Emergency rescue services activity in 2025
29.07.2026
In 2025, fire brigades intervened in 496.0 thousand events, of which 323.0 thousand related to local threats, 117.6 thousand - fires and 55.4 thousand - false alarms. Water life rescue services carried out 2 445 rescue operations in which 1 578 drawning persons were saved. The Mountain Volunteer Rescue Service carried out 2 744 rescue operations, encompassing 2 952 persons, while the Tatra Volunteer Rescue Service intervened 1 098 times, saving 1 256 persons.
Correction of 3/09/2026:
Note: Replacing the Word/PDF file in both Polish and English versions - updating the subsection about incidents involving fire protection units.
Replacing the XLSX files in both Polish and English versions. Changes to the data:
- in the file Tables 1, in the sheets: Table 1, Table 2, Table 6, Table 7, Table 8,
- in the file Tables 2, in the sheet Table 1,
- in the file Data for charts, in the sheets: Chart 1, Chart 2,
- in the file Data for maps, in the sheet Map 1.