Technisches Hilfswerk THW
There has been a cooperation agreement between the German Fire Brigade Association and THW since May 2001, which has been constantly developed and intensified. In addition to rescuing victims and recovering material assets - the core tasks of the THW - the specialist groups of the Federal Task Force support the fire brigades through:
- Electrical supply and lighting of job sites
- places of spilled persons
- Rummaging of deployment sites
- blasting
- Rescuing and recovering from water hazards and fighting
- floods
- Elimination of water damage
- Infrastructure restoration
Who leads the assignment?
In the case of operation, the THW units are always subordinated to the local operations management and receive their operational missions. As a rule, the fire brigade is responsible for the operation.