Civil Protection Decoration of Honor (North Rhine-Westphalia)

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The North Rhine-Westphalia disaster control medal in silver and gold

The disaster control badge of honor of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia was donated on February 16, 2005 by the then Prime Minister Peer Steinbrück and the state government. The disaster protection badge was awarded until 2016 to members of aid organizations for services in voluntary work in the field of hazard prevention ( disaster , civil protection , rescue services ) in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was replaced in 2016 by the Fire Brigade and Disaster Protection Decoration.

General

The badge of honor was awarded in two stages as a plug-in cross:

  • 2nd level in silver: for special services to disaster, civil protection or rescue services,
  • 1st level in gold: for particularly courageous and determined assistance at risk to one's own life or health in disasters or other emergencies.

Group of people

The group of people who could be awarded the badge of honor was limited to the "aid organizations" provided for in the foundation ordinance. These are:

  • a) the North Rhine-Westphalian local branches of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief,
  • b) the North Rhine-Westphalian state associations
    • of the Workers' Samaritan Association,
    • the German Life Saving Society,
    • of the German Red Cross,
    • the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe and
    • of the Maltese Aid Service.

Procedure

A special condition for the award was the fact that the silver medal was only awarded on proposal and not ex officio. The bodies entitled to submit proposals were the aid organizations already mentioned. When awarding the gold level, the responsible public authorities were also to be heard (municipalities belonging to the district, districts, independent cities and the district governments) .The award proposals were to be forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior via the official channels via the district governments , whereby the district governments had to comment on the proposals. The Ministry of the Interior decided on the award on behalf of the state government, with the awarding of the honorary mark being carried out by the district governments. The Minister of the Interior was able to reserve the right to award in special cases. The badge of honor was awarded with a certificate and became the property of the recipient. In the event of the owner's death, the badge remained in the possession of the bereaved as a souvenir.

Appearance and wearing style

The badge of honor consisted of an isosceles enamel cross and showed green foliage on a white background with the state coat of arms in the middle and the inscription on an underlaid ring: For services in disaster control . It was worn as a cross on the left side of the chest. A rosette could also be worn instead of the cross. In addition, lost items will not be replaced. They can be newly procured at the expense of the borrowed.

Withdrawal and exclusion from the award

The honorary badge was only awarded to those people who were worthy of the award due to their previous flawless lifestyle. If the entrusted person became unworthy of the award due to his later behavior, in particular by committing criminal offenses, or if such reasons only became known after the award, the Ministry of the Interior could withdraw the badge of honor, whereby the person concerned had to be heard before such withdrawal.

The badge of honor was not awarded to people who had acted for professional or official reasons. It was also not awarded if the person to be awarded had already been awarded the Rescue Medal (North Rhine-Westphalia) for the same assistance . In this case, the awarding of the rescue medal took precedence.

Others

In the procedural instructions for the award of the silver or gold level, the "salvation of people from danger to life" was recognized as the reason for the award of the badge at both levels. However, this formulation was misleading, since in such cases the rescue medal was awarded and the badge of honor itself had to be withheld. This overlap represented an award paradox.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Law on the foundation of a badge of honor for special merits in disaster, civil protection or rescue services (Disaster Protection Decoration Act - KatsEG-NRW) of February 15, 2005, § 1
  2. ↑ Law on the foundation of an honorary mark for special services in disaster, civil protection or rescue services (Disaster Protection-Ehrenzeichengesetz - KatsEG-NRW) of February 15, 2005, § 3
  3. ↑ Law on the foundation of a badge of honor for special services in disaster, civil protection or rescue services (Disaster Protection Decoration Act - KatsEG-NRW) of February 15, 2005, § 2
  4. ↑ Law on the foundation of an honorary mark for special services in disaster, civil protection or rescue services (Disaster Protection Honor Mark Act - KatsEG-NRW) of February 15, 2005, § 4
  5. ↑ Law on the foundation of a decoration of honor for special services in disaster, civil protection or rescue services (Disaster Protection Decoration of Honor Act - KatsEG-NRW) of February 15, 2005, § 5
  6. ↑ Law on the foundation of a badge of honor for special merits in disaster, civil protection or rescue services (Disaster Protection Decoration Act - KatsEG-NRW) of February 15, 2005, § 7 paragraph 2
  7. ↑ Law on the foundation of a badge of honor for special services in disaster, civil protection or rescue services (Disaster Protection Decoration of Honor Act - KatsEG-NRW) of February 15, 2005, § 6