Feuerschutzpolizei

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The Feuerschutzpolizei was the centralized professional fire protection and firefighting service of Nazi Germany, organized under the Ordnungspolizei.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fire service
government agency
absorbedFrom local municipal fire departments
associatedWithIdeology National Socialism
linked to: Nazism
commandedBy chief of Ordnungspolizei
controlledBy Heinrich Himmler
linked to: HeinrichHimmler

Reich Ministry of the Interior
cooperatedWith German Red Cross
Luftschutz (air raid protection) organizations
Technische Nothilfe
country Nazi Germany
disbanded after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
engagedIn firefighting during Allied air raids
industrial fire protection
protection of strategically important facilities
urban disaster response
establishedAsCentralizedService 1938
hasAbbreviation FSP
hasComponent air-raid fire-fighting units
fire police battalions
professional city fire brigades
hasRole air-raid damage control
civil defense support
fire protection
firefighting
rescue operations
technical assistance
hasUniformColor police green
isCentralized true
isProfessionalService true
jurisdiction Reich Ministry of the Interior
languageOfName German
literalMeaningOfName fire protection police
operatedIn Germany
annexed territories of Nazi Germany
parentOrganization Ordnungspolizei
partOf German police system under the Third Reich
Ordnungspolizei
precededBy municipal professional fire brigades in Germany
subordinateTo Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei
Reichssicherheitshauptamt
succeededBy fire services of the Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Feuerschutzpolizei

fire services of the German Democratic Republic
post-war municipal fire brigades in Germany
timePeriod Nazi era
typeOfOrganization paramilitary-style emergency service
uniformed true
usedVehicleType fire engines
ladder trucks
specialized rescue vehicles
usesInsignia Nazi symbols
police-style rank insignia

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German Ordnungspolizei hasPart Feuerschutzpolizei
Feuerschutzpolizei succeededBy fire services of the Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Feuerschutzpolizei
Orpo hasBranch Feuerschutzpolizei