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FIRE SERVICE IN GERMANY Dr. Christoph Weltecke Vice president German Fire Services Association
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FIRE SERVICE IN GERMANY
Dr. Christoph Weltecke
Vice president German Fire Services Association
Welcome to Germany
Welcome to Germany
a community obligation
regulated by national law
federal and state obligation
Fire service in every city and community =
33,000 fire stations in 12.245 cities and communities
Fire Service in Germany
Legislation
Civil Protection is …
Fire Service is …
Industrials Brigades
(in factories with
high risk potential)
Volunteer Brigades(in all smaller cities and communities)
Professional Brigades
(in cities with more than
100.000 inhabitants)
Fire Service in Germany
Classification
Fire service in every city and community
33,000 fire stations in 12.245 cities/communities
Provision of Fire Service
fire stations / vehicles / protective gear
Provision of Fire Service
Cities and communities have the obligation to:
provide social security for fire fighters
(health and accident insurance, pension)
pay employer for out of service time of their
employee during absence caused by fire fighters
duty calls
Tasks of German Fire Services
Emergency Medial Rescue
Water Rescue
Fire-fighting
Civil Protection
Environment Protection
(incl. Hazardous
materials protection)
Technical Intervention
Fire Prevention
Rescue Dogs
local
nationwide
1,3 million
volunteer
firefighters
30,500
professional
firefighters
400,000 ready for operation
in five minutes
Additionally 200,000 ready
for operation in one hour
60,000 ready for nationwide
operations in eight hours
Fire Service in gemanyoperational readiness
(without ambulance service)
OperationsClassification
OperationsHelp periods
Objectives of the intervention / help periods in Germany
Firefighting: 8 – 12 minutes
Rescue Service: 8 – 12 minutes
in the sense of state law
Incident Chan
Volunteer Fire Brigade
Citizen
Emergency
Call Center
(PSAP)
Computer
Added
Decision
Support
Qualified
Alerting
Fire-
fighters
or
Rescue
Service
Immediate
Meeting in
Fire Station
(changing
Clothes
only
volunteer)
Call Additional Alerting
Incident
Fighting
Activities
Drive to
place of
Incident
Campaigns
German Fire Services - Figures
More than 1,3 Mio. fire-fighters in
33,000 volunteer fire stations
240,000 youth fire-fighters
30.500 professional fire-fighters in
106 professional fire brigades
Germany:357,092 km²
82 Mio. Inhabitants
12.245 cities and
municipalities
33.400 industrial fire-fighters in
740 industrial brigades
Deutscher Feuerwehrverband e.V.
Reinhardtstraße 25
10117 Berlin
Deutschland (Germany)
Telefon (Phone): +49 (0) 30 28 88 48 8-00
Contact
Agency of German Fire Service
Landesvertretung Hessen
Rue Montoyer 21
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
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Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Christoph Weltecke
Vizepräsident DFV
Vizepräsident Landesfeuerwehrverband Hessen
Vice president German Fire Service
Vice president State Hessen Fire Service
Email: [email protected]
Tel +49 (5631) 977616
Fax +49 (5631) 977620
