ISTORICUL PRIMEI REVISTE A POMPIERILOR MILITARI ROMÂNI
History of the first publication of Romanian military firefighters

Summary/Abstract: Historiography has not given much attention to the press created for/by firefighters. Therefore, our study follows the evolution of the first such publication, created in April 1929 under the name Bulletin of Romanian Firefighters [Buletinul Pompierilor Români], until the present day, when it is called Romanian Firefighters [Pompierii Români]. The stated purpose of this magazine was to create a specific media space for studies and observations made by civil specialists in the science of firefighting. The main aspects pursued by our own analysis are related to the language, architecture, graphics, format of the magazine, its general vision and the vision of its editors, and so on. We also sought to do an overall review of articles published during its 92 years of existence, and an analysis on how the journal communicated information to its readers. As a result, our study shows how its discourse combined scientific information with the emotion of events being portrayed, the impulses addressed to the military, the chronicle of events within the country, and how the format of the journal changed along with shifts within the institution responsible for its editing. This included, but was not limited to, the change of the magazine's name with the advent and then the fall of the Communist regime. Our conclusions show the need for improvement of the information published in the journal, depending on the study of the past and the understanding of future perspectives.

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