Abstract:

The first part of this article is devoted to the assessment of contemporary state of simulation technologies and virtual reality usage in the basic bodies of Integrated Rescue System of the Czech Republic (IRS.) The basic bodies of the IRS such as the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, fire protection units engaged into area coverage, the Medical Rescue Service providers and the Police of the Czech Republic are briefly introduced in the beginning of the first part followed by the description of their initial and regular training. The facts afterwards represent the contemporary state of the simulation technologies and the virtual reality usage during education and training of those bodies including the analysis of their individual teaching methods. The information in this field was gained using the questionnaires and pen-and-paper interviews across the educational institutions and IRS bodies concerned as well as on the basis of the author's own experience in the field of training and professional experience at the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic.

The second part of the article focuses on the possibility of applying simulation technologies in joint emergency preparedness, the scope of which requires the cooperation between not only all the basic IRS bodies, but also the city or local territorial authorities concerned. As a source of inspiration and the input data for fulfilling this task we have used the experience from the tornado emergency “Tornado in South Moravia 2021. ” The article provides a brief description of this event with a focus on selected positive and negative aspects of the emergency intervention from the point of view of the intervening bodies and local authorities.

The main output of this article is the suggestion of the joint exercises between the basic bodies of the IRS of the Czech Republic and the local authorities with the usage of the simulation technologies and the virtual reality. The suggestion of these exercises is based on the experience of the Tornado emergency, and it also takes into consideration current technological facilities of the basic bodies of the IRS of the Czech Republic as well as the educational institutions.

Keywords:

Integrated rescue system, simulation technologies, training.