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DAMIR MARENIĆ
DVD ČAKOVEC
Datum osnivanja: 18. travanj 1875. Preteča osnivanju Dobrovoljnog vatrogasnog društva u Čakovcu, je sjednica predstavničkog tijela općine održana 29. studenog 1864. godine na kojoj odlučeno da se nabave tri vatrogasne štrcaljke sa opremom, te su zaduženi Ivan Debić, Albert Martinčević i Jakob Mekovec za održavanje i upravljanje njima. Njih trojicu smatramo prvim vatrogascima Čakovca. Česti požari u narednom periodu su pokazali da je oprema i samo troje ljudi nedostatno, te se na sjednici održanoj 6. siječnja 1875. godine formira odbor od šest članova sa zadatkom da se izradi troškovnik potrebne opreme za buduće vatrogasno društvo.Po troškovniku cjelokupna oprema bi stajala 2.500 forinti. Dana 18. travnja 1875. godine održava se osnivačka skupština Dobrovoljnog vatrogasnog društva u Čakovcu koja je brojala 51-og aktivnog i 63 podupirajuća člana i raspolagala sa 1.200 forinti prikupljenih od građana. Prvi predsjednik društva bio je Đuro Horvat, a zapovjednik Josip Körngast.
Prvi vatrogasni dom sa spremištem vatrogasno društvo dobilo je 1902. godine,a u njemu su bile i službene prostorije udruženja obrtnika, te velika dvorana za limenu glazbu koja je djelovala u sastavu društva. Dom se koristio sve do 1947. godine. U vrijeme kada društvo slavi 30 godina rada, posjeduju četiri hidraulične crpke na štrcaljkama sa kojima se moglo sa sto pritisaka u minuti isporučiti 1288 litara vode.Uz to su imali i 330 metara vatrogasnih cijevi, ljestve sasatavljače i ljestve rastegače na kotačima koje su predstavljale najmodernije sredstvo toga vremena. Početkom dvadesetog stoljeća Emil Polešinski postaje prvi ispitani vatrogasni oficir, koji kroz predavanja i vježbe pridonosi modernizaciji vatrogasne obuke i osposobljenosti vatrogasne postrojbe. Jezgru društva prije I svjetskog rata sačinjavali su uglavnom obrtnici i ugledniji građani. U prvim godinama poslije rata društvo je ponovno okupio Dragutin Rotanić, dugogodišnji komandir, o čemu svjedoči knjiga zapisnika DVD-a Čakovec od 1926. godine kada ga proglašavaju za počasnog člana društva, a o njegovim zaslugama piše: „... u najkritičnije vrijeme svojim trudom, dobrom voljom iznova,uskrsnuo već u slabom stanju vatrogasno društvo te ga podigao na onu visinu na kojoj danas stoji.“ više pročitaj na stranici DVD Čakovec
Foundation date: April 18, 1875 The forerunner of the founding of the Voluntary Fire Brigade in Čakovec was a session of the representative body of the municipality held on November 29, 1864, at which it was decided to procure three fire syringes with equipment, and Ivan Debić, Albert Martinčević and Jakob Mekovec were in charge of maintaining and managing them. We consider the three of them to be the first firefighters of Čakovec. Frequent fires in the following period showed that the equipment and only three people were insufficient, and at a session held on January 6, 1875, a committee of six members was formed with the task of drafting a cost estimate of necessary equipment for the future fire company. cost 2,500 forints. On April 18, 1875, the founding assembly of the Voluntary Fire Brigade was held in Čakovec, which had 51 active and 63 supporting members and had 1,200 forints collected from the citizens. The first president of the society was Đuro Horvat, and the commander was Josip Körngast. The first fire station with storage was given to the fire brigade in 1902, and it also housed the official premises of the association of craftsmen, and a large hall for brass music that operated as part of the society. The home was used until 1947. At a time when the company is celebrating 30 years of operation, they have four hydraulic pumps on syringes with which 1288 liters of water could be delivered at one hundred pressures per minute. In addition, they had 330 meters of fire hoses, assembly ladders and wheeled stretcher ladders that were the most modern. a means of that time. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Emil Polešinski became the first tested fire officer, who through lectures and exercises contributed to the modernization of firefighting training and the training of the fire brigade. The core of the society before the First World War consisted mainly of craftsmen and prominent citizens. In the first years after the war, the company was reunited by Dragutin Rotanić, a longtime commander, as evidenced by the book of minutes of the DVD Čakovec from 1926, when he was proclaimed an honorary member of the society, and he writes about his merits: , with good will again, resurrected the already in poor condition of the fire brigade and raised it to the height at which it stands today. "