International co-operation

In all the areas of its focus, the Department of Fire Protection is developing the international co-operation as well as the co-operation with practice. The most important partners of the Department from the domestic and foreign institutions of university education, research and practice include: Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Safety Engineering, Czech Republic; General Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic; National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary; Szkoła Główna Służby Pożarniczej w Warszawie, Poland; University of Zielona Gora, Poland; Karlovac University of Applied Sciences, Croatia; Visoka technica school Novi Sad, Serbia; Fakultet zaštite na radu u Nišu, Serbia; Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China; The Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava The Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava; Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Žilina; Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava; University of Security Management in Košice; Fires Batizovce; Fire and Rescue Service; Fire Research institute of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava.

The staff of the Department of Fire Protection are active in domestic and foreign professional organizations (DPO SR – Voluntary Fire Protection of the Slovak Republic, SPBI – Fire and Safety Engineering Association in Ostrava, Czech Republic, APPO – Association of Passive Fire Protection of the Slovak Republic, SÚTN – Slovak Institute of Technical Standardization, SAGI – Slovak Association for Geoinformatics, SARM – Slovak Association of Risk Management, Legislation Recodification Committee of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic and of the Voluntary Fire Protection of the Slovak Republic, in the editorial boards of professional and scientific journals (HASIČI Spravodajca  Protipožiarnej ochrany a záchrannej služby), study boards (Occupational Health and Safety at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Rescue Services at the Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina), in the conferences scientific boards (Teplo-Oheň-Materiály / Heat-Fire-Materials, Wood & Fire Safety, Advances in Fire and Safety Engineering, Environmentálne a bezpečnostné aspekty požiarov a havárií / Environmental and safety aspects of fires and accidents, Fireco, Hasičské jednotky / Fire Brigades, Nové trendy v hasiacich látkach a technológiách / New trends in fire extinguishing agents and technologies, Ochrana pred požiarmi a záchranné služby / Fire protection and rescue services).