Munich Startup: What does your startup do? What problem do you solve?
Kevin Bauer, Founder and Managing Director: The Blue Light School is Germany’s first and leading Learning app specifically for emergency personnel, including police, customs, judicial trainees, and now also security services. Our solution is a learning platform that combines legal knowledge with operational reality. It uses real case studies, a gamified reward system, and AI-supported tools such as a digital operational companion and a definition trainer.
The program is complemented by Germany's first knowledge challenge for emergency personnel, which trains specialist knowledge under time pressure. With over 40,000 users, the emergency services school is now in use nationwide – from police recruits to security services. Our goal: maximum legal certainty where it counts – in practice.
The emergency services school fills a gap in the market
Munich Startup: Hasn't this been around for a long time?
Kevin Bauer: This niche has long been ignored. There is no single platform that imparts legal knowledge specifically for police, customs, the judiciary, and security services in a practical, playful, and legally compliant way. We come from field experience ourselves—and that's precisely why we know what's important.
The Blue Light School is Germany's first digital learning platform founded and developed by emergency personnel themselves. The country's largest police union acted as its exclusive cooperation partner with a nationwide reach right from the start. Around 80 percent of our users are current or prospective emergency personnel.
Munich Startup: What is your founding story?
Kevin Bauer: The idea for the emergency services school came about ten years ago during my own police training. After a complicated fracture of my upper arm, I was off duty for weeks. I was supposed to prepare for exams somehow using copies, folders, and scripts. Digital technology was practically nonexistent back then.
In the years that followed, I repeatedly experienced in various units how great the need for practical, digital training truly is. Together with colleagues from all over Germany, we finally began to develop exactly what we ourselves were lacking. What began as frustration back then is now our mission: A learning platform based on practical experience for use in the workplace.
Profound practical experience
Munich Startup: What have been your biggest challenges so far?
Kevin Bauer: Setting up the emergency services school during my active time in the police force was one of my greatest challenges. In addition to the daily operations in a special unit of the Bavarian police, I acquired the technical foundations and, at the same time, helped develop the entire platform. In terms of content, it was particularly challenging to digitize legal topics in a way that would be understandable, practical, and motivating for emergency personnel. The integration of artificial intelligence was particularly complex. In the legal field, imprecise wording can have far-reaching consequences. Therefore, from the very beginning, our goal was to consistently listen to user feedback, continuously improve content, and develop a method that has since proven itself thousands of times over.
Munich Startup: Where would you like to be in one year, where in five years?
Kevin Bauer: We know that our learning concept is currently unique, especially because it imparts legal and operational knowledge in a practical, playful, and AI-supported way. Therefore, our clear goal is to significantly expand the areas of application wherever case-based and operationally relevant learning is required.
In five years, we envision the Emergency Medical Services School as the standard solution for complex knowledge transfer. From criminal law for emergency responders to compliance training in companies or continuing education and training for security firms. Our vision is clear: We are building the first scalable learning platform that combines subject-specific learning with gamification and legal precision. We are working with strong partners who want to digitize, scale, and future-proof their content with us.
Munich's location advantage: The legal environment
Munich Startup: How have you experienced Munich as a startup location so far?
Kevin Bauer: What I particularly appreciate about Munich is its legal environment. Some of Germany's most renowned law firms, specialist publishers, and legal experts are located here. For a project like the Blaulichtschule, which operates at the intersection of law, education, and digitalization, this is a real locational advantage. Beyond that, I know Munich less from the traditional startup perspective with pitches, networking events, and trade fairs, but primarily from my time as a police officer.
Munich Startup: Outsource or do it yourself?
Kevin Bauer: I think this question is difficult to answer in general terms without context. What business challenge is involved? What phase are you in? How scarce are resources? How long would it take to acquire the necessary skills in-house, and is it worthwhile in the long term? One-off, clearly defined tasks can often be efficiently outsourced. However, when it comes to the core of our product—including the learning logic, the didactic concept, and the user experience—I firmly believe that these components must be developed internally. Only by designing these building blocks ourselves can we remain flexible, learn iteratively, and create real added value for our target audience.
