Crisis management across borders: Interior Minister in Deployment for Protection!
Crisis management across borders: Interior Minister in Deployment for Protection!
Bad Kösen, Deutschland - On July 4, 2025, Thuringia's Interior Minister Georg Maier and Saxony-Anhalt's Interior Minister Dr. Tamara Zieschang on the Rudelsburg near Bad Kösen. The occasion was the cross -border exchange as part of Maier's tour "Respect to the rescuers". Here, topics such as population protection and disaster prevention were in the foreground, in particular the current situation around forest fires. Christiane Schmidt-Rose, the district administrator of the Weimar Land, as well as Johann Waschnewski and Götz Ulrich, the district councilors of their respective districts, also took part in this important meeting. Burgenlandkreis reports that all the participants should not stop at national borders.
This thought will continue to be underlined by the current challenges, as they are also discussed in the latest edition of the Magazine Population Protection of the Federal Office for Population Protection and Disaster Aid (BBK). BBK emphasizes that climate change has a clear influence on the frequency and intensity of extreme weather also shows in increased forest and vegetation fires. In general, the focus of the federal and state governments is placed on adequate equipment and training to counter the change.
Together for better population protection
The importance of a close, reliable cooperation between the counties and the federal states was emphasized as part of the tour of the Rudelsburg. Götz Ulrich made it clear that functioning cooperation is essential for population protection. "Fire, water and crisis locations do not stop at district borders," said the district administrator. Thanks to good cooperation between the districts of the Burgenland district, as well as Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, you can see the current challenges optimistic.The European Environment Agency warns of the drastic effects of climate change, which are also noticeable in our region. European Parliament reports that 2023 is the most than 100,000 years, which is the probability of Extreme weather events further increased. The consequence of this are, for example, the massive forest fires that caused enormous damage in southern Europe in 2022 and 2023 and destroyed forests across the board.
The way to deal with the natural disasters
In view of the enormous economic losses as a result of natural disasters, such as the dramatic floods in Germany and neighboring countries, the need for action is clear: measures to improve population protection are absolutely on the agenda. The reports from BBK and the European Environment Agency clarify that we have to pull together together in order to better grown the challenges of the future. These include adapted training programs, better equipment for emergency services and international cooperation in the field of disaster protection.| Details | |
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