Large-scale forest and moor­land fires that last for days occur almost every year in Germany as well. They are quite risky for emer­gency respon­ders, as evidenced by the many (near) acci­dents, casu­al­ties and losses of emer­gency vehi­cles in recent years. Often the danger for the envi­ron­ment or the emer­gency forces or the risk of spread­ing as well as the person­nel, tech­ni­cal and time effort are under­es­ti­mated. Almost any fire in a dry, flam­ma­ble envi­ron­ment can grow into a large-scale oper­a­tion rela­tively quickly under the influ­ence of wind, surround­ings, or lack of extin­guish­ing capa­bil­i­ties. In part, suit­able tech­nol­ogy (vehi­cles and equip­ment) is miss­ing. Depend­ing on weather condi­tions and vege­ta­tion, there is a risk of back­fir­ing, some­times for weeks. For this book, the oper­a­tional expe­ri­ence gained in many places was collected and eval­u­ated. In this way, the typi­cal weak points and danger points become clear. What are the conse­quences for the choice of equip­ment and oper­a­tional tactics? What can the inci­dent comman­der do preven­tively? There are clear, expe­ri­ence-satu­rated answers to this.