MATUŠÍK, Marek: History and development of firefighting in a selected territorial organization of DPO SR. [bachelor thesis]. Technical university of Zvolen, Faculty of Wood Science. Department of Fire Protection. Thesis supervisor: Ing. Mgr. Ivan Chromek, PhD. Eledted. DF TU. 2020. 52 p. 7 of the Annex.The aim of our bachelor thesis was to examine the history and development of firefighting in Horehronie with emphasis in the city of Brezno. First of all, we focused on defining the basic concepts. We moved on to the gradual development of fire protection, from its inceprion, through the devcelopment in Central Europe, to the development in Slovakia, specifically in Horehronie and Brezno. We divided the gradual development of fire protection in Brezno into four periods, witch we subsequently analyzed.