On the weekend of the 18. and On 19 March, at the request of the Black Forest National Park, 15 @fire volunteers assisted with the refurbishment of a vacant hotel as accommodation for refugees from...
A mission team from the German aid organisation @fire arrived in the Turkish earthquake zone on Tuesday night. The team of 17 disaster relief workers and two rescue dogs left Frankfurt Airport for the...
Our reconnaissance mission in the town of Chelm on the Polish-Ukrainian border has ended after seven days. The team left for the return journey to Germany at noon today. On site, Veritas Ambulance now...
Already in March, four of our members were guests at the GRAF forest fire unit of the Catalan fire brigade. There, talks were held on the further expansion of the cooperation between GRAF and...
The German Fire Brigades Association publishes the technical recommendation “Luftfahrzeugeinsatz / Aerial Firefighting Air Operations für und durch die Feuerwehr” under the leadership of Dr Ulrich Cimolino (BF Düsseldorf), Stephan Brust (Staatliche Feuerwehrschule Würzburg),...
What better way to simulate a forest fire than with real fire and smoke? This special large-scale exercise took place on 18.09.21 with nine emergency forces from @fire and the volunteer fire brigade Kirchehrenbach....
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The countdown has begun - only a few more days until the German aid organisation @fire will be classified as the world's first international light team according to the standards...
Volunteering connects people and overcomes boundaries in all areas of social life. It makes our society stronger in everyday life and in exceptional situations. Helping is a matter of honour for many. In a new campaign of...
Despite the size and number of fires this year, Germany has escaped comparatively lightly due to the dense network of mostly volunteer fire brigades and the high level of commitment of the emergency services...
The year was 2002: after the devastating forest fires in Europe, a handful of dedicated firefighters wondered how they could manage to help abroad as a German fire brigade, despite the federal structures in Germany. The...
