New Office for Fire and Disaster Protection: Oldenburg in action!

New Office for Fire and Disaster Protection: Oldenburg in action!

In the district of Oldenburg, a lot is currently being done for civil and disaster protection. At the initiative of Weser-Kurier Brought away. From the beginning of 2024, Karsten Bilger, an experienced firefighter who has been active in the Ahlhorn volunteer fire brigade since his youth and has been heading the Fire Brigade Center (FTZ) in Ganderkesee since 2014. This restructuring is followed by intensive discussions about optimizing disaster protection in the district.

Christian Pundt, the district administrator of the district of Oldenburg, explains that the creation of its own office is necessary because the area of ​​disaster protection is too great for the regulatory office. Saxony-Anhalt stands out here: As one of the few in the old Federal Republic, the state leads its own office for disaster protection. A central focus of the new office will be the fuel supply for the fire brigade and police in the event of major damage. To ensure this, local petrol stations were converted.

important measures and developments

In the coming years, the district plans to largely electrify the fleet, which will reduce the need for fuel. In addition, the growing danger of vegetation fires has already reacted and a specialist train to combat such fires has been founded. In order to ensure the communication of the emergency services in the event of a power failure, eight emergency trimmers were purchased. Pundt pointed out that photovoltaic systems do not work in the event of power failures because they are dependent on an intact power grid.

In rural areas, the commitment of the volunteer fire brigades and aid organizations is of central importance. Civil and disaster protection plays an important role in the basic training of new firefighters. In order to sharpen the awareness of the citizens for self -provision, a flyer is prepared for disaster protection, which will later be distributed to households. Pundt emphasizes that the issue of disaster protection in the 1980s was a more familiar term, but is again focused on current events.

The legal framework

Counter protection in Germany is regulated by the law on civil defense and the Federal Disaster Aid (ZSKG). According to BBK includes the federal government's tasks in civil protection as well as the municipalities and countries Disaster protection. The main tasks include self -protection, warning of the population and measures to protect health and cultural asset. In the event of disasters to a national extent In view of global changes, civil and disaster protection in the district administration has a high priority. Municipalities are already thinking about the creation of shelters, the so-called "cat protection lighthouses". Karsten Bilger also underlines the need for regular updates of the disaster protection plans in order to be prepared for the always changing dangers.