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The youth fire-brigade (abbreviation JF) (in Austria fire-brigade youth) the youth department is in a Freiwilligen fire-brigade. It tries to inspire children and young people for the employment in the fire-brigade so that they with appropriate age and qualification can be used in the freiwilligen fire-brigade service with. They may not be inserted however into the danger area by fire-brigade employments.
Usually particularly more trained youth-fire-brigade-waited the youth fire-brigade leads and functions as coach and/or a training supervisor.
1882 were created the first youth fire-brigade of Germany in Oevenum on the island Thus the Oevenumer youth fire-brigade is probably also the oldest in Europe.
In Germany a minimum age of on the average 10 years is necessary for the admission into a youth fire-brigade, depending upon Land of the Federal Republic. With 18 years (North-Rhine/Westphalia), in other Lands of the Federal Republic already in former times, a youth fire-brigade member can be transferred to the active service of the fire-brigade. "Troop man training in such a way specified "(also basic instruction course called) follows, in fundamental activities the fire-brigade theoretically and practically to be learned must (for example fire teachings, fire-fighting vehicles, fire fighting). Appropriate regulations are embodied in the Landesgesetzen. All German youth fire-brigades are organized in the German youth fire-brigade (DJF), a group of the German fire-brigade federation (DFV).
Meanwhile (conditions: January 2005) indicates the German youth fire-brigade as roof federation the total number of members also over 260.000, among them are more than 57,000 girls. The total number of the youth fire-brigades in Germany amounts to "today nearly 18,000 ".
By "the youth law of the GDR "of 4. May 1964 in the GDR the working groups were created "boy fire protection aid ". They should teach to the children outside of the school, bases of the fire protection and organizing activities of the fire protection. This AG was led generally by member of the Freiwilligen fire-brigade. Starting from the 5. Class was taught in the school teaching fire protection, fire fighting preventing among other things and first assistance. After the German reunification the working groups changed into "youth fire-brigades ".
In "mini fire-brigades so mentioned" starting from four years apart from play and fun the correct behavior is arranged for children in danger situations. 1992 were created in Frankfurt quarters the Praunheim the first mini fire-brigade. Meanwhile numerous further fire-brigades transferred this concept to Germany.
In Austria the fire-brigade youth is a part of the Freiwilligen fire-brigade likewise. Until some years ago only boys with an age could occur starting from 12 years the fire-brigade youth Austria. Today the minimum age is at 10 years and also an entrance for girls into the fire-brigade group of young people possible.
The training at the fire-brigade youth replaces some necessary training steps, if it with that 15. Lebensjahr to the active ones to be transferred know. By 1 January 2003 were in Austria 22,140 members at the fire-brigade youth.
See also: Fire-brigade in Austria
The principal purpose of a youth fire-brigade exists in advancing young people to the tasks of the fire-brigade. Due to the changed demographic development of the western society (fewer children) this promotion is very important, since straight smaller freiwillige weirs have already personnel concerns. Unfortunately the number of the specialists from beyond is declining in the employment uses of the freiwilligen fire-brigades, so that in many places the youth fire-brigade is the largest source of new generation at task forces.
Straight one in East Germany gives it the problem that a majority of the trained young people, ready for the active service in the fire-brigade, from its homeland to West Germany move away. Justified this is usually by worse training and attitude chances for the young people in East German regions.
Finally young people "were trained" in firefighters, the goal of the weirs concerned of binding i.e. new fire-brigade task forces to their place were however missed. Thus there are only very few young task forces in economiceconomics regions.
A youth fire-brigade of youth fire-brigade control rooms is led. They care for the group from children and young people. Such a group meets usually weekly for common training. The training contains a learning of basic activities in the fire-brigade service, as well as the exercise of skill, mobility and general knowledge. Also common enterprises outside of the fire-brigade framework are located in many youth fire-brigades on the program. So can be accomplished for example camps, cinema attendance or sporty activities such as football. These completely particularly promote the structure of a (see also comrade shank, comrade shank in the fire-brigade) within the youth fire-brigade, which is to prepare later for the community in the fire-brigade. The work in the youth fire-brigade therefore both the range of the fire-brigade-technical training, as well as covers the general youth work.
Particularly progressively led youth fire-brigades look for already promptly the intensive contact to their "large "partners "of the active weir ". In common exercises with these it becomes clear the young people that also they already belong to ""and an important part of the resistance is.
Country-wide youth fire-brigades test themselves among themselves in different competitions. To call are here:
See also: CTIF
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