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...
The experiences from the forest fires in the Harz mountains and in Saxon Switzerland, but also from other past large forest fires, show us that the versatile use of helicopters and aircraft for fire-fighting...
Der Wandel in der Häufigkeit von ausgeprägten Vegetationsbränden in Deutschland zeigt deutlich die Notwendigkeit von spezialisierten Einsatzorganisationen und -kräften. In den letzten Jahren haben sich hierfür eine Reihe an Feuerwehren weiterqualifiziert und neue Einheiten...
After six days, we were able to successfully complete our mission at the forest fire in the Harz mountains on Friday evening. In addition to leading the air section for coordinating the firefighting water...
Last weekend @fire was able to hand over a USAR (Urban Search & Rescue) trailer with Paratech rescue props to the Ukrainian Civil Defence (Mobile Rescue Center of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine). The trailer...
Due to an extensive forest fire at the Brocken, AirOps specialists from @fire were requested by the district of Harz to provide support. Since Sunday afternoon, our task forces have been on site to...
The Light USAR team from @fire was again on duty today at several collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras. Rescue dogs had struck at two collapsed houses. With technical locating equipment and additional rescue dogs, the...
