Securing the Scene and Ensuring Safety in Rescue Operations from Rubble

He chose the title SECURING THE SCENE AND ENSURING SAFETY IN RESCUE OPERATIONS FROM RUBBLE because he is a professional firefighter by profession and also a volunteer firefighter in his spare time – a member of PGD PTUJ. As a volunteer firefighter, he participates in interventions, as PGD Ptuj is a unit of wider significance and responds to all interventions (traffic accidents, workplace accidents, fires, rescue from/on water, hazardous substances and other emergencies). Equipment and tools can be handy for simple cases, such as those found in almost every household and with which most rescue units in the Republic of Slovenia are equipped. The tightening of working conditions in the private security direction has to a large extent certainly been contributed to by the financial crisis.

Problem

He chose the title SECURING THE SCENE AND ENSURING SAFETY IN RESCUE OPERATIONS FROM RUBBLE because he is a professional firefighter by profession and also a volunteer firefighter in his spare time – a member of PGD PTUJ. As a volunteer firefighter, he participates in interventions, as PGD Ptuj is a unit of wider significance and responds to all interventions (traffic accidents, workplace accidents, fires, rescue from/on water, hazardous substances and other emergencies). Rescue from rubble is one of the areas of technical rescue.

For the successful work of units in rescue from rubble, rescuers must be appropriately equipped, trained and organised.

Solution and Method

Equipment and tools can be handy for simple cases, such as those found in almost every household and with which most rescue units in the Republic of Slovenia are equipped. For more demanding rescues, however, we need specialised tools and equipment – only some rescue units in the Republic of Slovenia are equipped with these. The competence of rescuers refers to the professional knowledge that rescuers possess, experience, and physical and mental preparedness, as rescuers often encounter stressful situations in their work.

Last but not least, rescuers must also be appropriately motivated for their work. The organisation of forces for protection and rescue is also one of the foundations for successful work in rescue from rubble. Rescue from rubble is very dangerous work and also very difficult, as rescuers face numerous dangers in their work, such as mechanical injuries, fire, electricity, water, gases and contagion, but at the same time they must also ensure the safety of casualties in the rubble so as not to injure them further.

Rescue from rubble is demanding work that requires patience and precision. Just as the work of rescue from rubble is becoming more demanding and diverse from day to day, so is the work of security guards in private security. Likewise, work standards and the tightening of legislation, which demands ever greater reliability of private security processes.

Results

The tightening of working conditions in the private security direction has to a large extent certainly been contributed to by the financial crisis. Not only have clients of private security services rationalised the scope of security services, but they are also becoming increasingly aware of the content of costs they incur with security guards or with security. Thus, security guards are receiving increasingly demanding assignments in which they must demonstrate their knowledge, abilities and skills.

Therefore, he is convinced that personnel in private security should have appropriate education according to the required work in the field, which the current basic school required by the Ministry of the Interior is certainly not sufficient.