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Firemen [ Fire department ]History and present
Silesian firemen had its beginning of foundation of fire company in the capital of Silesian dutchy in Opava in 1861. Foundation of other associations in towns and villages expanded then very quickly, so in 1887 there were 128 of them. All these associations belonged to Moravia-Silesian fire company. To district pool of Odry - Vítkov belonged 15 fire companies. In 1895 an independent district fire company Odry was established. The town Odry was at that time judicial district, then 15 volunteer fire companies, among which fire company Jakubčovice nad Odrou founded on 12th August 1895, belonged to it. It was a German Volunteer fire company, "Freiwilligen Feverwehr Jogsdorf", whose membership ran to 31 members. Commander was for long years Reich Anton. Volunteer fire company Jakubčovice had its brass band, bandmaster was Kasper Josef. In the firehouse they had sufficient number of hoses, streamlines, hooks, ladders, hand four-wheel fire-engine with which they went on horse back to fire. In 1938, the district office bought a motor fire pump of mark DKW that served after the war even to our volunteer fire company until 1956. In ensuring of equipment and outfit participated firms Teltschik, stone quarry, button factory and firm Kasper. During the war the fire protection was ensured by firemen and citizens that were not drafted by army. At that time firemen underlied to German police apparatus. After finishing of World War II. the German population was from so-called borderland withdrawed to Germany. New people from inland, Wallachia, Slovakia and surrounding villages Spálov, Luboměř and Jindřichov moved in. Many of them already were in their villages members of Czech fire companies, they felt a need to establish a new fire company in Jakubčovice that was established in the half of July 1945. Among foundation members there was the main initiator and then longtime village mayor (chairman) Mr. František Farda. In 1949 we were connected from district Opava to district Vítkov. In 1951 in November there was in firehouse installed fire alarm, in 1956 ward Jakubčovice nad Odrou was established to which 11 firemen companies belonged. About that year the village obtained from resources of the District national committee (ONV) a motor fire pump PS 8. In 1959 the village Jakubčovice, firemen during territory reorganization transfered to district Nový Jičín. About that year a team of young firemen was established from which new members of volunteer fire company grew. In 1969 at the firehouse a tower for drying of hoses was build, in 1975 renovation of firehouse was performed, in 1981 a motor fire pump PPS 12R was given to firemen, in 1985 to firemen was bought a vehicle "Robur"that was adjusted for fire purposes. During celebration of 100th anniversary of foundation of the fire company on 12th August 1995 a competition of fire companies under the sponsorship of the village mayor took place "Of prize of the village mayor"that takes place this year already for the seventh time. During floods in 1997 firemen participated in salvage operations, during the whole week they were on uninterrupted due. 16 members got acknowledgements and plaques of district company of ČMS for help and self-sacrifice during these works. On 12th to 14th September 1998 a team of firemen left for twin excursion to Germany under invitation of firemen of ASLING, they participated there in their fire competition and obtained a great admiration. They represented well our village, firemen and whole our homeland. On 18th July 1999 during celebration of village feasts the firemen got as a gift statue "of St. Florian" patron of firemen which was consecrated and placed over front of the firehouse building with numerous attendance of follow citizens. Present was even woodcutter of this statue Mr. Beneš from Loštice. Volunteer fire company gets over a long and complicated development. They experienced success and disappointment. Even when during decades the company changed several times its name according to political situation, one feature stayed - unselfish work for fellowmen during rescuing of their properties namely regardless of religion, political conviction or volume of account during rescuing of lives. In this consists humaneness and mission of firemen even nowadays. Škrabánek Miroslav chronicler of the brigade LOCATION
INFORMATION: http://JakubcoviceNadOdrou.cz Type: Fire department LAST MODIFY: uživatel č. 685 org. 56, 19.04.2004 v 08:34 hodin součást prezentačního a rezervačního systému Doménová koule ® |
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