Overview
- Interior Minister Tamara Zieschang awarded four gold and four silver Brandschutz- und Katastrophenschutz-Ehrenzeichen, along with eleven Feuerwehrspangen.
- The decorations honor decades of duty or courageous, decisive action during operations that involved danger to life and limb, according to the ministry.
- Gold honorees included Ralf Lange (Kroppenstedt), Frank Schlotter (Genthin), Wolfgang Mögling (Nebra) and Lutz-Peter Tuchen (Diesdorf).
- The central ceremony took place in Coswig (Anhalt) during the statewide Day of the Fire Service, held under the motto "Voller Einsatz."
- Zieschang also visited events in Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Zöschen-Zweimen and Biederitz to spotlight volunteer work and support recruitment.