English Translation

35a VI. Special tasks of the volunteer fire brigades as auxiliary police during the war. The volunteer fire departments, in whose ranks at the time approximately 150 000 members of the HF. stand as ersatz for drafted men, are working as auxiliary Police in the framework of the regular police far beyond their peaceful work. In smaller cities and in the countryside, the same tasks as the emergency technical assistance and the security and assistance service in the larger cities are assigned to Yhnen. During the evacuation of the western wall area from September 1939 to uli 1940, members of the volunteer fire brigades were fed into all the villages, whose task was to immediately extinguish fires caused by enemy fires in the villages and towns and to preserve such great national wealth. Even after the arrival of our troops in Alsace, voluntary fire brigades followed immediately and were also successfully active here, e.g. in the fight against several large fires in the port of Strasbourg. As an example of the activities of the volunteer fire brigade are in June i.e. 4 661 seats, of which 1 264 due to enemy influence. al 44579 RO0.00 6817 40 2C