SZON – Technical Rescue Competition

The teams faced similar situations on the racetracks that they deal with every day. The purpose of the competition, in addition to the professional presentation of firefighting interventions in traffic accidents, was for the participants to gain experience during the competition tasks and share them with each other.

A draw decided what kind of situation each team had to deal with, i.e. a simulated traffic accident. When scoring, the judges of the competition took into account how the fire brigades used the specialized equipment, how coordinated the teamwork was, and how they handled the cutting and tensioning adapters. They also scored the reconnaissance and the tactics chosen for the intervention. In addition to the communication between the team members and the professional radio distribution, the jury also paid special attention to the professional treatment of the injured. They investigated whether the firefighting units recognized the given injury, and whether they provided the injured person with the appropriate care. In addition to the professional execution of the simulated technical rescue, the fire brigades also fought against time, as a stopwatch measured the work of the six-person team consisting of the controller, four subordinates and a medic-trained firefighter.

On the second day of the competition, the firefighters could participate in various professional demonstrations. Firefighter lieutenant colonel Károly Juhász, a staff member of the Pest County Disaster Management Directorate, shared with the interested parties the experiences he had gained during the use of fire lances for electric vehicles. Fire Sergeant Márió Kalocsa, an employee of the Metropolitan Disaster Management Directorate, reported to the audience about the extinguishing possibilities of solar systems. Firefighter Lieutenant Colonel Gábor Dombrády from the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Disaster Management Directorate introduced the tools developed for forest fire fighting, while firefighter Lieutenant Colonel Lajos Egyed, a delegate of the Békés County Disaster Management Directorate, introduced the practice gas cylinder and its application possibilities to those present.

Zsolt Horváth, mayor of Dunaföldvár, also greeted the staff at the award ceremony. The awards for the competition teams were handed over by fire brigade general Zoltán Fülep, the national fire chief inspector of the BM National Directorate General of Disaster Management.

After the two-day competition, the team of the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Disaster Management Directorate was able to stand on the top step of the podium. The second place was won by the team of the County Disaster Management Directorate of Győr-Moson-Sopron, while the team of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Disaster Management Directorate took third place in the competition.

The award for the best on-site first aid (medic) category was received by Péter András Móth, chief fire sergeant (BAZ VMKI), from Zoltán Bősze, vice president of the Hungarian Law Enforcement Faculty. The award for the best manager was won by fire captain Attila Andráska (BAZ VMKI), dr. The award was presented by fire brigade general Balázs Gábor, director of the Tolna County Disaster Management Directorate. The award for the most creative team was awarded to the team of the Győr-Moson-Sopron County Disaster Management Directorate, which was presented to the participants by Zsolt Horváth, mayor of Dunaföldvár, the disaster management wrote.

Members of the team of the Nyíregyháza Professional Fire Brigade:

Fire Captain József Bodnár

Fire chief lieutenant József Bakó

Firefighter Staff Sergeant László Pósán

Péter Tasnádi c. fire ensign

Tamás Csicsvári c. fire chief sergeant

Zsolt Szabó c. fire chief sergeant