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Vatrogastvo u Grubišnom Polju vuče korijene iz 1887. godine kada je u našem gradu osnovano Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo. No, u samom početku nije imalo potporu građanstva, pa rad zamire. Dolaskom učitelja Vjekoslava Kelmena na čelo društva i uz podršku kotarske vlasti, društvo doživljava bolje dane, te se iste godine registrira i uvodi u evidenciju Hrvatske vatrogasne zajednice, te Državnoga arhiva u Zagrebu. Osim obranom od požara, vatrogasci su od samog osnutka nositelji razni manifestacija zabavnoga karaktera poput dočeka Nove godine, te drugih vjerskih i svjetovnih svečanosti, kazališnih predstava, koje su se u zimskom ljetnom razdoblju održavale u mjesnim gostionicama, a ljeti i u jesen u dvorištu tadašnjega vatrogasnog spremišta, dvorišta današnjega Vatrogasnoga doma u Grubišnom Polju. Uz pomoć općinske vlasti 1891. godine nabavljena je tada moderna vučna vatrogasna štrcaljka Walser F., po koju se konjskom zapregom išlo u Barcs, onamo željeznicom dopremljena iz Budimpešte. U statističkom godišnjaku Austro-ugarske monarhije za Kraljevinu Hrvatsku, Slavoniju i Dalmaciju 1906 – 1910. godine stoji da je u Kotaru Grubišno Polje organiziran jedan DVD, koji broji 30 članova, dok od vatrogasnih sprava i oruđa posjeduje vučnu u dobrom stanju, tri ručne štrcaljke, osam kanti i 56 ostalih sprava i oruđa, kao i tri munjovoda....više na stranici  Vatrogastvo u Grubišnom Polju

The fire brigade in Grubišno Polje has its roots in 1887, when the Voluntary Fire Brigade was founded in our city. But in the very beginning it did not have the support of the citizens, so the work stopped. With the arrival of teacher Vjekoslav Kelmen at the head of the society and with the support of the county authorities, the society experienced better days, and in the same year it was registered and entered in the records of the Croatian Fire Brigade and the State Archives in Zagreb. In addition to firefighting, firefighters have from the very beginning carried out various entertainment events such as New Year's Eve, and other religious and secular festivities, theater performances, which were held in winter and summer in local inns, and in summer and autumn in the yard of the then fire department. storerooms, courtyards of today Fire station in Grubišno Polje. In 1891, with the help of the municipal authorities, the then modern Walser F. traction fire hydrant was procured, which was used in a horse-drawn carriage to go to Barcs, where it was delivered by rail from Budapest. The statistical yearbook of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy for the Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia from 1906 to 1910 states that a DVD was organized in the Grubišno Polje District, which has 30 members, while firefighting equipment also includes the tool has a towing in good condition, three hand syringes, eight buckets and 56 other devices and tools, as well as three lightning rods.....read more Vatrogastvo u Grubišnom Polju