Employees of the technical relief organization can be seen again and again in pictures from crisis areas.
The regional association was founded in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 30 years ago.
Rostock - The Technische Hilfswerk (THW) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania currently offers around 1300 people space for voluntary work.
For many there is the motivation to be able to do something completely different than in their everyday professional life, said André Axmann from the Rostock branch of the German Press Agency on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the regional association.
For example, many people who are not otherwise involved in the craft industry used the voluntary office to work in one of the 25 craft specializations.
These many possibilities are also the reason why the THW has not had any personnel problems in the past two years despite the corona pandemic, emphasized Axmann.
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It is an advantage that the THW is a federal institution.
The government wanted the employees to be well trained and able to work at a high technical level, emphasized Axmann.
In May, for example, a new command and communication vehicle was inaugurated, which can serve as a mobile office for the management forces.
The planned second location of the Federal Academy for Civil Protection and Civil Defense is also to be built in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The training center is to be housed in a new building still to be built on Dänholm, a small island between Rügen and Stralsund, according to a declaration of intent from Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) and Stralsund's Lord Mayor of Stralsund, Alexander Badrow (CDU).
Every now and then there is also the opportunity to experience something adventurous, said Axmann.
So it is a challenge to be part of a team that supports a house like recently in Rostock.
Axmann recalled operations, for example, in the forest fires in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district or in floods.
For some specialists there could be opportunities to work abroad.
One of the main characteristics of the THW work is that a lot of improvisation is always required.
“Then you have to adapt to completely new situations that cannot be foreseen.” Dpa
