In all the second-level units of local government and administration in Poland - powiat (county, district) -, fire brigades operate district headquarters (Komenda Powiatowa Państwowej Straży Pożarnej), city headquarters in bigger cities (Komenda Miejska Państwowej Straży Pożarnej) with command posts and dispatch centers alongside one or several fire stations (Jednostka Ratowniczo-Gaśnicza JRG).

These commanders, at the request of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fire Service, were appointed and dismissed (Article 4.2) by the Minister of Public Administration - then competent for internal affairs.

Soon, however, the Legislative Sejm passed the Act of April 19, 1950. on changing the organization of the supreme state authorities in the field of municipal management and public administration.

They included e.g. matters belonging to the abolished Ministry of Public Administration, and thus in the field of fire protection.

[1] In 1973 fire brigade commands were subordinated to voivodes, city presidents and heads of communes (Polish: Naczelnik gminy).

As a result, voivodeship and poviat commanders began to be responsible for the implementation of tasks in the field of fire protection before voivodes, presidents or commune chiefs.

Source:[2] Firefighters from State Fire Service (PSP, JRG) use red helmets.