Week of winter readiness and fire protection
The week of winter readiness and fire protection (often referred to as winter readiness week ) was the official name for measures carried out across the country in the GDR , which dealt with preparations for the approaching winter and fire prevention . The " Winter Readiness and Fire Protection Week " first took place in October 1964 and was held annually in autumn until 1990 (there was already a winter readiness day in the 1950s ). Measures included:
- Caretakers , businesses and landlords had to check whether litter had been stored and whether their snow shovels and other clearing equipment were still available and in order.
- Ensuring sufficient feed stocks on farms .
- Filling up additional coal heaps for the increased energy demand during the winter months.
- Stocking of medicines in pharmacies and clinics.
- Controls on compliance with preventive fire protection measures in all companies, schools and kindergartens, in commercial facilities and in homes.
- Broad general public relations work on fire protection behavior.
Web links
- mdr.de: Winter service in the GDR
- Detailed description on kfv-spn.de (District Fire Brigade Association Spree-Neisse eV)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Call up VEB Bau ( 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.
- ↑ www.feuerwehr-moenchhagen.de: From the founding of the volunteer fire brigade to the fall of the Berlin Wall (1949–1990)
- ↑ mehrow.de: Animal producers are preparing for "Winter Readiness Week".
- ↑ apotheke-erxleben.de: work in the GDR era.
