Fire Sport for the People with Disabilities

The bachelor's thesis deals with the involvement of people with disability in fire sports as a possibility of inclusion of people with disability in this leisure activity. It deals with the possibilities of modifying the events of fire sports for people with disability. The bachelor's thesis also deals with the specifics that can affect the possibility of joining fire sports and the activities of volunteer firefighters. The bachelor's thesis is divided into a theoretical and a research part. The theoretical part defines the activities of volunteer firefighters. It deals with defining the individual events of fire sports and possible sports activities for people with disability. It explains the concepts of inclusion and free time and addresses the appropriate communication with a person with disability. Qualitative research methods are used in the research part. Through a semi-structured interview, coding and subsequent comparison of the data obtained from both groups of informants, it was found that people with disability can be involved in fire sports, but it depends on the type and degree of disability. Among the people most often involved in fire sports are people with ADHD, people with hearing disability and people with mild mental disability. In some cases, the events and rules would have to be adjusted. The research showed that members of volunteer fire departments are willing to accept people with disability who are interested in spending their free time with volunteer firefighters. Members of volunteer fire departments would be cautious when involving people with physical disability or visual impairment, as they do not have experience with these types of disability. According to data analysis, educating members of volunteer fire departments in the field of disability would help in resolving this