Self protection

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Self-protection is primarily the protection against certain negative influences through precaution or self-defense .

term

Self-protection is a sub-concept of civil protection and describes personal behavior in external emergency situations, the self-help ability of the individual to prepare for crises, disasters, accidents or the case of defense. In contrast to this, civil protection (in the Federal Republic of Germany) is carried out by private institutions such as the German Red Cross , local fire brigades or the Maltese relief service as well as by federal and state institutions.

If the term self-protection is used in connection with self-defense, it stands for various possibilities of counter-defense, in particular to avert damage to life and limb and to property. If this counter-defense is carried out physically, for example by force of arms, it can still be exempt from punishment if one was forced to do so.

Emergency situations

Concrete and abstract dangers from critical infrastructures:

  • Non-man-made hazards such as As storms, floods, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, epidemics, pandemics, extreme rainfall or crop failures .
  • Human-made hazards such as B. Accidents, nuclear clouds, terrorism, civil unrest, wars, financial crashes, house fires or sabotage.

Concrete and abstract dangers from (partly) physical attacks:

Actions taken by the individual

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The German Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) recommends :

  • Create a food reserve for at least two weeks, not only with the usual staple foods or long-life cans, but also long-term foods that last up to 25 years such as BP-5 .
  • Make provision for clean drinking water (in the event of a burst pipe or an evacuation ), for example using Mikropur chlorine silver ion tablets or Katadyn filters .
  • Provide emergency baggage, for example a full rucksack with first aid material, radio with a crank, copies of documents, food for at least two days, lighter, outdoor clothing , means of transport such as a rubber dinghy, lightweight tent and more - as a precaution when the house or the house Apartment must be vacated in the event of flooding, chemical accidents or house fire.
  • Take precautions against a power failure through camping stoves and information media that are independent of electricity - for example with a battery-operated radio with reserve batteries or a crank radio.
  • in long-term emergencies, own vegetable and potato cultivation.

The BKK also recommends keeping a ready-to-hand document folder with all important documents and depositing them with friends, relatives, notaries, lawyers or banks.

In connection with the new concept for civil defense in Germany presented in August 2016, there is also the development of a new framework concept for self-protection for the federal government and federal states from October 18, 2019.

Historical

The term self-protection was also used for paramilitary groups, in particular for the ethnic German self-protection in German-occupied Poland and in the Romanian-occupied Transnistria governorate as well as the Upper Silesian Self-Protection and the Self-Protection of Upper Silesia at the time of the uprisings in Upper Silesia .

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Duden, German Universal Dictionary. 6th edition. 2007.
  2. ↑ a b Provision for emergencies
  3. ↑ Guide to emergency preparedness and the right action in emergency situations. In: 6th edition. Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, 2018, accessed on February 1, 2020 . ISBN 978-3-939347-54-5 . Pp. 18-19.
  4. ↑ Keep important documents to hand. Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, accessed on May 5, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Guide to emergency preparedness and the right action in emergency situations. In: 6th edition. Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, 2018, accessed on February 1, 2020 . ISBN 978-3-939347-54-5 . Pp. 18-19.
  6. ↑ Framework concept for training in first aid with self-protection content. (PDF) In: bbk.bund.de. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
  7. ↑ New concept for civil defense presented. Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, August 24, 2016, accessed on August 30, 2016 .

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