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How do I apply to become an emergency medical technician?
honestly your volunteering in ukraine might actually help you stand out here. the berlin fire department is pretty strict about language requirements though - you need at least B2 german for the rettungssanitäter course, and C1 is better for the actual job. if berlin's too competitive, try looking into the drk (german red cross) courses in brandenburg or sachsen, they're cheaper and the certification is recognized everywhere in germany. the whole thing takes about 3-4 months full time, costs around 2000-3000 euro depending on where u do it
Since you already have a university background and some crisis experience, you might want to look into the Notfallsanitäter (NFS) training instead of the basic Rettungssanitäter. It's a three-year program and more demanding, but it's a proper state-regulated vocational Ausbildung with a salary, not a short course you pay for yourself. The Berliner Feuerwehr runs their own NFS classes, and the application window usually opens around early spring on their careers page. If you want the quicker RS route, the Berliner Rote Kreuz offers courses at their training center near Ostkreuz, and they're a bit more used to international applicants than the fire department.
Check the website of the Berliner Feuerwehr. They usually have information on training programs and application processes for Rettungssanitäter. Good luck! It's a demanding but rewarding career.
What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.
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