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Fighting Disasters for the Safety of People!

“To know that wit is limited and will is faint,
To know that I’m at the mercy of blind chance,
And yet to believe with stubborn faith
In what I do cannot be nothing.”
(An Untitled Poem by Ede Teller)

International Conference on Disaster Prevention was held in Kiskunfélegyháza, 7 through 12 September 2005.
Local government officials of Kiskunfélegyháza and the local Fire Brigades undertook organization and arrangement of the Conference, this time the fourth one.

Paying a visit to the Nuclear Power Plant of Paks (PA Rt.) was an outing program offered by the trade Conference this year.
PA Rt’s Information and Visitor Center received 23 Hungarian guests and 52 guests from foreign countries on 8 September 2005. First, they were briefed on the daily program, namely:
Demonstration lecture on the Nuclear Power Plant of Paks by Safety Director, István Radnóti.
Introduction of emergency management capabilities of the Power Plant by Head of Industrial Safety Division, Gábor Volent.
Then viewing the exhibits on show in the Visitor Center and bus touring the Plant’s area.
Introduction of the work of the Fire Brigade of the Nuclear Power Plant by Fire Chief Péter Bőhm, followed by an alpine rescue exercise by the fire rescue service team.

The guests experienced lots of things that were interesting and sometimes new for them, which was confirmed by a flood of questions they raised. Also, they spoke highly of the Fire Brigade’s performance. Lecture delivered by Fire Chief Péter Böhm was thought provoking among the audience as the Fire Brigade of the Nuclear Power Plant has challenges to meet in their work yet totally unknown for other fire departments.

Demonstration by the Fire Brigade scored success, and was welcomed by the guests with applause.
Growing in useful pieces of experience gained, the participants found the day spent at the Power Plant valuable and returned to Kiskunfélegyháza to go on with the agenda of the trade days and commemorate with respects the firemen who died in the terrorist attack resulting in the collapse of the World Trade Center’s twin tower on 11 September 2001.

WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN,
36TH week of 2005