(Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, 2022) Ballay, Michal
The article points out the legal status and position of the voluntary fire department dealing with adverse events, whose task is to protect the residents and other subjects of the law. The article focuses on the fire brigades, which are within the establishment competence of the self-government. It also highlights the importance of volunteer fire brigades in municipalities and their subsequent position in the overall distribution of forces and resources in the Slovak Republic. In more detail, firefighting units are categorized according to the degree of danger and the current number of voluntary fire brigades of municipalities in the Slovak Republic.
