CTIF
The CTIF ( Comité Technique International de prévention et d'extinction du Feu ; German : International Technical Committee for Preventive Fire Protection and Fire Extinguishing ) is an international organization that promotes worldwide cooperation between fire service members and other experts in the fire service and rescue services. The association, based in Ljubljana, has 39 member countries and 46 affiliated members.
history
The organization was founded on August 16, 1900 as the "Great International Fire Brigade Council". The main guiding principle at the time was to organize congresses and symposia at regular intervals in order to promote fire protection across borders. Founding members were also the German Fire Brigade Association and the Austrian Fire Brigade Association under its founder and chairman Reginald Czermack . Count Paul Kamarowsky (official representative of the Russian Fire Brigade Association) was elected as the first president. The first vice-presidents were Commandant Cazier from France and Fire Director Adolph Libert Westphalen ( President of the Professional Fire Brigade Association of Germany ) from the Hamburg Fire Brigade .
In 1906 a trade exhibition with an international fire service congress took place in Milan. Several fire brigades from Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Hungary demonstrated their skills in the use of extinguishing and rescue equipment in a competition on this occasion.
The beginning of the First World War interrupted the fruitful collaboration. It was not re-established until June 24, 1929 with the participation of 15 nations. The organization was renamed CTIF. Colonel Paul-Emile Pouderoux, Commander of the Paris Fire Brigade Regiment, was elected President.
After the Second World War, the organization was re-established on July 17, 1946 in Paris as part of a founding congress. Lieutenant Colonel Jean Maruelle from France was elected President.
In 1961, for the first time, International Fire Brigade Competitions were held in Bad Godesberg , in which 51 competition groups from 11 nations took part. In 1973 in Brno (Czech Republic) the fire fighting competitions were added for the first time to the new type of competition at this Fire Brigade Olympics, which initially only professional firefighters were allowed to participate. For the first time in 1985 in Vöcklabruck (Austria), volunteer fire brigades were also allowed to participate. International youth fire brigade competitions have been held since 1977; the first meeting was in Ettelbruck (Luxembourg).
Tore Eriksson, Sweden, has been President since 2012. In addition to the President, the Executive Council (the association's governing body) is made up of a Secretary General , a Treasurer and six Vice-Presidents.
goals and tasks
The organization promotes collaboration between fire and rescue services around the world, both in technical areas and on a comradely level.
The CTIF represents the international interest of around 300,000 professional and around six million volunteer fire brigades. The CTIF contributes to the development of the youth fire brigade. There are currently 900,000 young people in the youth fire brigade in Europe.
There are annual symposia on various topics of preventive fire protection and fire fighting, as well as a meeting of delegates. The governing body, the executive council, meets twice a year.
The following topics are dealt with in nine international commissions:
- Fire and rescue services at airports
- Medical service at the fire brigade
- Forest fires
- Dangerous goods
- Fire department and CTIF history, museums and documentation
- Youth leader
- European Commission
- International fire service competitions in the CTIF
- Fire Prevention
There are also three working groups:
- Education and training
- Danube countries
- Voluntary fire brigades
Every year the association publishes the only worldwide statistics on fire services: the world fire service statistics.
In addition, the CTIF has been organizing international fire service competitions (world championships) every four years since 1961, the so-called "Fire Service Olympiad", and every two years international youth fire service competitions. The last competitions were in Villach ( Austria ) in 2017 . The 17th CTIF International Fire Brigade Competitions in Celje ( Slovenia ) were postponed from 2021 to 2022 and are now to take place from July 17 to 24, 2022.
The most successful fire brigade youth is the Tragwein volunteer fire brigade in Austria with four titles in Arco (1995), Herning (1997), Varaždin (2005) and Revinge (2007).
Museum system and fire brigade history
The CTIF is also dedicated to the history of fire services. It has drawn up a catalog of criteria and the associated certification of fire brigade museums. The following museums are currently certified:
- Fire Brigade Movement Center of the Fire Brigade Association of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in Přibyslav , Czech Republic
- Central Polish Fire Brigade Museum , in Mysłowice , Poland
- Branch of the Central Polish Fire Brigade Museum in Rakoniewice , Poland
- German Fire Brigade Museum in Fulda , Germany
- Saxon Fire Brigade Museum Zeithain in Zeithain , Germany
- Styrian Fire Brigade Museum in Groß Sankt Florian , Austria
The CTIF is also dedicated to historic fire fighting vehicles. He is constantly developing standards according to which historic vehicles should be preserved. The vehicles themselves are certified by the bodies of the individual countries, as in Austria by the ÖBFV .
literature
- CTIF Commission “Fire Brigade and CTIF History, Museums and Documentation”: 100 years of CTIF 1900 - 2000 . Ed .: CTIF. 2000.
- Int. Working group for fire service and fire protection history in the CTIF - conference volumes from 1993. Research center for fire protection technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, accessed on June 6, 2016 .
Web links
- Official website of the CTIF
- Int. Working group for fire service and fire protection history in the CTIF
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : CTIF World Championships in Austria . In: Florian Hessen 9/1985 . Munkelt Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, p. 1-2 . ISSN 0936-5370 .
- ↑ Bruschlinsky / Sokolov / Wagner: World fire statistics at the end of 20th century - Report No. 6 Center of Fire Statistics of CTIF . Publisher FKF-Media, Solothurn 2000.
- ↑ CTIF certification of historic fire engines in the Association of Fire Brigades in North Rhine-Westphalia from 2007, accessed on April 23, 2019
- ↑ Certification of automobile syringe from FF Lustenau from July 1, 2017, accessed on April 23, 2019