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A Red Cross employee from the Braunau district had contact with a person who needed help 630 times a day. Numbers like these were presented by Red Cross district office manager Gerald Kronberger at the recent district office meeting. Kronberger thanked the 1,258 volunteers and full-time employees for their extraordinary commitment over the past year. Inge Steinerberger from the area of health and social services spoke about her activities and the great demand, which cannot be fully covered in the area of visiting services at the moment. “We have to be more active in recruiting volunteers to prevent loneliness and to be there for our fellow human beings in a more sustainable way,” she appealed.
Medals of Merit awarded
Not only thanks, there were also awards at this meeting: Gerhard Schmiederer, long-standing service leader of the Red Cross local office in Riedersbach, was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit shortly before retirement. The silver medal was awarded to local manager and mayor Erich Rippl from Lengau, while local manager deputy Simon Riffert received the bronze medal of merit.
The First Responders from Mauerkirchen can look forward to it. As reported, the Amag Social Award supports this project with an emergency backpack with a defibrillator. Since 2008, first aiders have been helping on site in emergencies in Mauerkirchen, they are on duty until the rescue vehicle arrives – because in an emergency every second counts. Deputy regional manager Thomas Märzinger was impressed by the services provided by the Red Cross in the Braunau district. An excerpt from the balance sheet:
- 5291 kilometers per day was covered by the Red Cross employees last year. That’s almost two million kilometers a year, covered by 46 vehicles.
- 36,560 transports were carried out by the 636 rescue service employees in their free time, for which they invested 156,000 voluntary hours last year
- 84,612 home visits counted the employees in mobile care and support. The “Palliative Care” team cared for 192 patients in the district of Braunau.
- 4327 blood donor accepted the invitation of the Red Cross and donated their blood during a total of 71 days of action throughout the district.
- 84 youths counts the youth red cross. They spent 3765 hours in group lessons, training courses or excursions.
- 1258 employees are employed by the Red Cross in the Braunau district, the majority of them on a voluntary basis: 1086. Mobile care and support has 62 or 76 employees, 34 civil servants also helped in 2022.
The summer training for paramedics starts at the Red Cross in Braunau on July 10th. It includes 100 hours of theory and 160 hours of practical training in an ambulance. Requirement is a minimum age of 17 years and good character. Another extra-occupational course will take place from September 25th. More on this under 07722 / 622 64
Source: Nachrichten
