@fire international civil protection Germany

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@fire international civil protection Germany
legal form non-profit registered association
founding 2002
Seat Osnabrück
Office Wallenhorst
purpose Nationwide fire protection
Chair Jan Südmersen
sales 76,218 euros (2018)
Employees 0 (2018)
Members 200 (2018)
Website at-fire.de

@fire Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland eV is a non-profit, non-governmental aid organization that provides international help in natural disasters under the motto “Firefighters help worldwide” . The association based in Osnabrück was founded in 2002 as a voluntary network of professional and volunteer firefighters . The current chairman and co-founder of the association is Jan Südmersen .

@fire has been a member of the UN organization INSARAG (International Search and Rescue Advisory Group) since November 2010 . The association is also a member of the World Fire Brigade Association CTIF and the International Rescue Dog Organization (IRO). The word mark is made up of the at sign for the network and fire for the English terms fi re and re scue.

tasks

The main areas of application are 'searching and rescuing buried victims' (USAR - Urban Search and Rescue ) and 'fighting forest fires' (WFF - Wildland Fire Fighting).

@fire helpers search for victims with an endoscope camera in the rubble of a collapsed factory building (Haiti 2010)

Earthquake rescue and flood disasters

The aid organization works in the area of ​​search and rescue according to the specifications of the United Nations and is prepared to be on site in the disaster area worldwide within 36 hours with a team of capacity "medium" in accordance with the INSARAG guidelines to provide help. The focus here is on locating people who have been buried in the rubble after earthquakes or similar events, freeing them and providing them with medical care. The organization has equipment ready for this task, ranging from location technology and rescue equipment to medical equipment and operational logistics. So she supported z. In 2005, for example, the organization Help - Help for Self-Help eV setting up an aid project in Pakistan.

@ fire helper with a water backpack extinguishing a forest fire in Portugal

Fighting forest fires

International Disaster Management Germany can deploy forest fire units of various sizes and orientations at short notice. From expert forest fire advisors to mobile “handcrews”, which cut aisles to fight fires in rough terrain, to helicopter teams (“helitack”), the association can flexibly adapt to operational needs, v. a. in southern Europe, respond. He works with methods that make it possible to fight vegetation fires with little or no water. In addition, he is involved in the training of municipal fire brigades in the field of vegetation fire fighting and supports forestry and ecologists in renaturation through controlled burning, for example of heather areas.

Humanitarian Aid Principles

In its work, the organization is guided by the twelve basic rules of humanitarian aid. Assistance is provided regardless of race, religion, nationality, political convictions or other distinguishing features for everyone. In principle, all operations are only carried out at the request of the country concerned.

Members and training

The aid organization is made up of volunteers from Germany, Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland. Fire-fighting or medical training is a prerequisite for membership. Almost all helpers are voluntary or full-time active in a fire department .

Each member is trained in his area of ​​responsibility. The basis for this is the fire-fighting technical training of the members. The training and education takes place according to the future focus of tasks within the organization.

The training for searching for and rescuing buried subjects is based on the international INSARAG guidelines of the United Nations. The training of the forest fire unit was adapted in 2011 to the American training according to the standards of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG). Much of the leadership training takes place in the United States.

Calls

Financing and Transparency

As a donation-collecting aid organization, the association is committed to transparency in handling financial resources. The basis for this is a voluntary commitment as a prerequisite for membership in the German Donation Council and the Transparent Civil Society Initiative (ITZ) .

See also

Web links

Commons : @fire Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Articles of Association. In: at-fire.de. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .


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