Held of the night: Fire protection in the flood fire brigade shines with record inserts!

Held of the night: Fire protection in the flood fire brigade shines with record inserts!

With an impressive review in the Millenniumsaal of the country house, Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner and her representatives and fire brigade leaders drew a remarkable record of the volunteer fire brigades for 2024. "The fire brigade asked more than ever"-says Mikl-Leitner, who mentioned over 98,000 fire brigade members who were active in over 27,000 missions. With such enormous challenges, such as the drastic forest fires and intensive storm inserts, the remarkable strength and the unshakable use of the firefighters, as also reported the media of APA-OTS, showed

There was referred to an impressive total of over 107,700 missions, including 7,200 fire operations and more than 77,500 technical operations. The precautionary protection and support for the members of the fire brigade remain crucial. As part of these efforts, the state government plans to significantly improve the equipment for the fire brigade. Finance Minister Magnus Brunner announced a new special investment bonus of 15 million euros, which is now available nationwide for the volunteer forces. "We want to help the fire brigades to help," he explained, while he emphasized the significant role of the almost 340,000 firefighters in Austria, as was also recorded in the reports by Feuerwehren.at.

The strong community support towards the volunteer fire brigades is not only shown in words, but also in deeds. So far, over 330 million euros in financial aid have been paid to those affected by the flood disaster. "Every euro invested has proven to be well laid out," emphasized Pernkopf and continued to assume strong investments in flood protection. The challenges for the voluntary fire departments, which are increasingly confronted with weather extreme and natural disasters, require constant adjustment and equipment that takes into account the modern requirements. The support continues to optimally equip the security and emergency services.