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Municipalities are demanding more cash for civil protection and new bunkers
There is a siren on an outdated hearth station close to Hanover. The Association of Cities and Municipalities is asking on the federal authorities to take higher precautions to guard the inhabitants. photograph
© Julian Stratenschulte/dpa
The Bundeswehr receives billions from a particular pot, and the healthcare system can be presupposed to arm itself in opposition to navy conflicts. The municipalities at the moment are additionally demanding this for civil safety.
The Association of Cities and Municipalities is asking on the federal authorities to take higher precautions to guard the inhabitants within the occasion of a navy battle, together with extra bunkers. “Now it's not just about making the Bundeswehr capable of defending itself. It's more generally about protecting the population from war-related dangers,” says the final supervisor of the municipal affiliation, André Berghegger, to the newspapers of the Funke media group.
In addition to the particular fund of 100 billion euros for the Bundeswehr, the federal authorities should “raise large sums of money to ensure internal resilience,” demanded Berghegger. He named the sum of at the very least one billion euros in every of the following ten years for the safety of the civilian inhabitants. But that is only a increase. The funds ought to come from the common federal finances.
Sirens additionally required
Specifically, Berghegger known as for extra bunkers in Germany. Of the two,000 public shelters from the Cold War, solely 600 stay that may accommodate round 500,000 folks. “It is urgently necessary to put disused bunkers back into operation.” In addition, new, trendy shelters must be constructed. In metropolitan areas you may as well use underground automotive parks and subway shafts.
Berghegger additionally known as for added sirens to be put in. “We would do well not to rely solely on cell phone apps,” he mentioned. There ought to not be a municipality with out sirens. “We need a broad mix of digital and analogue instruments. This includes apps, radio and television, display boards and of course sirens,” mentioned the managing director.
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