STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2772, sig. 109-17/4

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English Translation

The fire-fighting department is composed of the building office Abt. l4. According to the new organizational and business distribution plancaoll, the fire-fighter's office replaces the building abt, l4 . The fire department is to be completely transferred to the fire department, which up to now the building department Abt . l4 pre-citetete and carried out the civil service office Abst. 5. The procurement of the service clothing is to be the responsibility of the procurement office. This transfer of responsibilities has no significant influence on the stellar requirements of the firefighter. On the other hand, the construction department should fall away at the fire brigade and take over its tasks the building office. Of fundamental importance for the establishment plan is the transition from three-shift to two-shift transition to the service of the Fire Corps by the Commander of the Order Police in these days. The two-layer shift naturally requires less staff than the three-layer, which would have led to a considerable reduction in the previous staff level. However, a reduction in the number of personnel in the city is prevented by the fact that the commander of the police ordered the construction of the Prague professional fire brigade on the model in the Old Reich. The representative of the commander of the police of the order, Lieutenant Colonel Garski, later claimed that the conversion of the organisation of the Prague professional fire brigade to rich German conditions was of course necessary to increase its impact. In Prague, the fire brigade is responsible as a special task for the protection of valuable architectural monuments and important industrial enterprises of war. According to the instructions of the representative of the police of the order, the construction of a fire control unit for the protectorate is to be begun. By thisos Rogiment vird ler Peuerwehrschutz in the Protectorate generally increased, vas den Ge-