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Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo Trešnjevka je posve sigurno najdugovječnija trešnjevačka udruga čiji korijeni sežu u 1930. godinu kada je društvo osnovano. Pogledajmo detaljnije njegovu povijest, ali i sadašnji trenutak te udruge koja je vjerno pratila sve promjene života na Trešnjevci! Prve ideje o osnivanju društva pojavile su se već 1926. godine, kada je na Trešnjevci bilo tek oko 1500 kuća. U centru grada se nalazila “Stalna vatrogasna straža” koja je štitila središte grada od požara, no Trešnjevka je tad još bila daleka periferija, slabo cestovno povezana s centrom, i svaki požar je mogao biti koban za kuće i ljude. No, sastanak inicijativnog odbora je održan ipak tek 27.01.1930., u Pučkome domu na Selskoj cesti, a sazvao ga je Milan Sorman, kao njegov predsjednik. Osnivačka skupština je održana već 01.02.1930., ponovo u Pučkom domu, uz prisustvo 200-injak građana. Dana 04.05.1930. održana je i prva redovita godišnja skupština na kojoj se odlučivalo o radu društva, a kao izvore financiranja navode se članovi društva, koji su plaćali članarine, te sponzori, kojih nije manjkalo. Osim toga, društvo je organiziralo i razne zabave, na jednoj od njih, 01.03.1930., je u posjet stigao i tadašnji gradonačelnik Stjepan Srkulj, a prikupljena sredstva su bila namijenjena za nabavu osnovne opreme: 26 odijela, 2 kompleta opasača, 2 kacige, 2 zviždaljke i jednu torbu. Kao pomoć društvu došla je i odluka da se u slučaju požara mobiliziraju konji građana koji su živjeli u blizini sjedišta društva. Tokom 1930. društvo pristupa u Zagrebačku vatrogasnu župu te Vatrogasnu zajednicu. Održavaju se predavanja i tečajevi i to ne samo o tehnikama gašenja požara, već i o drugim temama poput tečaja krojenja, šivanja i vezenja. Prvo gašenje požara bilo je 22.03.1930. kada je gorila kuća u jednoj od trešnjevačkih uličica, a 05.04.1930. su članovi društva pomagali pri gašenju velikog požara na Glavnom kolodvoru. Iste godine društvo dobiva i službenog liječnika i službenog svećenika. Dana 04.05.1930., na dan zaštitnika vatrogasaca, Sv. Florijana, održana je svečana misa u crkvi Sv. Blaža Križevčanina. 1931. godina donosi permanentnu stražu u društvu uz prisustvo jednog rojnika i dva člana društva, društvu je dodijeljeno vozilo Magirus radi mogućnosti bržih intervencija, a određeno je da trubač posebnim znakom oglašava požar kada bude primijećen. Društvo i nadalje organizira zabave, za Nikolinje i Silvestrovo. Sljedeće godine, 1932., u trgovinama i gostionicama postavljene su table sa znakovima sirene u slučaju požara, a sirena je postavljena na zgradi Gradske općine na Ozaljskoj ulici (između ostaloga, najavljivala je i podne). 24.03.1932, desio se veliki požar na Dolcu, u kući ljekarne Bartolić, a članovi društva su specijalno pohvaljeni za svoj angažman pri gašenju. 1933. društvo je naručilo izradu službene zastave koja je te godine i posvećena, a kupljeno je i 10 primjeraka zbirke pjesama samoborskog pjesnika i vatrogasca Bogumila Tonija. 14.10.1933. društvo preuzima spremište materijala i društvene prostorije u kući pored Pučkog doma, na adresi Selska 116 gdje se društvo nalazi i danas. Iste godine dobivaju i prvi automobil, a 1934. i telefon što olakšava dojave. Te godine su gašeni požari na adresama Trsatska 12, Sokolgradska 42 te Grobnička 20. 1936. članovi društva su gasili požare u Zadarskoj 25, Selskoj 169, Dubovačkoj 44, Bosiljevskoj 40, Hreljiskoj 34, Grobničkoj 7 te Gvozdanskoj 4. 1937. dolazi do nesuglasica sa Stalnom vatrogasnom stražom koja ne omogućava izobrazbu s novim uređajima i članove društva rijetko poziva na intervencije. 15.08.1937. otkrivena je u današnjem Prilazu Đure Deželića bista oca hrvatskog vastrogastva Đure Deželiću (1838.-1907.), skupu je prisustvovalo 17 000 hrvatskih vatrogasaca, a među njima i članovi društva. Iste godine dolazi do prekida odnosa hrvatskog vatrogastva s Jugoslavenskim vatrogasnim savezom i donosi se “Rezolucija hrvatskih vatrogasaca” kojom se hrvatski vatrogasci protive osporavanju samostalnosti Vatrogasne zajednice Savske banovine. 1939. povlače se dugogodišnji predsjednik Vlado Andrašević te zapovjednik Franjo Kumer, a 1940, rade se planovi za izgradnju vlastitog vatrogasnog doma koji, na žalost, sve do danas nije sagrađen. Tokom Drugog svjetskog rata vatrogasci su bili dio Civilne zaštite, uz stalna dežurstva, a povjerenik Civilne zaštite preuzeo je mjesto zapovjednika. 31.01.1946. održana je godišnja skupština revitaliziranog društva tada zvanog DVD Zagreb-Trešnjevka. Godine 1947. društvo je brojalo 42 člana, 05.09.1948. održava se velika javna vježba na kući u Okićkoj ulici, 1950. je na natjecanju Zagrebačkog podsaveza društvo zauzelo drugo mjesto. 1951. članovi društva drže dežurstva u Malom kazalištu (današnje Dramsko kazalište Gavella). 27.11.1952. društvo se ponovo vratilo u svoje prostorije u Selskoj 116, a 04.07.1954. održana je vježba u Kranjčevićevoj ulici. 05.12.1957. članovi društva su učestvovali u vjerojatno najvećoj intervenciji tokom postojanja društva, kada su se na željezničkoj pruzi pored Savske ceste sudarili vlakovi, zapalio se benzin i trebalo je hitno evakuirati okolno stanovništvo i gasiti požar. Tokom 60-ih godina članovi društva nisu pozivani na gašenja požara već su angažirani kao pomoć za crpljenje vode, čišćenja i stražarenja kod požarišta. Osobitu je ulogu društvo imalo tokom velike poplave Save u jesen 1964. kada su članovi požrtvovno pomagali stanovnicima Trešnjevke koje je ugrozila izlivena Sava. 1972. društvo dobiva novi kombi, a 1985. ponovo novo vozilo, kombi TAM. DVD Trešnjevka je i danas jedina vatrogasna udruga Stare Trešnjevke s glavnim zadacima na polju edukacije građanstva (posebno djece školskog uzrasta s kojima sudjeluju na natjecanjima svih rangova), pomoći profesionalnim jedinicama kod osiguravanja i čišćenja požarišta te preuzimanja manjih intervencija poput crpljenja vode, spašava

The Trešnjevka Voluntary Fire Company is certainly the longest-standing association in Trešnjevka, whose roots go back to 1930, when the company was founded. Let's take a closer look at its history, but also at the present moment of this association that faithfully followed all the changes in life in Trešnjevca! The first ideas about founding a society appeared as early as 1926, when there were only about 1,500 houses in Trešnjevac. There was a "Permanent Fire Guard" in the center of the city, which protected the city center from fire, but Trešnjevka was still a distant suburb, poorly connected to the center by road, and any fire could be fatal for houses and people. However, the meeting of the initiative committee was held only on January 27, 1930, in the People's House on Selska cesta, and was convened by Milan Sorman, as its president. The founding assembly was held already on February 1, 1930, again in the People's House, with the attendance of about 200 citizens. On May 4, 1930. the first regular annual assembly was held where decisions were made about the company's work, and the sources of funding were the members of the company, who paid membership fees, and sponsors, of which there was no shortage. In addition, the society organized various parties, at one of them, on March 1, 1930, the then mayor Stjepan Srkulj came to visit, and the collected funds were intended for the purchase of basic equipment: 26 suits, 2 sets of belts, 2 helmets , 2 whistles and one bag. In order to help the company, the decision was made to mobilize the horses of the citizens who lived near the headquarters of the company in the event of a fire. During 1930, the company joined the Zagreb Fire Department and the Fire Department. Lectures and courses are held not only on firefighting techniques, but also on other topics such as tailoring, sewing and embroidery courses. The first fire extinguishing was on March 22, 1930. when a house burned down in one of Trešnjevac's alleys, and on April 5, 1930. members of the society helped extinguish a large fire at the Central Station. In the same year, the society gets an official doctor and an official priest. On May 4, 1930, the patron saint of firefighters, St. Floriana, a solemn mass was held in the church of St. Blaža Križevčanina. The year 1931 brings a permanent guard in the society with the presence of one fireman and two members of the society, the Magirus vehicle was assigned to the society for the possibility of faster interventions, and it was determined that a trumpeter announces a fire with a special signal when it is noticed. The society continues to organize parties for St. Nicholas' Day and New Year's Eve. The following year, in 1932, boards with siren signs in case of fire were placed in shops and inns, and a siren was placed on the building of the City Municipality on Ozaljska street (among other things, it also announced noon). On March 24, 1932, there was a big fire in Dolac, in the house of the Bartolić pharmacy, and the members of the society were specially praised for their involvement in putting it out. In 1933, the society ordered the creation of an official flag, which was dedicated that year, and 10 copies of the collection of poems by the Samobor poet and firefighter Bogumil Toni were purchased. 14.10.1933 The company takes over the material storage and community rooms in the house next to the People's House, at the address Selska 116, where the company is still located today. In the same year, they got their first car, and in 1934, a telephone, which made it easier to get information. That year, fires were extinguished at the addresses Trsatska 12, Sokolgradska 42 and Grobnička 20. In 1936, members of the society put out fires in Zadarska 25, Selska 169, Dubovačka 44, Bosiljevska 40, Hreljiska 34, Grobnička 7 and Gvozdanska 4. In 1937, there were disagreements with the Permanent Fire Guard, which did not allow training with new devices and rarely invited society members to intervene. 15.08.1937. a bust of the father of Croatian bravery, Đura Deželić (1838-1907), was unveiled in today's Prilaz Đura Deželić, the meeting was attended by 17,000 Croatian firefighters, including members of the society. In the same year, the relationship between the Croatian fire brigade and the Yugoslav Fire Brigade Association was terminated and the "Resolution of Croatian Fire Fighters" was adopted, by which the Croatian firefighters oppose the challenge to the independence of the Sava Banovina Fire Brigade. In 1939, long-time president Vlado Andrašević and commander Franjo Kumer retired, and in 1940, plans were made to build their own fire station, which, unfortunately, has not been built to this day. During the Second World War, firefighters were part of Civil Protection, with permanent duty, and the Commissioner of Civil Protection assumed the position of commander. 31.01.1946 the annual assembly of the revitalized society then called DVD Zagreb-Trešnjevka was held. In 1947, the company had 42 members, on September 5, 1948. a large public exercise is held at the house in Okićka street, in 1950 the society took second place at the competition of the Zagreb sub-association. In 1951, members of the society were on duty at the Small Theater (today's Gavella Drama Theatre). 27.11.1952. the company returned to its premises at Selska 116, and on July 4, 1954. an exercise was held in Kranjčevićeva Street. 05.12.1957. members of the society took part in probably the largest intervention during the society's existence, when trains collided on the railway line next to the Sava road, gasoline caught fire and the surrounding population had to be urgently evacuated and the fire extinguished. During the 1960s, members of the society were not called upon to put out fires, but were hired as help for pumping water, cleaning and guarding the fire area. The society played a special role during the great flood of the Sava in the fall of 1964, when members selflessly helped the residents of Trešnjevka who were threatened by the spilled Sava. In 1972, the company got a new van, and in 1985, another new vehicle, the TAM van. Even today, DVD Trešnjevka is the only firefighting association in Stara Trešnjevka with the main tasks in the field of educating citizens (especially school-aged children with whom they participate in competitions of all ranks), helping professional units in securing and cleaning fire areas, and undertaking minor interventions such as pumping water, saving