@fire offers its expertise in the context of disaster relief both for operations at home and abroad. This catalogue almost summarises the different capabilities and deployment options of @fire. Depending on the federal state,...
Every operation site brings with it different dangers and stresses, vegetation firefighting is often characterised by having to perform heavy physical work over a long period of time in elevated outdoor temperatures. For many fire...
Fires in crop fields pose the greatest danger to firefighters because of their potential dynamics. The operational note summarises the most important operational principles and the procedure.
“Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,dear members, 2017 was a year of omens for us. Many of us perceive that the number and frequency of natural disasters is increasing. Heavy rainfall with flooding, droughts with forest fires,...
Dear friends and supporters, 2013 was a very turbulent year for @fire. We were on flood relief in Lüchow-Dannenberg; helped our friends in Vila Real cope with a bad forest fire season; and were in the...
Dear friends and supporters,The year 2010 began with a great challenge for @fire due to the earthquake in Haiti. As the first German search and rescue unit on the ground, our team was able to...
What happens when- 6 heads or senior managers of fire schools from Germany, Luxembourg and France- representatives of each coordinating body of the Bundeswehr fire brigades in Germany- a helicopter pilot of the German Federal Police-...
For @fire, 2011 was all about expanding our network - nationally and internationally. Numerous internal and external training courses helped to improve the effectiveness and skills of our emergency units. To this end, we...
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),...
Dear members, friends and supporters, There is a lot of talk about disaster management these days. This is demanded and improved all over the world. @fire was also deployed in 2020 for the explosion disaster in...
It is 10 September 1933 and after a long period of drought a fire breaks out in a barn on the south-eastern outskirts of Öschelbronn. Due to the strong easterly wind, it can spread quickly and damages...
