Förderkreis of the German Fire Brigade Association celebrates 20th anniversary in Berlin
Förderkreis of the German Fire Brigade Association celebrates 20th anniversary in Berlin
"I thank everyone who founded and expanded this committee and are constantly filling it with life!" Explained Dr. Christian von Boetticher, chairman of the support group of the German Fire Brigade Association (DFV), at the festive event on the occasion of the 20th anniversary in Berlin. DFV President Karl-Heinz Banse was happy about the large number of members and welcomed together with Dr. from Boetticher the 112nd member of the supporter committee. The "Förderkreis of the German Fire Brigade Association e.V." Supports the German Fire Brigade Association as the top association of the German fire brigade, which represents the interests of the German fire brigade at national, European and international level.
The general assembly of the support group had previously taken place. 15 people and companies had joined the committee last year, and this year there were already eight new members at the time of reporting. "It is not big enough to appreciate what contribution they all make for the work of the DFV," thanked Christoph Hampel as deputy chairman at the meeting. DFV President Karl-Heinz Banse emphasized the importance: "For us, they are a facility that is no longer to be removed. The support we receive through them enables the DFV additional design and action options." Since its foundation, the support group has been financing significant support contributions to the German Fire Brigade Association for its statutory purposes every year. The support of the German Fire Brigade Museum in Fulda is currently particularly in focus.In the subsequent conference of the advisory board of the German Fire Brigade Association, DFV President Banse led by the event in the representation of the prevented advisory board chairman and former Federal Minister Claudia Crawford. The association's advisory board consists of 150 representatives from politics, business and science. They advise the DFV, establish contacts and support projects in particular - in the past year, such as the German Youth Fire Brigade Day, the Berlin evening and the association Presence at the Federal President's summer festival. "We are currently particularly concerned with lobbying in civil protection," said Banse.
With other pressing and current problems, three specialist lectures dealt with the conference. Thomas Wittschurky, head of the social sector department of the German Fire Brigade Association, presented the results of the study on "Violence against emergency services", which the DFV had carried out together with the German statutory accident insurance. "49.5 percent of the participants had already experienced violence in the form of insults, insults, threats or assault as an active fire brigade member in the past two years. It is therefore a massive problem that - unfortunately - belongs to the everyday life of the firefighters," he explained. Wittschurky formulated five core messages: violence is not an isolated case, but a massive everyday problem. Verbal violence dominates. Perpetrators are predominantly individuals without the influence of alcohol or drugs. There is no predictability of the deeds. The victims have experienced disrespect and lack of appreciation as particularly stressful.
Psychologist Ahmad Mansour dealt with the question "Where does the hatred come from for emergency services?" And initially made it clear that it was not to be accepted in a democratic society that people target emergency workers. "The reliability of the help is a cornerstone of society," he said. Mansour explained that trust in uniformed people in certain groups had massively decreased. "A certain group, especially among young people, despises our rule of law. They are socialized and do not respect the emergency services," he gave insight into a parallel society in which Integration is perceived as a risk. Those who cannot express themselves language have the tendency to react more aggressive, they also said in Germany with a view to their early days. The central task of the fire brigade must be to inspire people with a migration background for the commitment.
dr. Alexander Beck, fire brigade leadership and expert in cyber security, sensitized the advisory board members with an insight into the cyber security and its importance for the fire brigades. On the basis of concrete scenarios such as the aerial ladder, which no longer drives upwards in use, but only downwards, he explained what possible threats there can be in the face of increasing digitization. Beck presented the different access options for cybercriminiality such as blackmail of people or ransomware. "If I apply the actually safe infrastructure correctly, the precautions are sufficient," he emphasized. In order to create a low -threshold introduction to information security, the DFV and the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology have recently published checklists that can be used to identify the state of information security in the fire brigades and control centers, to identify requirements to be implemented.
Images of the conferences are available at. Information about the support group is available under information about the advisory board at online.