DVD GRAČEC

Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo "Gračec" osnovano je 30. svibnja 1954. godine na obiteljskom dvorištu Josipa Rusana u Gračecu. Tog dana okupili su se osnivači DVD-a i to: Drago Lepan, Antun Grum, Josip Rusan, Slavko Švedi, Stjepan Haboić, Josip Ferinovec, Stjepan Lepan, Ivan Dokuš, Mato Kraljiček, Dragica Švedi, Dragica Forgač, Nada Novačić, Slavica Novačić, Drago Novačić, Vlado Lepan, Đuro Bišof, Josip Bišof i Franjo Kveštek. Izabrani su prvi upravni i nadzorni odbor.
Prvi upravni odbor društva:
Slavko Švedi - predsjednik,
Antun Grum - tajnik,
Stjepan Haboić - blagajnik,
Drago Lepan - zapovjednik,
Stjepan Švedi - zamjenik zapovjednika,
Josip Rusan - spremištar,
Slavko Bastalec - vođa odjeljenja,
Slavica Novačić - vođa odjeljenja.
Prvi nadzarni odbor društva:
Vjekaslav Šodec,
Mato Šodec ml.,
Dragica Forgač.

Prvu opremu vatrogasci su dobili od tadašnjeg "Podsaveza" iz Dugag Sela i to: pumpni agregat tvornice motora Zagreb TMZ, 4 usisne cijevi fi-52 mm, 100 m tlačnih cijevi, jednu razdjelnicu i dvije mlaznice. Sa tom opremom vatrogasci su egzistirali i snalazili se na razne načine kako bi se što bolje i kvalitetnije organizirali i pripremili. Već 1955. dodjeljeno je građevinsko zemljište za izgradnju vatrogasnag doma koji se počeo graditi 1956. godine.Uz samostalni mukotrpni rad i mnoge zapreke i probleme dom je 1958.godine pušten u nužnu upotrebu, a stari vatrogasci se i danas sa sjetom sjećaju tih dana kad se na ciglani u Dugom Selu za dom radila cigla. Ciglana ih je plaćala tako da su trebali napraviti 80.000 komada sirove cigle da bi mogli dobiti 20.000 komada pečene cigle.Tek 1972. dobiveno je prvo vozilo i to vatrogasno navalno vozilo Opel-Blitz iz 1938. godine. Bio je to poklon od tadašnjeg Vatrogasnog saveza općine Dugo Selo. Vozilo je bio u postrojbi do 1986. godine, kada je prodano "Jadran-filmu", Zagreb. Od "Centra za zaštitu od pažara Đurđevac" kupljena je godine 1987. auto-cisterna kapaciteta 6000 l. Imala je čepelovu šasiju, a mercedesov motor i dan-danas je još uvijek u operativnoj postrojbi. 1982. godine od tadašnjeg "Elektromlina Dugo Selo" stiglo je na poklon kombi vozilo Zastava-645 - TLF koje je preuređeno i služilo je DVD-u do 1992. godine. 1988. godine nabavljen je od "Doma zdravlja Dugo Selo" i drugi kombi koji je također preuređen za vatrogasne svrhe te je do 1995. godine bio u operativnaj postrojbi, a tada je poklonjen DVD-u Donje Dvorišće. 1995. godine u Njemačkoj je kupljen kombi Fiat-Ducato koji se danas nalazi u postrojbi. 1997. konačno je kupljeno suvremeno navalno vozilo Magirus-Deutch-192 sa opremom za tehničke intervencije i agregatom za opskrbu električnom energijom. 1984. godine, na temeljima starag vatrogasnog doma počeo se graditi novi koji je do danas u upotrebi. Danas vatrogasno društvo Gračec broji četrdeset i jednog člana raspoređenog u tri operativne postrojbe sa, za naše prilike, suvremenom opremom i vatrogasnom tehnikom.

The voluntary fire brigade "Gračec" was founded on May 30, 1954 in the family yard of Josip Rusan in Gračec. The founders of the DVD gathered that day: Drago Lepan, Antun Grum, Josip Rusan, Slavko Švedi, Stjepan Haboić, Josip Ferinovec, Stjepan Lepan, Ivan Dokuš, Mato Kraljiček, Dragica Švedi, Dragica Forgač, Nada Novačić, Slavica Novačić , Drago Novačić, Vlado Lepan, Đuro Bišof, Josip Bišof and Franjo Kveštek. The first board of directors and supervisory board were elected. The first board of directors of the company: Slavko Švedi - President, Antun Grum - Secretary, Stjepan Haboić - Treasurer, Drago Lepan - Commander, Stjepan Švedi - Deputy Commander, Josip Rusan - storekeeper, Slavko Bastalec - Head of Department, Slavica Novačić - head of the department. The first supervisory board of the company: Vjekaslav Šodec, Mato Šodec Jr., Dragica Forgač. The firefighters received the first equipment from the then "Podsavez" from Duga Selo, namely: pump unit of the Zagreb TMZ engine factory, 4 suction pipes fi-52 mm, 100 m of pressure pipes, one manifold and two nozzles. With this equipment, the firefighters existed and managed in various ways in order to better organize and prepare. As early as 1955, construction land was allocated for the construction of a fire station, which began construction in 1956. With independent hard work and many obstacles and problems, the home was put into emergency use in 1958, and old firefighters still remember with sadness those days a brick was being made at the brickyard in Dugo Selo for the home. The brickyard paid for them so that they had to make 80,000 pieces of raw bricks in order to get 20,000 pieces of baked bricks. It was not until 1972 that the first vehicle was obtained, the 1938 Opel-Blitz fire truck. It was a gift from the then Fire Brigade of the Dugo Selo municipality. The vehicle was in the unit until 1986, when it was sold to "Jadran-film", Zagreb. In 1987, a 6,000-liter tank truck was purchased from the "Đurđevac Fire Protection Center". It had a chapel chassis, and the Mercedes engine is still in the operating room today. In 1982, the Zastava-645 - TLF van arrived as a gift from the then "Elektromlina Dugo Selo", which was refurbished and served as a DVD until 1992. In 1988, another van was procured from the "Dugo Selo Health Center", which was also converted for firefighting purposes, and was in the operational unit until 1995, when it was donated to the Donje Dvorišće DVD. In 1995, a Fiat-Ducato van was purchased in Germany and is now in the unit. In 1997, the modern Magirus-Deutch-192 naval vehicle with technical intervention equipment and a power supply unit was finally purchased. In 1984, on the foundations of the old fire station, the construction of a new one began, which is still in use today. Today, the Gračec Fire Brigade has forty-one members deployed in three operational units with, for our occasion, modern equipment and firefighting equipment.