Defense chief (Rhineland-Palatinate)

The military ladder referred in Rhineland-Palatinate the head of a volunteer fire department at the community level. This also applies to communities with several district fire departments. The district fire brigades are led by military leaders. In independent cities, he is called the city ​​fire brigade inspector .

appointment

In Rhineland-Palatinate, the military chief and the military leader are appointed by the mayor of the ( association ) community either as full-time staff or, in the case of voluntary fire brigades, as volunteer managers for a period of ten years. He is made an honorary official for a limited period. In municipalities with a professional fire brigade, their head performs the relevant tasks.

In a community with a volunteer fire brigade with full-time fire brigade members, the mayor can appoint one full-time fire brigade member as a full-time fire chief and a full-time deputy fire chief.

In the absence of the required training, the mayor can appoint the candidate on the condition that the training must be completed within two years, in special cases within three years. During this time, the fire brigade is temporarily assigned to perform the management function.

tasks

The fire chief has the right to propose positions within the community fire brigade, unless otherwise specified. He is responsible for the operational readiness of the fire brigade. He has to advise the mayor on all questions of fire protection and general assistance.

Insinuation

The military leaders of the individual districts are technically subordinate to the military chief.

Rank

→ Main article : Ranks of the fire brigade in Rhineland-Palatinate

The rank of the military leader depends on the strength of his fire department in relation to the equipment:

• device-related strength that does not exceed a group :

Fire chief as	Fire chief as
deputy Wehrführer / -in deputy Unit leader	Wehrführer / unit leader

• device-related strength that does not exceed a pull :

Chief Fire Officer as	Chief Fire Officer as
deputy Wehrführer / -in deputy Unit leader	Wehrführer / unit leader

• device-related strength that exceeds a pull:

Main fire chief as	Main fire chief as
deputy Wehrführer / -in deputy Unit leader	Wehrführer / unit leader

In the case of the military chief himself there is only one division into

• Acting Chief of Defense:

deputy Defense chief	Defense chief

• Defense chief out of service:

deputy Defense chief a. D.	Defense chief a. D.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The functional designations apply to both female and male fire service members. Fire brigade regulation 3 units in fire fighting and rescue operations, Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, 2008
2. ^ State law on fire protection, general assistance and disaster control
3. ↑ Rank and function badges of the fire brigade