The new State Office for Fire and Disaster Protection (LfBK) in Rhineland-Palatinate

8. May 2025 | Civil Protection in Germany, General

In the “Behörden Spiegel”, the article “Aufbau, Anforderungen und Aufgaben des neuen LfBK” (engl.: “Structure, Requirements and Tasks of the new LfBK”) sheds light on the founding and tasks of the new State Office for Fire and Disaster...

Article “Hydromorphological profiles of German watercourse types”

8. May 2025 | Allgemein, General

The publication “Hydromorphological profiles of German watercourse types”, published in April 2025, was written by Tanja Pottgiesser, Stephan Naumann and Andreas Müller on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency.It describes the hydromorphological conditions that are...

Nationwide Digital Radio Disruption – Cause Identified

7. May 2025 | Civil Protection in Germany, General

On May 6, 2025, a nationwide outage of the BOS digital radio system (Public Safety Authorities and Organizations (known in German as BOS – Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben)) affected police, fire services, and emergency medical responders across...

Programme for the ‘Care in Civil Protection’ congress now available!

6. May 2025 | Allgemein

Nursing staff are indispensable in crisis situations – be it natural disasters, pandemics or humanitarian emergencies. But how well prepared is nursing care for such challenges? What structures, skills and strategies are needed to be able to act professionally? The...

Maritime Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea

6. May 2025 | General

The Federal Academy for Security Policy of Germany has published a policy paper on maritime Critical Infrastructure titled “Protecting Maritime Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea: Is a Warning Shot Across the Bow Necessary?” (original: „Schutz maritimer...