Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal_Agency_for_Technical_Relief_(THW)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
civil protection organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:THW
gptkbp:awards Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
gptkbp:budget about 400 million euros (2023)
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:director Sabine Lackner (as of 2023)
gptkbp:emblem cogwheel with hammer and laurel branch
gptkbp:founded 1950
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Bonn
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)
gptkbp:languageOfService gptkb:German
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:THW_Act_(THW-Gesetz)
gptkbp:logo THW-Logo.svg
gptkbp:mainActivity gptkb:water_supply
technical assistance
training
search and rescue
international humanitarian aid
bridge construction
logistics support
infrastructure repair
emergency power supply
earthquake response
flood response
gptkbp:motto Technik die verbindet
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Technisches_Hilfswerk
gptkbp:notableDeployment gptkb:COVID-19
gptkb:Haiti_earthquake_2010
gptkb:Syrian_refugee_crisis
gptkb:European_floods_2002
gptkbp:number_of_local_sections 668
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees about 2,000
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.thw.de/
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Germany
international missions
gptkbp:organization gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Federal_Ministry_of_the_Interior_and_Community_(Germany)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Federal_Ministry_of_the_Interior_and_Community_(Germany)
gptkbp:purpose disaster relief
civil protection
technical relief
gptkbp:uniform blue
gptkbp:vehicleType blue
gptkbp:volunteers about 80,000
gptkbp:youth_wing gptkb:THW-Jugend
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal_Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Germany)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4