Feuerschutzpolizei
Sign in to saveFeuerschutzpolizei () was a fire police unit in Nazi Germany and a branch of Nazi Germany's Ordnungspolizei, formed in 1938 when the German municipal professional fire brigades were transferred to the national police. The previously red fire vehicles, blue uniforms and fire service ranks were replaced by green fire vehicles, green uniforms and police ranks.
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Feuerschutzpolizei () was a fire police unit in Nazi Germany and a branch of Nazi Germany's Ordnungspolizei, formed in 1938 when the German municipal professional fire brigades were transferred to the national police. The previously red fire vehicles, blue uniforms and fire service ranks were replaced by green fire vehicles, green uniforms and police ranks.
==Mission== The Feuerschutzpolizei had several distinct missions: to extinguish fires; to cooperate in civil defense policy; to carry out prevention missions by ensuring, for example, that building construction uses non-combustible materials; prescribe regulations for the handling and storage of highly flammable materials; and finally, provide a fire inspection service.
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