Civil Protection Badge of Honor
Civil protection decorations are awarded in the field of civil protection for long periods of service, for special merits in disaster protection or for particularly courageous behavior in disaster cases. These decorations often include the extensive area of non-police security such as disaster control, civil protection and rescue services.
The decorations are donated by the federal states that are responsible for averting danger in the event of a disaster.
The award criteria of the disaster control decorations are based on the fire brigade or fire protection decorations and are combined with one another in some federal states.
Federal states
The following list only gives a summary overview. Details on the award criteria can be found in the respective articles or links.
Baden-Württemberg
In 2016, a civil protection badge of honor was donated in Baden-Württemberg , which was awarded for the first time in 2017. At the same time, the Civil Protection Mission Medal was created.
- Civil protection badge: special service to civil protection or particularly courageous and determined behavior
- Civil Protection Mission Medal: 24 hour assistance in a special civil protection mission
Bavaria
In Bavaria , an ambulance service and disaster control medal has been awarded to individual aid organizations since 2013, analogous to the fire service medal. These include the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB), the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe (JUH), the Malteser Hilfsdienst (MHD), the Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG) and the Bavarian State Association of Technical Aid (THW). Management units that are not part of the named organizations will not be considered. In December 2017, it was decided to introduce a great badge of honor for 50 years of active service in the fire brigade, rescue service and disaster control. The classification is identical for all organizations. There are four levels with the following names:
- Second class decoration in silver: 25 years of activity
- First class medal of honor in gold: 40 years of activity
- Great badge of honor: 50 years of activity
- Decoration of honor as a plug-in cross: special merits
Berlin
In Berlin, the Fire Brigade and Disaster Protection Decoration is awarded in six stages. It was donated in 1978 and expanded in 2000 and 2016.
- Fire brigade and disaster control medal in silver on ribbon: 10 years of voluntary work
- Fire service and disaster control medal in gold on ribbon: 25 years of voluntary work
- Fire brigade and disaster control medal in gold with oak leaves on the ribbon: 40 years of voluntary work
- Fire brigade and disaster control medal in gold with oak leaves on the ribbon: 50 years of voluntary work
- Fire brigade and disaster control medal in gold with oak leaves on a ribbon: 60 years of voluntary work
- Fire brigade and disaster control medals in gold as a cross: special merit and courageous assistance
Hesse
In 2003, Hessen donated two different medals, each in three stages, for disaster control: the disaster control merit medal and the disaster control medal for long service. The mission medal “Abroad” was donated in 2014 as an award to honor merits in disaster control operations of the state of Hesse abroad. There is only one level.
- Civil Protection Merit Medal
- Bronze Civil Protection Merit Medal: essential merit or courageous behavior
- Civil protection merit medal in silver: essential merits or particularly courageous behavior
- Civil protection merit medal in gold: particularly courageous behavior with danger to life and limb
- Civil Protection Medal
- Civil protection medal in bronze: 10 years of activity
- Civil protection medal in silver: 25 years of activity
- Gold disaster control medal: 40 years of activity
- Mission medal "Abroad"
North Rhine-Westphalia
In 2016 the land located North Rhine-Westphalia , the decorations in the fire and disaster protection new. Since then there have been various decorations for disaster control: the fire and disaster control badge of honor as well as the fire and disaster control merit badge of honor with two levels and fire brigade and disaster control badge .
- Fire and disaster protection badge of honor as a plug-in cross: courageous assistance at risk
- Fire and Disaster Protection Merit Badge of Honor
- Fire and Disaster Protection Merit Medal of Honor in silver as a plug-in cross: outstanding merits
- Fire and disaster control merit medal in gold as a plug-in cross: outstanding merits
- Fire brigade and disaster control sign: Participation in special missions
Saarland
The Saarland has been awarding the Disaster Protection Decoration in two stages since 2007 .
- Civil protection badge of honor in silver on ribbon: special merits
- Civil protection badge of honor in gold as a plug-in cross: courageous aid
Saxony
In Saxony , the fire brigade badge of honor , which had existed since 1992, was converted into a fire brigade and helper badge of honor with five levels in 2013 .
- Fire brigade and helper decorations in bronze on ribbon: 10 years of activity
- Fire brigade and helper decorations in silver on ribbon: 25 years of activity
- Fire brigade and helper decoration gold on ribbon: 40 years of activity
- Fire brigade and helper badge of honor in silver as a plug-in cross: special merits
- Fire brigade and helper decorations in gold as a cross: courageous assistance
Saxony-Anhalt
In 2005, in Saxony-Anhalt , the fire and disaster prevention decorations of Saxony-Anhalt donated in three stages.
- Fire protection and disaster control medal in silver on ribbon: 25 years of special personal merits
- Fire protection and disaster control medal in gold on ribbon: 40 years of multiple excellent services
- Fire protection and disaster control medals in gold as a cross-connector: particularly outstanding merits
Thuringia
Thuringia has been awarding a disaster control medal in three stages since 2009 .
- Civil protection medal in bronze: 10 years of activity
- Silver disaster control medal: 25 years of activity
- Gold disaster control medal: 40 years of activity
Individual evidence
- ^ Opinion by the Ministry of the Interior, Digitization and Migration (Drucksache 16/2487). State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, August 4, 2017, accessed on March 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Announcement by the Minister of the Interior about the Foundation of the Civil Protection Decoration and the Civil Protection Mission Medal. Home Office, March 15, 2016, accessed March 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Decoration of honor for the disaster relief organizations involved in the rescue service and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief in Bavaria (THW) . Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Badges of honor for fire brigade and aid organizations . Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ↑ Klaus-Dieter Kühn: Well meant, but not well done . In: Civil Protection 3 (2013), pp. 46–47 . 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Draft: Law introducing a badge of honor for 50 years of active service in the fire brigade, rescue service and disaster control . Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ↑ Administrative regulations on the award of a fire brigade and disaster protection badge . March 15, 2016. Retrieved on March 30, 2017. ( 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.
- ^ Decree on the foundation of a disaster control medal and a disaster control merit medal . May 22, 2003. Archived from the original on May 18, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Decree on the establishment of an "Abroad" medal (FFN 17-50). May 23, 2014, accessed May 2020 .
- ↑ Implementation provisions for the law on the foundation of fire brigade and disaster control decorations (Fire Brigade and Disaster Control Decoration Law - FwKatsEG-NRW) . 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Honor levels of the Fire Brigade and Disaster Protection Decoration Act . 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Act No. 1636 on the establishment of a badge of honor for special services in disaster control, civil defense or rescue services . November 21, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Administrative regulation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior on the foundation of a fire brigade and helper decoration (VwV Fire Brigade Helper Decoration - VwV Fw-HEZ) . Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Foundation of the Fire Protection and Disaster Protection Decoration of Honor of the State of Saxony-Anhalt . Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Decree on the foundation of a disaster control award . April 21, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
