National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of Poland

National Firefighting and Rescue System (KSRG) is a network of professional and voluntary fire services and other supporting entities, cooperating together at scenes of emergencies.

The Chief Commandant of the State Fire Service is a central body of the state administration responsible for organization and management the KSRG.
The Minister of Interior and Administration supervises the KSRG.

The system embraces

• more than 500 state firefighting and rescue units
• more than 5000 volunteer fire brigades (of ca. 16000 volunteer fire brigades in Poland)
• some industrial, airport and military fire services
• the Ministry of Interior and Administration’s hospitals in major Polish cities
• national experts specializing in different rescue types

The system is supported by

• Police
• Border Guard
• State Inspection for Environment Protection
• Institute for Meteorology and Water Management
• National Atomic Energy Agency
• Mining rescue stations
• Maritime Search and Rescue Service
• Naval Rescue Service
• NGOs, e.g. Mountain Voluntary Rescue Service; Water Voluntary Rescue Service,
  and many others

KSRG operates on three administrative levels corresponding with the administrative
  structure of the country:

• District – main executive level, where interventions are carried out by the district’s resources
• Provincial (Regional) – coordination and assistance to the rescue operations when resources in the district are insufficient
• National – rescue operations assistance and coordination when resources in the region are insufficient

Legal basis

Order on National Firefighting and Rescue System

System http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20170001319