Introduction:
Burn prevention have a place during vehicle fires, as the temperatures may reach a several hundreds to a thousand degrees Celsius. Car fire blankets significantly reduce range of the flame and radiant heat. However, when applying them, it is necessary to ensure the protection of firefighters under all circumstances. As part of the preparedness of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Slovak Republic to extinguishing fires of electric and hybrid cars, car fire blankets were tested in collaboration with University of Žilina. As car fire blankets have never been used by fire units in Slovakia before it was necessary to create OHS rules for firefighters to ensure their safety.

Objectives:
The primary objective is to ensure safety of firefighters during experiments with car fire blankets but also during real interventions. To reach this objective it is necessary to create draft of OHS procedures for firefighters to use of fire blankets. Manufacturers recommendations represent the bases for OHS procedures. The secondary objective is to apply draft of OHS procedures in experiments with car fire blankets.

Methods:
For processing draft of OHS procedures have been used several scientific methods, like experiment, analysis, synthesis and comparison. Method of comparison have been used to OHS procedure proposals before and after their application in the performance of experiments.

Results:
The results of the comparison shown there are some specifications for firefighters in terms of the OHS procedure when using car fire blankets in the terms of Slovak Republic. 5. Conclusion Safety of firefighters is essential to ensure the effective course of the intervention. Vehicle fires require both respiratory protection to prevent intoxication and protection from the radiant heat of the fire to prevent burns. On the basis of the results from the application of the draft of OSH procedures, it was possible to make adjustments that achieved the required level of OSH and the effectiveness of intervention management.

Keywords: Car fire blanket, vehicle fires, car fires, firefighters, occupational health and safety

Slovak Republic - Kremnica - Banskobystrický kraj - SlovakiaJozef Svetlík Linda Makovická Osvaldová Katarína Košútová