Honor where honor is due: The BRK district association recently honored 30 deserving and long-standing members of the five volunteers in the district of Starnberg in Starnberg. © Andrea Jaksch
The BRK-Kreisverband Starnberg has honored deserving and long-standing standby members. The five volunteers have around 400 members in the district.
District – The BRK district association Starnberg has dedicated an entire evening to the commitment of the volunteers who provide help in the district in the Starnberg, Gilching, Gauting, Seefeld and Herrsching standbys. A number of them have been honoured with awards, some of which are rare.
Nearly 400 helpers volunteered in the on-call services, the BRK said in a statement. Organized in specialist services, the medical service, for example, regularly secures events. In the case of large-scale operations, the specialist service "Care and Catering" takes care of all those affected and helpers. The specialist service "Information and Communication" supports the operational command in operations and larger medical services. The specialist service "Crisis Intervention" takes care of the psychological care of those affected and emergency services after traumatic experiences. And: The so-called "helpers on site" are professional volunteers who are sent by the integrated control center in emergencies to bridge the often important minutes until the arrival of the rescue service with qualified help. By the way, in the fire departments, this is called first responders.
In recognition of this "impressive commitment", 30 of the volunteers were invited to a celebration by the district emergency management. At the event at the Gasthof in der Au in Starnberg, they were honored for their many years of voluntary work and for their extraordinary commitment. District Administrator Stefan Frey was also present and addressed words of gratitude to the honorees. Albert Luppart, second deputy chairman of the BRK district association, was there.
Honorees active up to 60 years
All honorees were presented with a certificate and a pin of honor. For example, Johann Friedinger and Wilhelm Jocher (both BRK-Bereitschaft Starnberg) as well as Helmut Führer (BRK-Bereitschaft Seefeld) received the Badge of Honour of the German Red Cross in gold for 60 years of service. For outstanding merits, 14 members received a badge of honor.
An extraordinary award was given to Michael Wrase. He received the Golden Medal of Readiness for his decades of work as a leader and for his missions abroad, for example in the context of aid for Ukraine. Klaus Marhold, one of the organizers of the event, summed up: "This was a successful thank you for the honorees and their partners with a dinner and many stories from many years of service."
The following BRK members were honored by the district association:
- Badge of Honour of the BRK in silver for 25 years of service: Bernhard Eder, Gert Gläser, Ann-Sophie Falk (all Bereitschaft Gilching), Sven Schicke (Starnberg), Bernhard Zwilling (Gauting).
Decoration of Honour on Ribbon of the Free State of Bavaria in recognition of voluntary services to the BRK, Class 2, Silver: Benjamin Urmann (Gilching).
Badge of Honour of the BRK in gold for 40 years of service: Gero Geuther, Klaus Marhold, Hermann Tost (all Seefeld), Jürgen Schulz (Gilching).
GRC Badge of Honour Gold for 50 years of service: Richard Ferschke, Kurt Kaller (both Seefeld), Edwin Menzinger (Starnberg).
Decoration of Honour on Ribbon of the Free State of Bavaria in recognition of voluntary services to the BRK, Grand Decoration of Honour: Richard Ferschke (Seefeld).
GRC Badge of Honour Gold for 60 years of service: Johann Friedinger, Wilhelm Jocher (both Starnberg), Helmut Führer (Seefeld). Medal of Honour of the BRK Readiness in bronze for special merits: Monika Frank, Sebastian Reisböck (both Starnberg), Jörg Lager, Taghi Pohl (both Gilching), Daniel Penzl (Seefeld), Nicole Scheibenpflug (Herrsching), Bernhard Zwilling (Gauting).
Medal of Honour of the BRK Readiness in Silver for Exceptional Merits: Christian Dötterl, Gert Gläser (both Gilching), Walter Kohlenz (Starnberg).
Medal of Honour of the BRK Readiness in Gold for outstanding merits: Michael Wrase (Herrsching).