Luftschutzpolizei

Luftschutzpolizei (LSP) (Air Raid Protection Police) was the local civil defense organization in Nazi Germany.

Created as the Security and Assistance Service (Sicherheits und Hilfsdienst (SHD)) in 1935, it was renamed "Luftschutzpolizei" in April 1942, when transferred from the aegis of Ministry of Aviation to the Ordnungspolizei.

The transfer took place as part of the reorganization of the German civil defense caused by the heavy casualties suffered from Allied bombings of civilian targets.

[8] The LSP in Hamburg, had in 1943 9,300 members, organized as follows:[9] A Fire-fighting company was, according to the table of equipment, outfitted with the following vehicles.

Officers of the LSP were trained at the Police Academy for Air Raid Protection Tactics, at Berlin-Schöneberg.

A fire engine LF-8 of a volunteer fire department in the war time gray-blue livery. The vehicles of the LSP was in the same color, later in dull dark gray. [ 10 ]