Office for Fire and Disaster Protection

All disaster control authorities in Bavaria must, in particular, draw up and update general disaster control plans and, where necessary, special alarm and deployment plans, so-called special disaster control plans.

The units and facilities involved in civil protection also perform the tasks of protecting the population from the special dangers and damage that threaten in the event of defense. They are additionally equipped and trained for this purpose.

The task of the civil protection authorities is to avert disasters and take the necessary preparatory measures.

If necessary, the security and disaster control authorities warn the population likely to be affected by a disaster or large-scale hazard situation and, if necessary, issue instructions on what to do.

The term civil-military cooperation describes the cooperation between military and civilian forces in various areas.

As part of preventive disaster control, the district administrative authorities draw up alarm and deployment plans for certain hazardous incident operations on the basis of corresponding operator information.

Bavaria's state fire department schools offer firefighters various training courses. The course administration is carried out by the district administrative authority. The governments allocate training places to the districts and independent cities.

The "fire protection service" may recognize the operator of a place of assembly's own staff (or service providers) as fire safety guards.

In Bavaria, around 320,000 volunteer firefighters in around 7,500 volunteer fire departments in Bavarian towns and municipalities are responsible for fire protection. Seven professional fire departments and over 200 plant and company fire departments also fight against the red tap.