Apply for funding for rescue centres
The following aid organisations can apply for funding for the construction of rescue stations, which includes new buildings as well as conversions, extensions and renovations.
Rescue services in Baden-Württemberg are provided by the following aid organisations on behalf of the state:
- German Red Cross,
- Workers' Samaritan Federation,
- Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe,
- Malteser Hilfsdienst,
- German Life Saving Organisation and
- the mountain rescue service.
Forms/Online Services
Responsible authority
The respective regional councils are responsible for authorising the funding. The regional council in whose district the measure to be subsidised is located is responsible.
Contact
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Prerequisite
In order to be able to apply for funding for structural investment measures for the rescue service, you must be a member of one of the above-mentioned aid organisations and be commissioned to provide the rescue service in Baden-Württemberg in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (1) of the Rescue Service Act (RDG).
Procedure
Applications for funding for rescue centres are submitted online. The procedure is as follows:
- If you are planning a construction project at a rescue station, contact the responsible regional council at an early stage to coordinate the plans.
- You submit your application with the relevant attachments via the online application.
- The regional councils will then check the applications and calculate the funding amount.
- The calculated funding amounts are proposed to the Ministry of the Interior for inclusion in the annual funding programme.
- The Ministry of the Interior draws up the annual funding programme within the framework of the available budget funds and consults the State Committee for the Rescue Service (LARD) in accordance with Section 40 (2) RDG.
- The final decision is made by the regional councils, as is the processing of payments and the checking of proof of use.
Deadlines
You must have submitted the application documents to the responsible regional council by 31 March of the programme year.
Required documents
You must enclose the following documents with your application:
- Funding calculation
- Justification of the measure
- Site plan (at least scale 1:1000 with representation of the development)
- Draft building plan (scale 1:100)
- Area calculation (net floor area according to DIN 277)
- Calculation of expenditure, cost calculation (for buildings according to DIN 276 Part 2 up to the 3rd level)
- Purchase contract / entry of usufruct or similar in the land register (land register extract) of the property / rental agreement
- Building permits and other authorisations under public law
- Extract from the area plan
- Resolutions and opinions of the area committee
- Proof of coordination with the neighbouring rescue service areas
- Concept for the provision of replacement vehicles
- Declaration on the emergency power supply
Costs
none
Processing time
The examination of your applications by the regional councils takes three months. The final preparation of the annual funding programme by the Ministry of the Interior then takes place a further three months later.
Miscellaneous
None
Legal basis
- § 40 Öffentliche Förderung des Rettungsdienstes
- § 46 Besondere Bestimmungen über die Finanzierung des Luft, Berg- und Wasser-Rettungsdienst
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Release note
Machine generated, based on the German release by: Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg, 27.03.2025