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International firefighting professional meeting in Croatia

Overview

The 16th International Autumn Professional Meeting of the Croatian Firefighting Association was held at the VACETRAS Firefighting Center for Education and Technological Development in Vučevica, Split, from October 22 to 24, 2026.

The event brought together over one thousand firefighters and specialists from Croatia and abroad, including participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The program featured specialized training sessions covering deep and high-altitude rescue, technical intervention for traffic accidents, and open-space fire extinguishing. Practical demonstrations included helicopter fire suppression and forest fire extinguishing involving aircraft from the Croatian Armed Forces.

Discussions and lectures focused on modernizing fire management through new technologies, such as satellite surveillance for monitoring fire spread and the use of the Orora Tech system. Slavko Tucaković, the Chief Firefighting Commander of the Republic of Croatia, highlighted the necessity of exchanging field experience and utilizing advanced technology to combat increasingly difficult fire scenarios.

Entities

Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association · Orora Tech · Tomo Medved · Vučevica Firefighting Center · Split-Dalmatia County

Timeline

  1. [INTERNATIONAL] 5 sources
    Croatian Firefighting Community hosts international professional meeting

    Over 1,000 firefighters and experts gathered at the VACETRAS center in Vučevica for an international professional meeting focused on advanced firefighting technologies and rescue training.

  2. [CULTURE] 8 sources
    Croatia hosts 16th International Autumn Professional Meeting for Firefighters

    The 16th International Autumn Professional Meeting of the Croatian Firefighting Association opened in Split, featuring specialized rescue training and international participation.

Sources

dalmacijadanas.hr · dalmacijanews.hr · eventbrite.co.uk · hip.ba · jutarnji.hr · kurir.rs · medjimurski.hr · panopticum.hr · radiopag.hr · trend.com.hr · tvz.hr · zagorje.com