Rescue boat of the DLRGA German lifeguardA rescue station of the DLRG
The German Life Saving Association[1][2] (German: Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft or DLRG) is a relief organization for life saving in Germany. The DLRG is the largest voluntarylifesaving organization in the world.[3]
With around 560,000 members, organised in approximately 2,100 local groups, the DLRG is the largest voluntary water rescue organization in the world. More than one million regular donors support the work of the DLRG.
This organization is not to be confused with the German Sea Rescue Society (DGrZS), which operates in North Sea and Baltic Sea after maritime incidents.
Tasks
The most urgent goal of the DLRG is the creation and promotion of all activities used to fight drowning. Additional tasks are:
Two uniformed lifeguards of the DLRG routinely patrolling a public bathing area of a lake in Munich using stand-up paddleboards in summer 2022
On 28 July 1912, a pier in Binz on the island Rügen, Germany, collapsed under the load of 1,000 people waiting for the cruise steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm. Sailors of the German navy were able to save most people, but 16 people died because they could not swim, including two children. This catastrophe led to the foundation of the "Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG)" (German lifesaving organization) on 19 October 1913 in Leipzig.
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