The Main School of Fire Service (SGSP)
SGSP is the only one in Poland and one of the few state technical universities in the world, which trainsfire service officers and educates specialist in fire safety and civil safety engineering at the same time. SGSP reports to the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration. It has full academic rights and constitutes an organisational unit of the State Fire Service (PSP). SGSP's history as a higher educational enterprise started in 1971 when The School for Fire Service Officers was transformed into The Higher School for Fire Service Officers (WOSP). In 1982 in place of WOSP, The Main School of Fire Service (SGSP) was created.
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ADMINISTRATION
The head of SGSP is Commandant-Rector who manages and represents SGSP and is also the
head executive of all the employees and students. Commandant-Rector co-operates with:
Deputy Commandant for Research and Education, Deputy Commandant for Operations, and Deputy
Commandant for Student Affairs. The highest collective authority at SGSP is the Scientific
Board.
There are two faculties at SGSP: Faculty of Fire Safety Engineering and Faculty of
Civil Safety Engineering. They are further divided into the following departments and
institutes:
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EDUCATION
SGSP offers two types of classes: day and extramural, both of the same academic
character. Graduates can obtain either bachelor's or master's degree. There is also a
wide variety of postgraduate and specialised courses available. The classes are led by
highly qualified academics, who have degrees in technical subjects and other fields of
knowledge (e.g., economy, law, management, etc.) as well as by highly specialised commanding
staff.
Faculty of Fire Safety Engineering
This faculty educates specialists in life, health and property protection against fires,
natural calamities, disasters and other local threats. Classes, either day or extramural ones,
are both for uniformed and civilian students.
Prospective students seeking entry to uniformedday courses (future cadet-officers), after
providing necessary documents have to sit an entrance exam.
Preliminary exam is competitive, which means that only the best candidates are
accepted.
The exam is in mathematics, physics, a chosen foreign language (English, German, or Russian)
together with a fitness test.
The first days of August mark the beginning of so called - candidate training. Only students who
passed all the exams are qualified to participate in it. This eight-week training, that takes
place on the training ground, aims at preparing the future students to fulfil their duties in
the State Fire Service (PSP). Those candidates, who successfully complete the course, start
their first academic year with an oath ceremonyand become cadet-officers of The Main
School of Fire Service.
Through the course of studies they stay at the School's dormitories at permanent command. Apart
from studying, cadet-officers serve also as firefighters at the School's Rescue and Firefighting
Unit, where they also acquire professional experience. The Unit protects operationally the
whole area of Żoliborz quarter and within the framework of mutual assistance, the area of
Warsaw. SGSP, as an operational resources support of the Chief Commandant of the State
Fire Service, also takes part in fire fighting and rescue actions on the territory of
Poland.
In case of resignation from the duty in PSP within
five years from completing the studies, graduates are obliged to return the costs of living
to SGSP.
Engineer degree studies last eight semesters. Their
graduates are awarded bachelor's degree in fire protection and official rank of Junior Captain
in PSP. The top of the class graduates continue their studies in order to obtain master's degree
in fire protection engineering.
Prospective students applying to civilian day courses are recruited on the basis of an interview
after providing necessary documents.
A specialist in fire safety engineering is prepared to act in different situations thanks to
the obtained knowledge comprising:
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Faculty of Civil Safety Engineering
This faculty
educates specialists for government and local authorities organs and economic entities in
protection of population against effects of natural and manmade disasters. Students acquire
knowledge in the field of civil safety, including civil planning, disaster prevention, CIMIC,
liquidation of emergency events results. A graduate (specialist in civil safety) is prepared
to act in the following situations:
- assessment of preparation and efficiency of the civil preparedness and civil crisis management
systems
- pronouncing opinions on acts of law and other documents concerning civil preparedness and
civil crisis management
- writing reports on disasters forecast and ways of preventing them, counteracting and
preparing in case of an emergency event occurrence
- preparation of programs in civil planing and crisis response on different levels of public
administration.
Three and a half years (i.e. seven semesters) of studying at day classes and
four-week professional practice entitle to obtain bachelor's degree in civil safety
engineering.
Prospective students applying to this faculty are recruited on the basis of an interview after
providing necessary documents.
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INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
Traditional values of SGSP comprise eagerness to international exchange of knowledge and also
didactic and scientific experience. SGSP co-operates with a number of foreign higher education
enterprises as well as international organisations. A significant number of SGSP academics take
active part in international scientific conferences. Also our students are often participants
of various international conferences, professional practices, and foreign student exchange
programmes.
SGSP participates in research projects conducted in bilateral and multilateral
international co-operation. Foreign guests visiting SGSP take part in
seminars and conferences, deliver lectures or participate in common research
projects.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
For many years now, SGSP has been conducting basic and applied research projects planned
on a wide scale. All of these works are led within statutory activity, target, ordered and
internal projects, as well as within grants from the State Committee for Scientific Research
(KBN), from international organisations (e.g. TEMPUS PHARE programme and The Fifth Frame Work
Programme for Research, Technology Development and Demonstration - concerning forest fires),
and in co-operation with foreign colleges and universities dealing with fire and environment
protection. Also, SGSP is charged with implementing research projects in problem solving by
various firms and institutions. The projects concern risk analysis and risk assessment as well
as preparing preventive and operational projects aiming at limiting number of possible hazards in
human environment (e.g. Risk Management Model on Protection of Population Focusing on Commune and
Municipal Level Referring to a National Population Protection System).
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Implementation of research results conducted at SGSP enabled dissemination of new
solutions within subjects of rescue equipment, installations and protection systems, rescue
techniques as well as organisational undertakings helping to increase safety of people and
environment.
MORE ABOUT SGSP
SGSP has its own modern didactic base equipped with the latest scientific devices, computer and
audio-visual equipment (in many cases unique in Poland).
The pride
of SGSP is Decision-Making Engineering Section that is equipped with the most recent computer
simulation systems. These systems enable representatives of rescue services and administration
to acquire management skills in the states of emergency. Smoke container training chamber, modern
lecture rooms and specialised labs also add pride to the School.
The library of SGSP constitutes another valuable facility. It attracts a number of people,
as it possesses the biggest collection of Polish and foreign books, periodicals, and magazines
concerning fire protection (54.000 volumes).
SGSP's dinning room and café, as well as all the sport facilities (e.g., weight room,
stadium with 300 meter-long truck, sport hall with a climbing wall), enjoy great popularity
among students. For that reason, it is of no surprise that in regularly organised national or
international sport games and competitions SGSP representatives receive high scores in various
sports e.g., running, swimming, sailing, soccer, or volleyball.
Further information can be obtained at the following address:
The Main School of Fire Service
Ostatnia zmiana:
robertb @ sgsp edu pl
2007-03-23
