title: Involvement of the Population in Crisis and Disaster Management in Germany (FRG) after World War II
title: Shown on the example of five disaster events
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sticher, Birgitta
name: Will, Anna
name: Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Recht Berlin
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Year: 2014

description: 1 Purpose and Objective of Study ............................................................................................. 5<br>2 Selected disaster events in brief ............................................................................................ 8<br>2.1 The Hamburg storm surge of 1962 ....................................................................................... 8<br>2.2 The Niedersachsen forest fires of 1975................................................................................. 9<br>2.3 The snow disaster in Northern Germany 1978/79 .............................................................. 10<br>2.4 The Oder flood of 1997 ....................................................................................................... 10<br>2.5 The Elbe flood of 2002......................................................................................................... 11<br>2.6 Approach to the subject ...................................................................................................... 12<br>3 Relief needs of the population, helping behaviour of the BOS and the population, and the cooperation between them during the selected disaster events ........................................... 12<br>3.1 The Hamburg storm surge of 1962 ..................................................................................... 13<br>3.1.1 Relief needs of the affected population ................................................................... 13<br>3.1.2 Helping behaviour on the part of the BOS and the population. ............................... 13<br>3.1.3 Cooperation between the BOS and the population ................................................. 15<br>3.2 The Niedersachsen forest fires of 1975............................................................................... 17<br>3.2.1 Relief needs of the affected population ................................................................... 17<br>3.2.2 Helping behaviour on the part of the BOS and the population. ............................... 17<br>3.2.3 Cooperation between the BOS and the population ................................................. 18<br>3.3 The snow disaster in Northern Germany 1978/79 .............................................................. 19<br>3.3.1 The relief needs of the affected population ............................................................. 19<br>3.3.2 Helping behaviour on the part of the BOS and the population ................................ 20<br>3.3.3 Cooperation between the BOS and the population ................................................. 21<br>3.4 The Oder flood of 1997 ....................................................................................................... 21<br>3.4.1 Relief needs of the affected population ................................................................... 21<br>3.4.2 Helping behaviour on the part of the BOS and the population. ............................... 22<br>3.4.3 Cooperation between the BOS and the population ................................................. 23<br>3.5 The Elbe flood of 2002......................................................................................................... 24<br>3.5.1 Relief needs of the affected population ................................................................... 24<br>3.5.2 Helping behaviour on the part of the BOS and the population ................................ 25<br>3.5.3 Cooperation between the BOS and the population ................................................. 27<br>4 Understanding the experiences from the five disaster events ............................................... 28<br>4.1 Relief needs and necessary assistance activities ................................................................. 29<br>4.2 Indispensable assistance from the BOS ............................................................................... 29<br>4.3 Tasks to be performed by the population ........................................................................... 29<br>4.4 Reasons for involving the population .................................................................................. 30<br>4.5 Population involvement requirements to be met by the BOS ............................................ 31<br>4.5.1 Appropriate dealings with onlookers during disaster events ................................... 32<br>4.6 Requirements to be met by citizens for getting involved in disaster management ........... 33<br>5 Résumé of findings .............................................................................................................. 34<br>6 List of references ................................................................................................................. 35<br>6.1 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................... 35<br>6.2 Legal texts ............................................................................................................................ 41<br>6.3 Internet sources .................................................................................................................. 41
description: Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstelle für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)