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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: christoph.weltecke@feuerwehr-hessen.de

Tel +49 (5631) 977616

Fax +49 (5631) 977620