Our public relations department will be happy to answer any press inquiries you may have. We will be happy to provide you with information about our organization and operational activities.
In addition, we also provide experts on the topics of disaster relief, earthquakes, forest fires as well as forest fire fighting at any time and at short notice. We are available as competent and experienced interview partners for newspaper, television and radio.
Our contact persons are available 24 hours a day for this purpose.
Direct contact persons
Press releases
You can find our latest press releases in our newsroom on the news aktuell press portal.
About @fire
The non-profit aid organization @fire - Internationaler Katastrophenschutz Deutschland e. V. has been providing rapid emergency aid worldwide following devastating natural disasters since 2002.
Responders are specially trained in wildland firefighting (WFF) and search and rescue of buried victims after earthquakes (USAR). All of the more than 400 members are involved in national and international disaster relief on a voluntary and unpaid basis.
The aid organization was classified as the world’s first Light USAR Team by the United Nations International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) in 2021 and operates according to international standards.
Funding for operations, training, and equipment is primarily donor-funded.
Media library / Press kit
Background information on @fire, its areas of expertise, activities, as well as images and graphics for free use can be found here:
- Logo @fire (resolutions: 80ppi, 300 ppi)
- Background information @fire
- Symbol photos
- Background information debris rescue
- Icon photos (300ppi)
- Background information vegetation firefighting
- Icon photos (300ppi)
- Background information
- Icon photos (300ppi)