American Military Government in Germany. Lieutenant Charles K.

American Military Government in Germany. Lieutenant Charles K. Martin, Public Safety Officer in Beyreuth, inspects the firefihting equipment at the local firehouse. Exept for the ardent Nazis, members of the previous fire department have been retained. Highly organized, with men trained at fire protection school at Eberswald, members of the Feuerschutzpolizei, (elite fire guards) haven been purged of Nazi influence and reorganized to prevent disaster which might be inicial to Military Government or of the security of the occupying forces. Auxiliary fire brigades wich functioned during the Allied bombings have been disbanded and some of the personnel absorbed into the firefighting organization in place of ousted Nazis.