FPÖ-initiated: Petition for more support from the fire brigade!
FPÖ-initiated: Petition for more support from the fire brigade!
This day, the volunteer fire brigades face major challenges. In order to cope with this, the FPÖ has launched a petition entitled "Sucked up.at - Less bureaucracy. More emergency" that aims to support the important work of these emergency services. FPÖ general secretary Christian Hafenecker emphasizes that it is high time to push the excessive bureaucracy back and, above all, to provide the necessary resources. The petition invites the population to show their support through signatures and to draw attention to the concerns of the firefighters reports the press .
The fire brigade is faced with a constantly growing list of requirements. According to Julia Klöckner's statement, more and more tasks have to be taken over, which are often associated with additional bureaucracy and danger assessments. This situation is hardly portable for many volunteers, especially when you consider that the funds and staff are often not sufficient to meet the increased requirements. Klöckner therefore calls for more flexible training models and emphasizes how important targeted support for the volunteers is
The petition of Hafenecker demands, among other things, a legal basis that allows volunteer fire departments to remove extinguishing water from natural waters for exercises without having to obtain a temporary approval. Currently, fire brigades have to pay long waiting times and additional costs through the Water Law Act. This is seen as an unnecessary bureaucratic hurdle, which limits the userability of the weirs. The initiative aims to reduce these hurdles and to facilitate the work for the emergency services. In addition, it is required that modern personal protective equipment is provided for each new member. A reimbursement of VAT when buying additional equipment and the introduction of paid vacation days for training are also on the wish list. The firefighters are also intended to secure employment law in order to secure their valuable work in the long term. volunteer work, especially in the fire brigade, is indispensable for society. As the Federal Office for Population Protection and Disaster Aid (BBK) emphasizes, voluntary services make an important contribution to the population protection How there documented . The challenges associated with the perception of this voluntary activity require clear structure considerations and support from the legislator. Time is urged and concrete measures are required to relieve the active forces in the fire brigades from the growing loads. This is the only way to ensure that there will be enough motivated and well -trained firefighters in the future in order to be able to help effectively and quickly in an emergency. The challenges for the voluntary fire brigades
The importance of volunteering
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