Road rescue services - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1979 - 50 Pfennig

The development and improved effectiveness of the rescue services have been instrumental in reducing the health toll of victims of road traffic compared to previous years and preventing the worst consequence, accidental death, in many cases. The rescue service in the Federal Republic of Germany is under the Basic Law in the area of ​​responsibility of the federal states. Its execution lies - locally differently - in the hands of the rescue organizations - workers Samariter federation registered association (ASB), - German Red Cross (DRK), - Johanniter accident assistance (JUH) and - Malteser Hilfsdienst registered association (MHD) as well the fire departments. The rescue service is a public task for us, for the fulfillment of which the state bears the overall responsibility. With considerable success, with the participation of the federal states, o. A. Rescue organizations in collaboration with the medical profession, the hospitals and the federal ministries involved, the nationwide expansion of the rescue system pushed forward. Although it has already reached an exemplary stage of development, it still requires further efforts by the participants to fill in gaps and overcome unsolved problems of various kinds. A special role in the field of rescue plays the citizens' initiative "Rescue Service Foundation Björn Steiger e.V.", whose emblem was also mapped on the special postage stamp "road rescue services", although it is not a rescue organization in the usual sense. The reason for this is that a special focus of all efforts of the Foundation is dedicated to the improvement of the Notmeldewesens. Their initiatives have contributed to a solution to the financing problems in emergency call 110/112. In addition, at their expense, they are constantly equipping roads that are not federal motorways with emergency alarm systems; z. At present, their number is around 1,000. (Text: Federal Ministry of Transport, Bonn)