UNDRR Special News Bulletin on Heatwaves, Wildfires and Drought

28. Jul 2023 | Heat

Most organisations dealing with Civil Protection have talked about topics like “Tips with more than 30 degrees – Heat wave” (DRK), “July 2023 is set to be the hottest month on record” (WMO) in the past weeks and Deutsche Welle has...

Topic Page Update: Civil Protection and Protection of the Population in Germany

24. Jul 2023 | General

How does Civil Protection work in Germany? Who is responsible for which tasks in which cases? These and other questions are answered by the updated topic page on Protection of the Population in Germany. In German, the terms “Civil Protection” means what...

Forest Fire Statistics for 2022 published

21. Jul 2023 | General, Vegetation Fires

The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) published the forest fire statistics for the year 2022 on Tuesday, according to which about 3058 hectares of forest area have been destroyed by 2397 fires. According to the BLE, this is roughly equivalent to the area...

THW: “Zeitenwende” in the 2023 framework concept

19. Jul 2023 | General, Members

The THW’s framework concept 2023 focuses on its expanded tasks in the sense of the “Zeitenwende” (watershed moment). This results in a broad spectrum of new operational situations for securing and defending democracy, in line with the National...

Prioritisation systems for mass casualty incidents

18. Jul 2023 | General

In the event of a mass casualty incident (MAN-V, MAN-I, MAN-E, etc.), the care of patients must be prioritised, as the number of people requiring care in this case exceeds the immediate treatment capacity of the rescue systems. For this reason, there are numerous...