Transport of relief supplies to Ukraine
The first transports of the numerous relief goods that we were able to collect together with our partners are now on their way to collection centres and will be distributed over the next few...
World’s first “USAR Light” team in earthquake rescue
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Osnabrück/Geneva, 25 November 2021 - As the first international search and rescue team of the category "Light", the German relief organisation @fire was classified by the United Nations (UN) in...
EU forest fire contingent from NRW reaches Greece
The forest fire contingent launched from North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday to assist with the devastating forest fires in Greece arrived on the Peloponnese peninsula on Tuesday afternoon and will subsequently be deployed to the...
Draft standard E DIN 14800-18 Supplement 10
The German Fire Brigade Association’s working group on forest fires, headed by Dr Ulrich Cimolino, revised the load set J - forest fire with the technical support of @fire Internationaler Katastrophenschutz. This is part...
Annual report 2020 online
The Annual Report 2020 has been completed and is available for download. Find out more about the work of @fire.
40 tonnes of firefighting equipment on its way to Ukraine
Today, the first articulated lorry with 33 pallets and around 12 tonnes of firefighting equipment set off for Ukraine! A total of 120 pallets of material were collected in the last few days during...
Building a refugee shelter in the Black Forest
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...
@fire mission team supports coordination of international disaster relief in Adana
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...
Reconnaissance mission in Chelm completed - team on its way back
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...
Work shadowing in Catalonia
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...
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