Scientific and Research centre for fire protection National Research institute

Granting OBROP the status of the centre of standardization in the Department of Home Affairs on the basis of the Regulation No. 66/67 of the Minister of Home Affairs.

OBROP director from 01.01.1977 to 31.07.1980 płk poż. Zbigniew GRYNCZEL, M.Sc. Eng.

OBROP/CNBOP director from 11.11.1982 to 31.08.1987 płk poż. Mirosław ZDANOWSKI, Prof. PhD Eng.

Change of the basis of the assessment of products. In years 1982-1992 certificates of product attestation were issued on the basis of Regulation no. 9/82 on technical requirements that shall be met by equipment and fire-fighting devices as well as chemical extinguishing agents, issued by the Chief Commandant of the State Fire Service on May 30, 1982.

CNBOP director from 01.11.1987 to 14.06.1992 płk poż. Henryk JAWORSKI, PhD Eng.

Inclusion of CNBOP into State Fire Service organisational units in accordance with the State Fire Service act of August 24, 1991.

CNBOP director from 15.06.1992 to 30.09.1996 st. bryg. (senior brigadier) Eugeniusz W. ROGUSKI, PhD Eng.

Change of the basis of product assessment. In years 1992-1998 certificates of admittance were issued on the basis of the delegated Fire Protection Act of August 24, 1991 (Journal of Laws no. 81, item 351 as amended) and on the basis of the Regulation of the Ministry of Home Affairs of April 22, 1992.

Obtaining the Polish Centre for Testing and Accreditation certificates by:

Laboratory for Testing Fire Properties of Materials, certificate no. L 6/1/96 (then called Department - Laboratory for Testing Fire Properties of Materials; certificate AN 060 issued by the Polish Centre of Accreditation.
Laboratory of Pumps and Water-Foam fittings, certificate L 59/1/96 (then called Laboratory Department of Technical Equipment for Fire Service and Technical Fire Protection, certificate AB 059 issued by the Polish Department of Accreditation).

CNBOP director from 01.10.1996 to 27.02.2005 st. bryg. Ryszard SZCZYGIEŁ, PhD Eng.

Establishing at CNBOP a Certification Department aimed at the assessment of the compliance of marketed products used for fire protection.

Department - Laboratory of Fire Signalling and Fire Automation gained accreditation of the Polish Centre for Testing and Accreditation, certificate no. L 207/1/98 (currently Accreditation Certificate no. AB 207 issued by the Polish Centre for Accreditation).

Change of the basis of product assessment. In years 1998-2007 product certification was carried out on the basis of delegated Article 7 of Fire Protection Act and the Regulation of April 22, 1998 on the products used in fire protection which can be marketed and used only after acquiring conformity certificate issued by the Ministry of Interior and Administration (Journal of Laws no. 55, item 362, 1998).

Another three laboratories obtained the accreditation of the Polish Centre for Testing and Administration:

Department - Laboratory of Technical Fire Protection was granted the Accreditation Certificate no. L 305/1/2000 (then accreditation certificate no. AB 305 issued by the Polish Centre for Accreditation);

Laboratory of Extinguishing Media and Portable Equipment, certificate no L 306/1/2000 (then Department - Laboratory of Technical Fire Protection no. AB 305 issued by the Polish Centre for Accreditation);

Laboratory of Vehicles and Equipment was granted accreditation certificate no. 307/1/2000 (then Department - Laboratory  of Technical Equipment of Fire Service, accreditation certificate no. AB 059, AB 060 issued by the Polish Centre for Certification).

Transformation of CNBOP from a public-budget entity into a research and development unit in accordance with the Act of July 25, 1985 on Research and Development Entities.

CNBOP was registered in the National Court Register and obtained authorisation of the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy under the Directive no. 89/686/EWG of December 21, 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment.

The Acting Director of CNBOP from 28.02.2005 to 31.05.2005 st. bryg. Władysław WĘGRZYN, PhD Eng.

From the date of June 1, 2005 under the art. 21, sec 2 of the Act of July 25, 1985 on research and development entities (Journal of Laws 2001, no. 33 item 388 as amended) the Minister of Interior and Administration appointed st. bryg Eugeniusz W. Roguski, PhD, Eng. the Director of the Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection, chosen through a competition in accordance with the Regulation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of September 10, 2001 (Journal of Laws no. 101, item 1101).

Inclusion (announcement no. 8 of March 31, 2009) by the Minister of Science and Higher Education the CNBOP Quarterly „Safety and Fire Technique” into the list of journals which attributed points to the academic achievements of the authors, the articles of whom were published (4 points in 2009, 6 point since 2010 and 7 points since 2012).

The Acting Director of CNBOP from 01.02.29 to 30.04.2009 mł. bryg. Dariusz WRÓBLEWSKI, PhD Eng.

On May 1, 2009 pursuant to the Act of July 25, 1985 on Research and Development Entities art. 21, sec 2 (Journal of Laws 2008, no. 159, item 993), the Minister of Interior and Administration appointed mł. bryg. Dariusz Wróblewski, PhD, Eng. The Director of the Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection. The Director was chosen through a competition in accordance with the Regulation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of September 21, 2007 (Journal of Laws no. 182, item 1330).

CNBOP Combustion Processes and Explosion Laboratories were granted accreditation by the Polish Centre for Accreditation, certificate no. AB 1280.

Introduction of a new logo for CNBOP-PIB.

CNBOP-PIB was granted nomination for the Polish Promotional Emblem „Teraz Polska” [Poland Now] in the IV Edition of Competition for Innovative projects for its educational project „Multimedia and teleinformatic tools supporting education of local communities in the field of enlarging their resistance to threats related to natural disasters and catastrophes”.

CNBOP-PIB was granted the nomination for the Polish Promotional Emblem „Teraz Polska” in the VI edition of the Competition for Innovative Projects for the CNBOP quarterly „Safety and Fire Technique”.

CNBOP-PIB maintained the B category in the parametric assessment conducted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. CNBOP-PIB was classified on the forth position within the common assessment group.

In the rating of the B group performed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Quarterly obtained 9 out of 10 points.

On January 1, 2015, pursuant to the art. 24, sec. 2 of the Act of Research Institutes of April 30, 2010 (Journal of Laws 2010, no. 96, item 618 as amended) the Minister of Interior appointed bryg. Dariusz WRÓBLEWSKI, PhD Eng. as the new Director. The Director was chosen through competition based on the Regulation of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of October 28, 2010 (Journal of Laws no. 215, item 1412).

On the basis of a complex evaluation of scientific or R&D activities carried out by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, CNBOP-PIB maintained its B category. It was on the fifth position within the group of common assessment.

On the basis of the announcement of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of 18 January 2019 the Publishing House of CNBOP-PIB was included in the list of publishers of reviewed scientific monographs: Level I, 80 pts.

CNBOP-PIB Scientific Journal “Safety & Fire Technology” (until the end of 2018 “Safety & Fire Technique”) was admitted to the programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education entitled “Support for scientific journals”.

With regard to the positive result of the audit, carried out by the Military University of Technology Quality Certification Center (CCJ WAT) on 21 February 2019 within the recertification of QMS compliance with PN-EN ISO 9001:2015-10 requirements, CNBOP-PIB was granted a certificate confirming meeting these requirements.

Under the Decision of Minister of Education and Science CNBOP-PIB scientific journal entitled „Safety & Fire Technology” (previous name: “BITP. Bezpieczeństwo i Technika Pożarnicza/ Safety & Fire Technique”) was awarded 40 points in the list of scientific Journals of the Ministry.