Fire Brigade Act (Germany)
A fire brigade law (also called fire protection law , fire protection law or similar) defines the term fire brigade as well as its structure and tasks. The laws replaced the fire extinguishing regulations that had been used since the Middle Ages .
Early forms of legal regulation of fire protection are already known from Roman times , when they were checked for compliance by patrolling fire guards.
In Germany, the legislation pertaining to the fire service is in the hands of the federal states . As a rule, a distinction is made between mandatory tasks that every fire brigade must undertake and additional tasks that are not part of the mandatory core tasks.
As a rule, the tasks of a fire service provider are also described. Usually the municipalities are responsible for setting up and maintaining a fire brigade. The districts are often entrusted with maintaining a control center . In North Rhine-Westphalia, for example, it is regulated that professional fire brigades, including those from municipalities belonging to the district, must maintain a control center. It also contains regulations on training facilities ( state fire brigade school ), on the supervision of and on the management of fire brigades. It also regulates when a volunteer fire brigade or a professional fire brigade is to be set up. There are also regulations on the legal relationship of firefighters. Usually the municipalities are allowed to regulate details in statutes . Certain aspects of the law can also be regulated by higher-level agencies through administrative regulations or statutory instruments.
In some countries (e.g. Bremen, Saxony) the entire complex of fire brigade, rescue services and disaster control is regulated in one law. In the majority of countries, however, individual laws have been passed here.
The Fire Protection Act, together with other regulations (such as building regulations through building regulations ), form the fire protection regulations that must be complied with when building and maintaining buildings or holding events. The smoke detector requirement in some countries can also be found in building law.
Overview of the fire brigade laws of the federal states
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Baden-Württemberg | Fire Brigade Act (FwG) of April 1, 1956, last amended on June 12, 2018 (Journal of Laws p. 173, 187) |
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Bavaria | Bavarian Fire Brigade Act - BayFwG - of December 23, 1981 (BayRS 215-3-1-I), last amended by ordinance of March 26, 2019 (GVBl. P. 98) |
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Berlin | Law on fire brigades in the state of Berlin (Fire Brigade Act - FwG) of September 23, 2003, last amended by Article 1 of the law of May 9, 2016 (GVBl. P. 240) |
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Brandenburg | Law on fire protection, assistance and disaster control of the State of Brandenburg of May 24, 2004 (Brandenburg Fire and Disaster Protection Act - BbgBKG), last amended by Article 2 of the law of June 19, 2019 (GVBl.I / 19, [No. 43], p. 25) |
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Bremen | Bremisches Hilfeleistungsgesetz (BremHilfeG) of June 18, 2002 (Brem.GBl. No. 25 of June 21, 2002, p. 189) |
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Hamburg | Fire Brigade Act Hamburg (FeuerwG), last amended by the law of September 2, 2013 (HmbGVBl, p. 487) |
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Hesse | Hessian law on fire protection, general aid and disaster control (HBKG), last amended by law of 23 August 2018 |
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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Fire Protection and Assistance Act |
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Lower Saxony | Lower Saxony Fire Protection Act (NBrandSchG) |
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North Rhine-Westphalia | Law on fire protection, assistance and disaster control (BHKG) of December 17, 2015 |
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Rhineland-Palatinate | State law on fire protection, general aid and disaster control (LBKG) |
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Saarland | Law on fire protection, technical assistance and disaster control in Saarland (SBKG) |
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Saxony | Saxon law on fire protection, rescue services and disaster control (SächsBRKG) |
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Saxony-Anhalt | Fire Protection and Assistance Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in the version published on June 7, 2001 (Fire Protection Act - BrSchG), last amended by Article 1 of the Act of March 24, 2020 (GVBl. LSA p. 108) |
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Schleswig-Holstein | Law on fire protection and fire services (BrSchG) |
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Thuringia | Thuringian Law on Fire Protection, General Aid and Disaster Protection (Thuringian Fire and Disaster Protection Act -ThürBKG -) |
literature
- Gerhard Hildinger, Andrea Rosenauer: Fire Brigade Act Baden-Württemberg. Comment. 3. Edition. Verlag Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-021680-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fire Brigade Act Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Bavarian Fire Brigade Act
- ^ Law on fire brigades in the state of Berlin
- ↑ Law on fire protection, assistance and disaster control of the State of Brandenburg (Brandenburg Fire and Disaster Protection Act - BbgBKG). In: bravors.brandenburg.de. June 19, 2019, accessed September 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Bremen Aid Act (BremHilfeG)
- ↑ Fire Brigade Act Hamburg
- ^ Hessian Fire and Disaster Protection Act
- ↑ Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Fire Protection and Assistance Act (PDF; 68 kB)
- ↑ Lower Saxony Fire Protection Act
- ↑ Law on fire protection, aid and disaster control in North Rhine-Westphalia of December 17, 2015
- ↑ Fire and Disaster Protection Act (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- ↑ Law on fire protection, technical assistance and disaster control in Saarland (SBKG). (PDF; 349 kB) June 12, 2006, accessed May 4, 2020 .
- ^ Saxon law on fire protection, rescue services and disaster control. Saxon State Ministry of the Interior, August 10, 2015, accessed on January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Saxony-Anhalt Fire Protection Act
- ↑ Law on fire protection and the assistance of fire brigades (Schleswig-Holstein)
- ↑ Thuringian law on fire protection, general aid and disaster control, 2008
