On June 17, 2025, the Austrian Civil Protection Association organized the federal final of the Safety Tour – Child safety Olympiad in the Vienna Marx Halle for the 26th time. The participating elementary school classes qualified for the grand finale in Vienna from numerous preliminary competitions in the regions and nine state final competitions. Around 20,000 children took part in a large number of Safety Tour this year.
In the 26 years of the Austria -wide competitions, almost 380,000 participating children from Austria and neighboring countries have now been counted. Over 1,350 competitions were organized throughout Austria by the civil protection associations.
“The Safety Tour 2025 has impressively showed how important it is to sensitize children at an early stage for safety and self -protection. It is great to see how playful and with how much joy the elementary students: inside here and demonstrate this series of events for more than a quarter of a century.”
Andreas Hanger, President of the Austrian Civil Protection Association.
At the ceremonial award ceremony, the classes were honored for their excellent performance and were able to look forward to thunderous applause.
“With over 20,000 participating children, the Safety Tour is a unique project in the area of prevention in Europe. I consider the civil protection association and the educators who enable this event again every year.”
, So Gerhard Karner, Federal Minister of the Interior.
With skill and team spirit, the Tamsweg elementary school was able to secure the Austria -wide victory. The title of the “Safest elementary school class in Austria” will go to Salzburg in 2025. This was followed by the elementary school in Frauenkirchen from Burgenland and third place the Mariazell elementary school from Styria.
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