November 2011

ONE WORLD

International Association of Fire and Rescue Services Founded in 1900 in Paris, France Statues: § 2 Aims and Objectives (1) The CTIF is an international technical organization for the exchange of experience in the field of fire protection, disaster relief and rescue.

39 Ordinary Members

Associate Members @FIRE Germany Albert Ziegler All Russian Volunteers Bitschnau Stahl- und Anlagenbau Austria Brandverhütungsstelle für Oberösterreich Austria Comp-Trade Crash Rescue Equipment Service U.S.A. Dräger Safety Schweiz AG Switzerland Educ Expert Canada Empl Fahrzeugwerk Austria E.S.E.P.A. Greece EUROFEU Europe

Associate Members Feuerwehr- akademie Hamburg Germany Flame Guard Netherlands GIMAEX France Holmatro Rescue Equipment Netherlands Identec Solutions Austria Industrieelektronik PÖLZ Austria International Fire Academy Switzerland Interspiro Sweden Iveco-Magirus Germany KIDDE Fire Trainers Germany Krilak Association Russia Lancier Hydraulik Germany

Associate Members LION SYSTÈMES France Lukas Hydraulik Germany National Chemical Emergency Centre UK Nexter Mechanics France Pastor Group Croatia PBI Performance Products Germany Penza Region Fund Russia RAM Europe Greece Rechners Löschsysteme Austria Rosenbauer International AG Austria Schutz & Rettung Zürich Switzerland Seganosa Spain

Associate Members SO-RE Greece Sprue Safety Products UK Swissphone Switzerland Underwriter Laboratories U.S.A. VdS Schaden- verhütung GmbH Germany Versuchsstollen Hagerbach Switzerland Vetter Germany Vfdb Germany W.L. Gore & Associate W.S. Darley & Co U.S.A Women for Safety Russia Zumtobel Lighting Austria

CTIF in Short CTIF is the international fire and rescue competence and information network, representing 5 million fire-fighters and 1 million youth fire-fighters who protect a population of 1 billion people every day.

Mission CTIF is the international competence centre and global organisation for fire and rescue services CTIF offers attractive symposiums and lectures CTIF organises International Congresses CTIF organises the most important international competitions for fire-fighters CTIF has a qualified answer to every question - or knows where answers can be obtained.

Commissions Leading experts working on: Rescue and Fire-Fighting at Airports Europe Fire Brigades Health Services Fire Prevention Forest Fires Hazardous Materials History and Museums International Fire Brigades Competitions Youth Leaders

Performance Overview about activities Representation at international level International dictionary International competitions Youth fire brigades International conferences Technical studies International fire statistics

Performance Cooperation at International Level European Union (EU) EU Fire-Safety-Network Federation of the European Union Fire Officer Associations (FEU) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) And other Federations/ Non-governmental Organizations International Atomic Energy Agency UNO

Performance International Dictionary multilingual dictionary definitions dedicated to the fire fighting world 4 languages: German, English, French and Russian

Performance International Competitions every 4 years: competition for fire-fighters „Fire Olympics“ every 2 years: competition for youth fire-fighters

Performance International Youth Competitions

Performance Youth fire brigades 650.000 youth fire-fighters Symposia for youth leaders Competitions for youth fire-fighters

Performance International Conferences Attractive conferences and excellent expert speakers Themes: “Climatic Challenges - Rescue Preparednes” (Symposium, Norway 2011) “Rescue Organisations – Career or Hobby ” (Conference 2011, Switzerland)

Performance CTIF Technical Studies Fire Fighter Safety Directory Community Safety Programmes First Response Manual for Radioactive Emergencies Fire Services in Europe Technical Recommendations (Guidelines for international exhibitions, fire safety in hotels, hospitals, etc.) Studies conducted by CTIF National Committees

Performance International Fire Statistics 80 countries Representing ¾ of the population of the earth Data of the 90 largest cities Written in English, German and Russian

CTIF Bodies Delegates Assembly Executive Committee

Executive Committee President-Interim Ralf ACKERMANN Germany General secretary Michel BOUR France Treasurer Laurent WEHRLI Switzerland

Executive Committee Team of Vice-Presidents Aleksander Chuprijan Russia Dennis Davis United Kingdom Luther Fincher U.S.A. Tore Eriksson Sweden Marketa STRZINKOVA Czech Republic Ante SANADER Croatia Representative of Associate Members Julian Wagner, Austria

Organigramm Executive Committee and Commissions Interim President ACKERMANN General Secretary BOUR Treasurer WEHRLI Vice-president CHUPRIJAN Vice-president FINCHER Vice-president DAVIS Vice-president SANADER Vice-president ERIKSSON Vice-president STRZINKOVA Rep. of Assoc. Members WAGNER Forest Fires Europe Workshops & Symposia Danube Youth Leaders Press & Public Relations Health Services Fire Prevention History Hazardous Materials Airport Education and Training Statistics Center Women in Fire Services Competitions Volunteers

Thank You! ONE WORLD