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Austrian Red Cross

Austrian branch of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Summary

Austrian branch of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Field	Value
formation
logo	File:Logo_Österreichisches_Rotes_Kreuz.svg
purpose	Humanitarian Aid
headquarters	Vienna, Austria
leader_title	President
leader_name	Gerald Schöpfer
main_organ	General Assembly
parent_organization	International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
name	Austrian Red Cross
native_name	Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz
native_name_lang	de
region	Austria
website

The Austrian Red Cross (, ÖRK) is the national Red Cross Organization in Austria and is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It was established on March 14, 1880, by Doctor Adam Lichtenheld of the Vienna General Hospital and is the biggest aid agency in the country.

Duties

Its duties contain:

Emergency medical services and transport services, apart from other NPOs (such as the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund)
Blood donation-service – 95% of the donated blood is provided by the Red Cross
Social- and healthcare programs
Development Cooperation, Rehabilitation and Emergency Aid
Educational service (first aid courses)
International Tracing Service – After World War II, and nowadays after big disasters.
Supervision of international humanitarian law

By far, most staff members are volunteers (about 74.000 in 2018), but there are professional employees as well as drafted Zivildiener, which are conscientious objectors forced to serve up to nine months time in medical service, instead of military service.

Presidents of the ÖRK

Emblem of the Austrian Red Cross in Innsbruck

Karl Baron of Tinti (1880–1884)
Franz Earl Falkenhayn (1885–1898)
Prince Alois von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1899–1913)
Rudolf Earl of Abensperg-Traun (1913–1919)
Max Vladimir Eck (1919–1938)
Adolf Pilz (1945)
Karl Seitz (1946–1950)
Burghard Breitner (1950–1956)
Hans Lauda (1956–1974)
Heinrich Treichl (1974–1999)
Fredy Mayer (1999-2013)
Gerald Schöpfer (since 2013)

National organisation

Ambulance of Lower Austria Red Cross in Linz

The organisation persists of nine subordinate national organisations, all are their own entities but are bound to the basic principles of the Austrian Red Cross. This has historical reasons, the national organisation originated out of many small, local aid organisations.

National Association Burgenland
National Association Carinthia
National Association Lower Austria
National Association Upper Austria
National Association Salzburg
National Association Styria
National Association Tyrol
National Association Vorarlberg
National Association Vienna

These consist of totally 142 district offices and 956 local offices.

References

"Rotes Kreuz: Freiwillige Mitarbeit".

Wikipedia Source

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