Disaster prevention
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzResponsible authorities are
- the municipalities for fire protection and general assistance,
- the districts for supra-local fire protection and supra-local general assistance,
- the districts and independent cities for disaster control and
- the state for the central tasks of fire protection, general assistance and disaster control as well as for the tasks of preventive hazard protection. In order to fulfil its central tasks, the state has set up a "Fire and Disaster Control" department at the Supervisory and Service Directorate in Trier and maintains the Fire and Disaster Control School in Koblenz for training purposes.
In addition to the fire brigades, the aid organisations and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (Hesse/Rhineland/Saarland State Association) are also deployed as supporting specialist units in disaster control. The training and further education in disaster control builds on the specialist training of the Rhineland-Palatinate fire brigades and aid organisations. The state has set up the Fire Brigade and Disaster Control School in Koblenz as a central training centre.
In future, all non-police requests for assistance will be received and coordinated by eight Integrated Control Centres. The integrated control centres thus form a uniform reporting header.
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
Early warning systems serve as a tool to detect emerging hazards such as fires, severe storms or other unexpected dangerous situations at an early stage. In this way, those at risk can be informed as quickly as possible. To this end, citizens have access to apps that they can install on their mobile phones as early warning systems.
KATWARN
KATWARN forwards official warnings and recommendations for action to the affected people. The content, timing and scope are decided solely by authorized authorities and security organizations.
KATWARN only reports official warning information from competent authorities, institutions and control centres. Since the responsibility for warnings in Germany is distributed among different institutions depending on the danger situation, the use of KATWARN may differ from region to region.
NINA
With the Federal Government's Emergency Information and News App, or NINA for short, you can receive important warnings from civil protection for various hazardous situations, such as the spread of hazardous substances or a major fire. It is being tested alongside other warning devices as part of the nationwide warning day. The nationwide warning day will take place for the first time on 10 September 2020 and will be held annually on the second Thursday in September from then on.