THE CZECH REPUBLIC MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE INTERGATED RESCUE SYSTEM.

Nowadays, active involvement of the Army of the Czech Republic as well as of the Integrated Rescue System (IRS) has been increasingly required. Both of these components present a great support to society and this fact often leads to their co-operation. Therefore, the main objective of this thesis is to describe the cooperation of these units. The first part of the thesis deals with basic principles of cooperation and the determination of responsibilities and competences of individual units. General background of this issue, such as the crisis management definition, its origination and implication, is also mentioned. Most of the work, however, describes the historical development of the Army of the Czech Republic and the related changes in the structure and also in principles of cooperation with the IRS. The greatest attention is paid to the year 2008, which is, in context of this thesis, considered the most important historical milestone in the development of the Army of the CR (ACR). In this year rescue battalions were dissolved, which significantly disrupted cooperation between the IRS and the ACR, let us say society as a whole. The second part deals with investigation if the realized restructuring is considered a positive step. Therefore, 100 respondents, mostly professionals, were inquired if they consider the dissolution of rescue battalions as appropriate. The results were statistically evaluated and together with other research, which was focused on expenditures incurred for the intervention of the ACR before and after restructuring, and relevant conclusions and recommendations were deduced. The results show clearly that the dissolution of battalions was not considered a positive step