Floods, forest fires, earthquakes: in the future, volunteer fire brigades under the name “Fire Brigade Austria” will travel abroad to fight disasters. This should simplify structures and save resources. Disaster trains from Styria, Salzburg and Lower Austria are always abroad, and soon Carinthia and Tyrol will also provide special equipment and a team of volunteers.
“Feuerwehr Österreich” aims to bring all know-how together in a joint Austrian international unit, said Robert Mayer, fire chief since March 4, 2022, in the Ö1 “Morgenjournal” on Sunday. It is definitely a big challenge to provide everything for the mission and also take care of the supplies, Mayer added. That should be easier now.
Required by storm and storm operations
In 2020, Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Styria were particularly affected by storms and storms, and Vienna and Carinthia were also deployed more frequently in this area last year.
That is why the Carinthian State Fire Service School focuses on storm operations in the autumn.
A new civil defense training ground will also be completed in the first quarter of next year, the head of the Carinthian fire academy, Klaus Tschabuschnig, said in an interview with the APA. The project includes electricity pylons, ponds and a special stretch of highway to simulate accidents.
Source: Krone
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