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 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...
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...
On Thursday evening, August 18, 2022, the 65 forces of the forest fire unit and their 20 vehicles returned from their mission in southwestern France exhausted but healthy. “The operation was very exhausting, but...
