Kolekcionar vatrogasnog znakovlja
DAMIR MARENIĆ
DVD BERETINEC
Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo Beretinec osnovano je 1934. godine. Sve je započelo 1924. godine kada je u Svetom Iliji formirana dobrovoljna vatrogasna četa Sv.Ilija kojoj su prisustvovali i vatrogasci iz Beretinca. Deset godina kasnije brojno jači članovi iz Beretinca izdvajaju se iz vatrogasne čete Sv.Ilija i 1934. godine održavaju osnivačku skupštinu u kući Stjepana Horvata. Četa je tada brojila 39 članova. Nabavlja se ručna vatrogasna štrcaljka od kazneno popravnog doma u Lepoglavi s kojom se sudjeluje u gašenju tada velikih požara u Črešnjevu, dvorcu Šaulovec i Beretincu. Godine 1938. postavlja se kamen temeljac za prvi vatrogasni dom koji je građen dobrovoljnim radom vatrogasaca i mještana na zemljištu Horvat stjepana koji je besplatno poklonio 79 četvornih metara svog zemljišta.
The Beretinec Voluntary Fire Brigade was founded in 1934. It all started in 1924, when the St. Elijah voluntary fire brigade was formed in St. Elijah, which was also attended by firefighters from Beretinac. Ten years later, numerically stronger members from Beretinec separated from the St. Elijah Fire Brigade and in 1934 held a founding assembly in the house of Stjepan Horvat. The company then had 39 members. A hand-held fire hydrant is being procured from the penitentiary in Lepoglava, with which it is taking part in extinguishing the then large fires in Črešnjevo, Šaulovec Castle and Beretinec. In 1938, the cornerstone was laid for the first fire station, which was built by the voluntary work of firefighters and locals on the land of Horvat Stjepan, who donated 79 square meters of his land.