Group commander
The term group commander in the police , fire brigade , armed forces and rescue service in Austria refers to the group commander.
Group commander in the fire department
The group is the smallest tactical unit after the squad in the Austrian fire service. It usually consists of nine people, but can vary in size due to different training regulations, vehicle capacity or duty post plan.
A prerequisite for the post of group commander is the group commanding course or the completion of the training modules required for group commanding training (Lower Austria).
A fire brigade group is divided into three groups, a detector, a machinist and the group commander. More information on the structure and tasks of a group can be found in the article Group . The group commander receives squad leader the deployment order and gives his group developing command and the order to attack on. These two commands can be given separately or together.
Group commander in the military
As with the fire brigade, the group also represents the smallest tactical unit in the Federal Armed Forces (Austria), the Swiss Army and the Federal Armed Forces (Germany) and usually consists of six to eight soldiers. The group consists of a group commander, his deputy and four to six shooters with possible secondary armament such as MG and PAR (depending on the order).
Group commander in the rescue service
The functions of group commander with the corresponding management tasks also exist in the emergency services. Since the number of crews in the usual rescue and ambulance services is usually below that of a group, the functions of the group commander are mainly relevant for major incidents and ambulance services. Here, for example, they have a management function within a medical aid center (SanHist for short) or the operational management of smaller ambulance services. Since group commanders also have to take on the operational management of entire units until higher-ranking officials arrive, training is also geared towards this. The ranks and corresponding training are adapted to the respective organization, but similar in function. There are these functions at the ÖRK , the ASBÖ as well as the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe in Austria and the Malteser Hospitaldienst Austria .