THE ROLE OF UTILITY SERVICES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHIMNEY SWEEPING

Dimnjačarstvo je jedna od komunalnih djelatnosti i obavlja se prema Zakonu o komunalnom gospodarstvu. Potrebno ga je organizirati u cilju zaštite života ljudi i imovine, te sprječavanja i otklanjanja uzroka opasnosti od požara u svim građevinama i prostorima koji koriste dimovodne objekte. Osim navedenog, dimnjačarstvo bilježi deficit stručnih i osposobljenih dimnjačara te je potrebno pravovremeno i uredno funkcioniranje kako bi se zadovoljile opće društvene potrebe te našao najbolji način za rješavanje ovoga problema. Cilj ovoga rada je istaknuti ulogu obavljanja dimnjačarskih djelatnosti kao uslužne komunalne djelatnosti na razvoj gospodarstva u Republici Hrvatskoj.Chimney sweeping is one of the communal activities and is performed according to the Utility Management Act. It is necessary to organize it in order to protect the lives of the people and property, and to prevent and eliminate the causes of fire hazards in all buildings and areas that use flue structures. Except to stated, chimney sweeping records a shortage of professional and trained chimney sweeps, and timely and orderly functioning is needed to meet general social needs and also to find the best way to solve this problem. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the role of chimney sweeping activities as a utility service in the development of the economy the Republic of Croatia