Fire Brigade Decoration (Saxony)

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The Saxon fire brigade badge as a ribbon order in its three stages (graphic representation)
The Saxon fire brigade badge as a plug-in cross in its two stages (graphic representation)

The Fire Department Decoration of Honor of the Free State of Saxony is an award given for active service in the volunteer fire department . It has been awarded in its new grading since June 5, 2018. It can be awarded to any volunteer fire brigade member after an active period of service. The design as a plug-in cross is also an "award for bravery" for courageous and determined behavior in the event of fire as well as for exceptional merits in fire protection.

Foundation purpose

The Free State of Saxony is donating a fire service badge of honor on a ribbon as state recognition for many years of active service in the volunteer fire department:

  • Bronze for 10 year olds,
  • Silver for 25 year olds,
  • Gold for 40 year olds, as well
  • Gold as a special level for 50-year-olds

active voluntary service including a certificate of award.

For special services to the development of fire protection or for particularly courageous and determined behavior in the fight against fires and other emergencies, a fire brigade badge of honor is donated as a cross in the levels of silver and gold, including an award certificate.

Shape, texture and design

Order on ribbon

The fire brigade decoration on ribbon consists of an isosceles, embossed cross on a white-green-white, bronze, silver or gold bordered ribbon. On the front of the cross, a cross of flames is shown in the middle. The enameled coat of arms of the Free State of Saxony is placed in the middle of the flame cross. The cross and the cross of flames are enamelled red and framed with a bronze, silver or gold colored border; In the fire brigade decoration in gold as a special level, the cross is enameled deep black. The back bears an inscription that indicates many years of active service and can be supplemented with the details of years of service. The strap buckle is covered with a bronze, silver or gold-colored white-green-white strap; With the fire brigade decoration in gold as a special level, the border is supplemented by a second gold-colored stripe.

Plug-in cross

The fire brigade decoration as a plug-in cross consists of an isosceles, embossed black cross. On its front, a red cross of flames is shown in the center. The enamelled coat of arms of the Free State of Saxony is placed in the middle of the flame cross. The cross and the cross of flames are enamelled red and bordered with a silver or gold colored border. The back itself is silver or gold colored. The legs of the cross are connected by a silver or gold-colored embossed wreath made of oak leaves . The strap buckle is covered with a silver or gold-colored bordered white-green strap, in the middle of which a miniature fire brigade emblem in silver or gold is placed.

Award certificate

The award document shows the coat of arms of the Free State of Saxony, the signature and the official seal of the State Ministry of the Interior. The reason for the award corresponding to the purpose of the foundation has been entered.

Award requirements

Fire Department Badge of Honor on the ribbon

The fire brigade decoration on the ribbon is awarded after the relevant active period of service after years of service (see foundation purpose). The time of actual entry into the fire service is decisive for the calculation of the active service period. The active period of service must have been completed without any significant interruption. Military service, alternative military service or a proven illness do not count as an interruption. If the active service time was performed by different volunteer fire brigades or was it interrupted by a fire brigade, the service times are to be summarized. Membership without service does not count as active service.

Fire brigade decoration as a plug-in cross

The fire brigade badge of honor as a plug-in cross is awarded for special services to the development of fire protection or for particularly courageous and determined behavior in the fight against fires and other emergencies in the Free State of Saxony. Long-term membership in the fire brigade and full-time performance of fire protection tasks are not sufficient grounds for an award. The fire brigade badge of honor as a plug-in cross in the gold level is only awarded after the award of the plug-in cross in silver. Skipping the silver level is therefore not permitted.

Proposal process

Fire Department Badge of Honor on the ribbon

  • a) The mayor or the mayor, in agreement with the community firefighters, propose the persons to be honored.
  • b) The municipalities belonging to the district submit their proposals to the district offices, the district-free cities to the competent regional directorate. The proposals are to be submitted in duplicate, separated according to the respective level in a proposal list.
  • c) The district offices confirm the acknowledgment and forward the list of proposals for the following year to the responsible regional directorate by December 31 of the current year. These then report the need to the State Ministry of the Interior by January 15 of the following year.

Fire brigade decoration as a plug-in cross

  • a) The mayors, the mayors, the district administrators, the state directors, the chairman of the state fire brigade association or the State Ministry of the Interior propose persons to be distinguished.
  • b) The proposals must contain sufficient reasons for the award requirements and allow an assessment of the personality.
  • c) The proposals of the municipalities, rural districts and independent cities are to be submitted in duplicate to the competent regional directorate via official channels. The district fire chief has to comment on the suggestions of the district community. The proposals of the chairman of the state fire brigade association are to be submitted to the state management responsible for the place of residence of the person proposed; in the case of places of residence outside the Free State of Saxony, the State Ministry of the Interior. The regional directorates comment on the proposals and submit their own proposals to the State Ministry of the Interior.
  • d) In order to prevent the fire brigade's badge of honor from being devalued as a plug-in cross due to an overly generous award, the number of awards is limited to a maximum of 60 per year. Each regional directorate (Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz) can submit up to 15 proposals in the silver level and 5 proposals in the gold level. The State Ministry of the Interior can make deviating regulations.

Decision on the award proposals

  • 1. The regional directorates decide on the proposals submitted to them for the award of the fire service badge of honor on the ribbon. They provide the municipalities, districts and urban districts with the required number of fire brigade decorations with award certificates.
  • 2. The regional directorates then each give a copy of the proposal lists back to the person responsible for the award. One copy remains with the regional offices for verification purposes.
  • 3. The State Ministry of the Interior decides on the proposals submitted to it for the award of the Fire Brigade Decoration of Honor as a plug-in cross. The decision will then be communicated to the applicants via official channels.

Award process

  • 1. The fire brigade decorations on the ribbon in the bronze level are handed out by the mayor / lord mayor. In the levels of silver and gold by the district administrators or mayor.
  • 2. The regional directorates of the Free State of Saxony ( Dresden , Leipzig and Chemnitz ) each return a copy of the list of proposals to those responsible for the award. A copy of the list of suggestions remains with the regional directorates as evidence.
  • 3. The award of the fire brigade decorations as a cross is carried out by the Minister of State of the Interior or one of his representatives.

Wearing style

  • 1. The fire brigade decorations are to be worn in the middle on the upper left chest side of the service suit at the same height next to each other. The fire brigade decoration on the ribbon is only worn at the highest level awarded.
  • 2. The ribbon buckle of the fire brigade decoration for the service suit is to be worn above the left breast pocket of the service clothing, but not together with the fire brigade decoration. Several strap buckles for uniforms must be worn next to each other.

Ranking in the Saxon award system

Others

The fire brigade decoration on the ribbon was only available in silver and gold in the Free State of Saxony from November 21, 2003 until the new regulation. A bronze level was only added with the new regulation on April 29, 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ REVOSax state law Saxony - VwV fire brigade helper badge of honor - VwV Fw-HEZ. Retrieved on July 17, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade decoration (VwV fire brigade decoration) from April 29, 2008, No. 1
  3. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade decoration (VwV fire brigade decoration) of April 29, 2008, No. 2
  4. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade badge of honor (VwV fire brigade badge of honor) of April 29, 2008, No. 3
  5. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade decoration (VwV fire brigade decoration) of April 29, 2008, No. 4
  6. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade badge of honor (VwV fire brigade badge of honor) of April 29, 2008, No. 5
  7. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade decoration (VwV fire brigade decoration) of April 29, 2008, No. 6
  8. ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade decoration (VwV fire brigade decoration) dated April 29, 2008, No. 7