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Military Aid to the Civil Community (MACC) is a phrase referring to the armed forces providing a service to the civilian community. It is used in many countries, particularly the United Kingdom.
MACC is one of the fundamental Military Tasks of the Bundeswehr. It was also historically very important to get legitimation and the support of the population, since the german rearmament was a difficult political decision and stood under heavy criticism. The german constitution Grundgesetz contains several rules regarding MACC. The use of force is not permitted to the Bundeswehr under normal conditions, in that case the federal police Bundesgrenzschutz can be requested by the Bundesland. Because of acceptance problems in the early Bundesrepublik, the Bundeswehr focused on MACC to get a better acceptance. In the Hamburg Flood, the north german winter catastrophe 1978/1978 and several other incidents the Bundeswehr providided substantial aid to the population. The Bundeswehr with its SAR-Helicopters is also part of the german air rescue system. The Luftwaffe also evacuates german citizens in international crisis and catastrophes on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Auswärtiges Amt). The Luftwaffe also offers a flying hospital for medical evacuation, which evacuated terror victims from Tunisia and tsunami victims from Thailand.
MACP is one of the fundamental military tasks of the British Army.
The political authority empowered to requisition militaryaid is therefore the Solicitor General of the affected province.
The Toronto Snow Storm of 1999, in which 300 reservists were activated in response to a request for aid to the civil power to assist in snow removal, is a notable exception to this norm as the deployment was deemed to be a trivialization of the military's emergency response role.
MACC is one of the fundamental military tasks of the British Army.
Since the military does not act in a police role when called out under these provisions, the main issue is the level of government that pays for this aid; in principle, when a province requests aid, it must pay the bill.
MACC is one of the fundamental military tasks of the Bundeswehr.
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