Artykuł porusza problematykę ochrony, zabezpieczenia dóbr kultury oraz zadań jakie realizuje w tym zakresie Państwowa Straż Pożarna. W publikacji skoncentrowano się na ukazaniu roli, jedynego w Polsce, Wydziału Szkolenia Ochrony Ludności i Dóbr Kultury, działającego w Szkole Aspirantów Państwowej Straży Pożarnej w Krakowie.

The importance of the State Fire Service in the protection of cultural property – the role of the Training Department for the Protection of Population and Cultural Property at the Fire Service College of the State Fire Service in Krakow

The article deals with the issue of protection, securing cultural property and the tasks that the State Fire Service performs in this regard. The publication focuses on showing the role, the only one in Poland, of the Department of Training for the Protection of Population and Cultural Property, operating at the Fire Service College of the State Fire Service in Krakow.

Keywords: protection of cultural property, State Fire Service, national heritage

The article deals with the issue of protection, securing cultural property and the tasks that the State Fire Service performs in this regard. The publication focuses on showing the role, the only one in Poland, of the Department of Training for the Protection of Population and Cultural Property, operating at the Fire Service College of the State Fire Service in Krakow.