which is often senseless. This investigation was focused on stress put on firemen during individual actions and how the stress affects firemen as well as how they are able to deal with it. There is also covered the fact, that psychological stress and also dealing with it to some extent, is not the only reason for the early retirement from the service. Amendments in the legislation belongs to the group of major reasons for leaving the service, namely the changes that followed after adopting the Act no 361/2003 Coll. ``The Act of 23rd of September, 2003 on the Service of Members of Security Units{\crqq} applicable since 1st of January, 2007. The Diploma Work could be used as the further lead for possible amendments in the legislation and in the system of the prevention of stress situations in members of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic.

Formerna för styrning och organisering av kommunal räddningstjänst har under de senaste 40 åren förändrats där sammanslagningar och förbundsbildningar har blivit ett vanligt förekommande fenomen. Fenomenet verkar härstamma från den amerikanska tillverkningsindustrin i slutet av 1800-talet och nu tycks fenomenet även kommit till den kommunala räddningstjänsten. Trenden har enligt Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting (2015) pekat mot en fortsatt utveckling av förbundsbildningar inom kommunal räddningstjänst. Det intressanta är att möjligheten att kunna bilda kommunalförbund har funnits i lag sedan 1919 men det dröjde 75 år innan sammanslagningar blev en intressant organisationsform för kommunala räddningstjänster.Uppsatsens syfte är att, med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer, försöka förstå samt belysa vad eller vilka orsaker som kunde varit bakomliggande beslutet att bilda ett gemensamt räddningstjänstförbund för de tre kommunerna Helsingborg, Ängelholm och Örkelljunga. Studien anses befinna sig i skärningspunkten mellan organisationsteoretiska samt beslutsteoretiska perspektiv med fokus på litteratur som kopplar samman organisationer med dess omgivning, beslutsfattande i komplexa situationer samt motiv till beslut i offentlig kontext. Den teoretiska referensramen utgår från nyinstitutionell teori, domänteori och garbage-can teori.Uppsatsen har resulterat i tre gemensamma orsaker till förbundsbildningen som tematiserats till förväntad utveckling, bättre kvalité och effektivitet samt utveckla samverkan medan två avvikande orsaker har tematiserat till förutbestämt och bryta tradition. Det som främst framkommer är att tolkningen av sammanslagningen och förbundsbildningen inom Skåne nordväst har skett på grund av en strävan efter framgång samt viljan att effektivisera verksamheten. En slutsats kan det då tolkas som att förbundsbildningen av Räddningstjänsten Skåne Nordväst har främst drivits som ett moderniseringsarbete, för att avveckla en gammal organisationsform i syfte att ersätta den med en nyare och legitimare organisationsform.Kunskapsmässigt bidrar studien till forskning som betraktar räddningstjänsten i ett större sammanhang, och specifikt utifrån ett organisationsteoretiskt perspektiv med förhoppningen att inspirera till ytterligare studier av räddningstjänsten ur ett organisationsteoretiskt perspektiv. / The formation for governance and organization of municipal rescue services have changed over the last 40 years where mergers and unions are now a common phenomenon. The phenomenon seems to be descended from the American manufacturing industry at the end of the 1900 century where the phenomenon also seems to have spread to the municipal rescue service where the trend according to the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (2015) points to a continued development of unions in municipal rescue services. The interesting thing is that the opportunity to form municipal associations has been in law since 1919 but it took 75 years before mergers became an interesting form of organization for municipal rescue services.The purpose of the essay is, with the help of qualitative interviews, to try to understand and to highlight what underlying reasons could have been to decide to form a joint Rescue Service Association within the three municipal emergency services Helsingborg, Ängelholm and Örkelljunga. The study is at the intersection of organizational theory as well as decision-making theoretical perspectives with a focus on literature that connects organizations with its environment, decision-making in complex situations and motivations for decisions in public context. The theoretical frame of reference is based on institutional theory, domain theory and garbage-can theory.The result of the essay has resulted in three common reasons for the formation of the union which has been thematized to expected development, better quality and efficiency and develop collaboration, while two deviant causes have been thematized to predetermined and breaking of tradition. The main result is the interpretation that the merger and the union formation within Skåne nordväst have taken place due to a desire for gaining success and the willingness to improve the efficiency within the organization. A conclusion can then be interpreted that the association of Civil Protection Skåne Nordväst has mainly been run as a modernization work to dismantle an old organizational form with intent to replace it with a newer and more legitimate organizational form.The study contributes knowledge to research that considers the emergency services in a broader context, and specifically from an organizational theory perspective, with the hope of inspiring further studies of rescue services from an organization theory perspective.

Title: Analysis of the activities of selected fire brigade units of the Fire and Rescue Service ot the Czech Republic in different geographical conditions. Objective: The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze the activities of selected fire brigade units of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic and then compare and evaluate the statistical formulation of their interventions. Another goal is also to describe the structure, activities, organization and work system of fire brigade units of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic. Methods: The diploma thesis uses methods such as content analysis and data collection from available sources. To obtain more detailed information from the commanders of individual stations, a qualitative method of semi- structured interview is used. The information obtained from the interviews is presented in the form of a transcript. Statistical data taken from the statistical department of the General Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic are processed into tables and graphs, which are described, compared and evaluated at the end. Results: The result of the diploma thesis is a summary of functioning of the fire brigade units included in the area coverage. Furthermore, the summary is also based on the interviews with the...

Introduction to the issue: This paper examines the impact of burnout syndrome, which is common among caring professionals, on the sexuality of male paramedics. The term "burnout" was coined in the US 25 years ago. Burnout is defined as a mental state resulting from constant and long-term exposure to stress, especially in relation to psychosocial work factors (Melamed and Shirom, 2006). The effect of burnout syndrome on sexuality is a topic that has received very little attention. That is why I decided to cooperate with PhDr. Šárka Dynáková, Ph.D. and doc. PhDr. Jan Kožnar, CSc, who are working on an international study in the Czech Republic on the effects of burnout syndrome on human health. Methodology: For the theoretical part of this diploma thesis, use was made of monographs and databases. For the practical part, quantitative data was collected using standardized questionnaires distributed among male paramedics. The first questionnaire focused on burnout syndrome using a validated questionnaire for the Czech Republic, one that applies the Shirom-Melamed scale from 2006 (Ptáček, 2013). An extended Kroměříž version of the Sexual Functions of Men questionnaire was used for collecting the data on sexuality (Kratochvíl, 1999). After establishing five working hypotheses (H), the relationship between...