Ferdinand Heger
Ferdinand Heger (born December 30, 1920 in Mistelbach an der Zaya ; † July 25, 1976 in Jesolo ) was an entrepreneur, president of the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association , regional fire brigade commander of Lower Austria and vice president of the International Fire Brigade Association .
Career
Ferdinand Heger served as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War and attended the Technical University of Vienna after the war . 1951 spondierte he engineer diploma for. Professionally, he managed his grandfather's agricultural machinery factory in Mistelbach, which was founded in 1895. In the same year he joined the volunteer fire department .
In 1952, Heger was elected commander of the Mistelbach volunteer fire brigade, and a year later he was elected district fire brigade commander of Mistelbach. In 1956 he became a regional fire brigade council and in 1959 he was elected regional fire brigade commander of Lower Austria. From 1972, State Fire Director Heger succeeded Josef Holaubek as President of the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association , in 1974 he was also appointed Vice President of the International Fire Brigade Association CTIF . Heger held all these fire service functions until his death on July 25, 1976 during a convalescence leave due to a serious illness in Jesolo .
Act
The high point of his work as state fire brigade commander of Lower Austria was the conversion of the volunteer fire brigades of his state from an association into a corporation under public law . With the Lower Austrian Fire Police and Fire Brigade Act of July 19, 1969, the conversion was decided on January 1, 1970.
The dissolution of the fire brigade associations also had considerable organizational consequences in the Lower Austrian fire service. 1971 was the first unified election year in Lower Austria. For example, the EDP was introduced under him in 1971 in the state fire brigade association and the annual device statistics of the fire brigades for the first time evaluated by computer.
The first international fire service competitions of the CTIF in Austria took place under him in Krems an der Donau in 1969 . At that time he was chairman of the international competition committee, while his successor Sepp Kast acted as competition director.
Companies
His company, the agricultural machinery factory Ferdinand Heger Landmaschinenfabrik , was taken over in 1987 by the Gasselich company, which relocated the company to Slovakia. The Mistelbach Museum Center was built on the site of the factory at that time .
Awards
- Professional title Commercial Council
- Large gold medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
- Merit 1st level of the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association
- Cross of Merit of the Lower Austrian Fire Brigade Association
literature
- (Obituary :) † The Lower Austrian Fire Brigade Association (...). In: brand aus , year 1976, issue No. 8 (LXXXIV. Year), p. 278. (Online at ANNO ). .
- (Obituary; portrait :) † State Fire Brigade Commander Ferdinand Heger (...). In: brand aus , year 1976, issue No. 9 (LXXXIV. Year), pp. 341–344. (Online at ANNO ). .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mistelbacher Rundschau ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heger, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian fire department official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mistelbach an der Zaya |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1976 |
| Place of death | Jesolo |