Emergencies
# Disaster relief
Disaster response and effective assistance for the population in emergency
situations such as floods, other natural disasters, pandemics or major security
incidents are the crisis management tasks of the state. Here you will find
information and contact persons for everything from financial assistance with damage
by natural forces to availability of emergency shelters.
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If the game you shot is contaminated with more than 600 becquerels of caesium per kilogram of radiation/radioactivity, you can apply for payment of compensation for damages.If privately employed or self-employed people volunteer with the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), they must not suffer any disadvantages as a result.Germans who are abroad can register on the Foreign Office's crisis precaution list. This enables the responsible mission abroad to contact them quickly in an emergency.