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8 1h2 12 %. As a whole, for the organization of the guards: Oberbrandmeister 9 + 1 - 10 Brandmeister 62 + 7 - 69 Oberfeuerwehrmen 139 +16 - 155 Firefighters 275 +32 - 307 together . . . 485 +56 - 541 As a comparison staff, the staff of several larger protective police in the Reich according to the status of l941 can be listed as follows : Place: Inhabitants - Offiz. Oberbr. Brand- Ober- u. Zu- zahl : meister Feuerwehrm. together: Dresden 635000 7 14 53 294 368 Munich 835000 10 10 60 300 380 Hamburg 1,700000 17 48 141 675 881 Vienna 1,900000 28 91 236 964 1319 Prague 1,000000 12 10 69 462 553 The conditions of the city of Prague can first be compared with those of Munich; after all, Prague has about 165o0 inhabitants more. It is striking that the personnel for the leadership.Until the fire master fairly coincides, however, the number of firemen and firemen for Prague is 1/3 higher than that for Munich : The representative of the police of the order justified this by the fact that the professional fire brigade in Munich is disproportionately small due to the strong expansion of the voluntary firemen. This is confirmed by a comparison of the staff level of Dresden with that of Munich . Although Dresden has a population of around 200ooo less than Munich, it has only 6 fire brigades - men less, i.e. practically the same stand as Munich Compared to Dresden, but also to Hamburg and Vienna, the personnel stand planned for Prague is to be distinguished as appropriate The fire brigade of the Prague professional fire brigade is partly made up of former skilled workers, partly from