STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1291, sig. 109-4/1045

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-P 81 266 12 Fire Department . The fire department is set up by the building department abt. l4 . According to the new organizational and business plan , the fire department will replace the building office abbt . l4 , and the fire service is to be completely replaced by the procurement of the vehicles and equipment , which up to now was prepared by the construction department aft. I4 and carried out by the business department abbt. 5 . The procurement of the service clothes should be the responsibility of the procurement office. On the job requirements of the fire department this transfer of responsibilities has no significant influence. However, the construction department should fall away with the fire brigade and take over its tasks the building office. The transfer from three-shift to two-shift shift in the service of the Fire Corps, ordered by the commander of the police in these days, is essential for the establishment plan. The two-layer change naturally requires less staff than the three-layer shift, which would lead to a substantial reduction in the previous staffing level. However, a reduction in the standard of living is prevented by the fact that the order - haber der Ordnungspolizei - ordered the construction of the Prague professional fire brigade on the model in the Old Reich. The representative of the commander of the police, Lieutenant Colonel Garski, claimed that the conversion of the organisation of Prague's professional fires to rich German conditions was necessary in particular to increase their impact. In Prague, fires are the special task of protecting valuable building monuments and important industrial enterprises. According to the representative of the police, the construction of a fire brigade regiment for the Protectorate will soon be begun.