State of emergency (fire brigade)

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During the storm surge in Hamburg in 1962 , the fire brigade was in a state of emergency, here pressure hoses were in use.
Storms can trigger a state of emergency.
Berlin fire brigade during the scheduled state of emergency on New Year's Eve 2014/15

A state of emergency ( listen ? / I ) is declared in Germany by aid organizations such as the fire brigade and rescue service if they can no longer fulfill their tasks as prescribed in the fire brigade law or rescue service law in the event of an extraordinary damaging event in accordance with the alarm and release regulations or the standard care . Audio file / audio sample

It is a tactical adaptation of the organizational processes, which, in contrast to the state of emergency or the state emergency, which is also referred to as a state of emergency, has no legal effects, but rather describes extraordinary or unusual conditions as is common usage. If the situation can no longer be dealt with by the authorities with their own strengths and means, the main administrative officer can make the political decision to declare a disaster , whereby the corresponding regulations on rights, obligations and operational plans during a disaster apply, which is contrary to State of emergency has legal and financial consequences.

A state of emergency can be triggered by a mass incidence of injuries or high occupancy of ambulances , extreme weather conditions or a plane crash , but the Berlin fire brigade also declares a state of emergency every New Year's Eve and doubles the crew of the operations control center . For example, the volunteer fire brigade or firefighters who are not on duty are requested to manned the watch, individual vehicles are used instead of entire fire engines and the operations are prioritized according to their importance.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City under . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1962, pp. 23 ( online ).
  2. ^ A b Hans Georg Prager : Florian 14. Eighth alarm: The big book of the fire brigade . Pp. 249-251. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1965, DNB 453831818 .
  3. ↑ The fire brigade and police had a comparatively quiet New Year's Eve . In: Der Tagesspiegel , January 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Holger Könnecke: Draft of a crisis management manual: Recommendations for action using the example of a large-scale power failure , 2013, Chapter 2.2.2 State of emergency, pp. 15–17, ISBN 978-3-8441-0274-1 .
  5. ↑ Matthias Ott, Marc Peter Hofmann, Nils Böger: Use in extreme weather events . Chapter 3.1 Alarm planning . ecomed-Storck 2018, ISBN 978-3-609-77503-6 , pp. 93-94.
  6. ^ Magistrate of Berlin : Report on the municipality administration of the city of Berlin . Volume 3, 1908, p. 269.
  7. ↑ State of Hesse : Medical Disaster Control in Hesse (PDF) p. 40: "Damage events with an increased number of emergency patients represent a state of emergency below the disaster threshold according to No. 1.2 of the rescue service plan, if this does not result in a disposition according to the principles of standard care more is possible. ”For these cases,“ step-by-step support for the rescue service by emergency services from disaster control ”is planned.
  8. ↑ Berlin House of Representatives , 18th electoral term: Written request from Member of Parliament Burkard Dregger (CDU) dated February 28, 2019 on the subject of emergency rescue service at the Berlin fire brigade. Printed matter 18/18 072 (PDF)
  9. ↑ Duden : State of emergency . Retrieved August 3, 2019. See also: State of Emergency ( Wiktionary ).
  10. ↑ "Disasters are [...] major loss events that [...] cannot be adequately dealt with by the authorities responsible for hazard prevention with their own resources and resources." (Berlin Disaster Protection Act). Catastrophe Protection Act (KatSG) Berlin ( Memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) § 2 Paragraph 1 last amended by law of January 26, 2004.
  11. ↑ Andreas Kopietz, Alexander Schmalz: Lack of personnel: The Berlin fire brigade is increasingly imposing a state of emergency . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 23, 2018.
  12. ↑ a b Heavy thunderstorm over Berlin - fire brigade in a state of emergency . In: Berliner Morgenpost , August 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ Storm with windpants: Hamburg fire brigade declares a state of emergency . In: Der Spiegel , June 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ Heavy snowfall gives the fire brigade several missions and a temporary state of emergency . Website of the Frankfurt am Main fire brigade , March 12, 2013.
  15. ↑ Balance of the Berlin fire brigade on New Year's Eve . Berlin fire brigade , January 1, 2019.
  16. ↑ a b Annual Report 2015 (PDF) of the Berlin Fire Brigade , p. 20.