Kolekcionar vatrogasnog znakovlja

Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo Gornje Vratno osnovano je na inicijativu mještana koji su davne 1917. godine gaseći požar u Vinici, uvidjeli koliko je pri gašenju važna pomoć vatrogasnog društva. U akciju osnivamja vatrogasnog društva Vratno prvi je krenuo Petar Milović 1920. godine ali zbog političkih sukoba koji su tada bili izraženi akcija osnivanja nije uspjela. Tek 15. kolovoza 1926. godine to je uspjelo Stjepanu Hipu, glavaru zemljišne zajednice kojem je bilo povjereno cijelo gospodarstvo zajednice te je on odmah krenuo na osnivanje dobrovoljnog vatrogasnog društva. Na skupštini je za predsjednika i zapovjednika  izabran Stjepan Hip, zatajnika i blagajnika Vladimir Kukec.

The Gornje Vratno Voluntary Fire Company was founded on the initiative of the locals who, while putting out a fire in Vinica back in 1917, saw how important the help of the fire company was when putting it out. In 1920, Petar Milović was the first to start the action to found the Vratno fire department, but due to the political conflicts that were expressed at the time, the founding action did not succeed. It was only on August 15, 1926 that Stjepan Hipo, the head of the land community, who was entrusted with the entire economy of the community, was able to do this, and he immediately set out to establish a voluntary fire brigade. At the assembly, Stjepan Hip was elected president and commander, and Vladimir Kukec was elected secretary and treasurer.