Germany: eight-storey building caught fire in Berlin # 39; s Frankfurter Allee
The German Feuerwehr for fire defense is a number of German fire service organizations responsible for the operation and equipment of fire departments are the German communities Gemeinden and Städte cities by law, they are needed to run the forces fighting against the fire in the cities, which is usually performed by the fire prevention Bureau, one of the senior authorities.
There are three types of recruitment of firefighters in Germany, the predominant number of 1,383,730 German firefighters are members of volunteer fire brigades Freiwillige Feuerwehr fewer work in the brigades of professional firefighters and at least the members of a written service mandatory fire Pflichtfeuerwehr established just a few places in the country.
Professional firefighters are usually operated as.
Berufsfeuerwehr Brigade professional firefighters of a municipal body, such as the city of Berlin as a city full-time service.
Firefighters Werkfeuerwehr the plant with a large company, for business needs that exploit by e g law refineries or production facilities of the chemical industry.
Betriebsfeuerwehr factory fire of a large company that does not need to run a Werkfeuerwehr by law, but if it is necessary for insurance coverage.
Firefighters from the airport Flughafenfeuerwehr that airports must comply with ICAO requirements, including air plants like Airbus in Hamburg.
Firefighters armed forces Bundeswehr -Feuerwehr with specialized divisions such as Cologne-Wahn Fliegerhorstfeuerwehr located in the bases of the German Air Force, military bases, naval bases, as well as any vessel of the German Navy.
By law, cities with a population of more than 80,000 100 000 people according to the state are required to have a fighting force against the professional fire Berufsfeuerwehr Others, like small cities can set up a force full time Hauptamtliche Wachbereitschaft, which is essentially a group or squadron occupying a large fire station around the clock This article discusses the force with small incidents on its own and is supported by voluntary forces to incidents more Each major community meets the needs of fighting personnel against fire by establishing a volunteer force Freiwillige Feuerwehr community or town can also put up a fight force against the professional fire without additional volunteer forces in case it can not recruit enough staff for this position, the mayor of a city is required to implement a briga of mandatory fire Pflichtfeuerwehr, where he will prepare the required number of staff.
Battalion commander's command car; ELW Einsatzleitwagen This type has three subtypes, KDOW, ELW1 and ELW2 with the first being usually a normal car and the last having the size of a coach.
Small fire trucks; either the PHF Tragkraftspritzenfahrzeug or FSP-W, mit Wasser Tragkraftspritzenfahrzeug with a water tank normally 500 to 750 liters, or truck panel Kleinlöschfahrzeug KLF usually modified with basic control means against fire These vehicles typically have a fire pump Portable with a clean engine instead of a fixed one that is powered by the vehicle engine the names of the TSF and TSF-W are actually derived from the German term Tragkraftspritze which translates more or less to the pump self-powered laptop these vehicles are crewed by a German staffel May 1, but the TSF and TSF-W kinds provide enough equipment for a group 1. 8
Pumpers engines; the Löschgruppenfahrzeug LF Typically, a large truck equipped with a control group and bearing against fire and rescue equipment, nowadays, usually with a little water ranging from 800 to 2500 liters and foam feed 60 or 120 liters depending on the type of fire pump Although the crew of the LF is composed of a group, the main types of this engine transporting sufficient equipment for two groups, which often comprises a second portable fire pump.
Rescue pumper engines, the Hilfeleistungs-Löschgruppenfahrzeug HLF similar to the LF motor, but with rescue equipment much i e Jaws and a winch on board.
Tankers, the Tanklöschfahrzeug TLF Typically, a large truck bound by an Team 1 2 or a German staffel a group consisting of 1 5 in the case of a TLF 16 25 to 1 16 25 TLF with a pump 1600 liters and 2500 min liter water tank and a water supply of several thousand liters, they are very often equipped with water cannons on the roof and foam guns.
Rescue trucks, Rüstwagen is a larger panel or a small truck truck, they are equipped with a wide range of life-saving appliances ith Jaws, winch, saws, cutters or working platforms.
Carriers of equipment, Gerätewagen GW A vehicle that comes in all sizes, depending on the gear stowed equipment could be specialized gear for water rescue or hazardous materials Another variant is that Wechselladerfahrzeug WLF is a specialized, heavy road WLFs society and modules used by the Department of Cologne with a hydraulic crane arm mounted behind the cab designed for lifting heavy containers or Abrollbehälter called modules that contain examples of specialized equipment include mobile control modules trailers, rescue equipment modules, autonomous breathing apparatus modules, hazardous materials or environmental modules.
Aerial ladders, as Drehleiter DL or DLK A big truck with a telescopic ladder DL, often with a fixed bucket or platform at the end DLK The most common type is the DLK 23-12, a ladder truck with a platform which may extend to 23 meters in height placed 12 meters.
Supporting pipes, the SW Schlauchwagen typically large trucks with a supply of rolled or folded and pre-coupled pipes usually 1000 m or 2000 m, in case of longer distances have to be bridged.
Door crew, Mannschaftstransportwagen MTW Usually a mini van or a small bus, used for non-emergency rides, organizing tours or transfer of additional staff.
Ambulances, the RTW Rettungswagen generally based on a truck delivery chassis with a special body, the RAT provides pre-hospital intensive care for patients crew consist of two EMT-I and EMT-P, sometimes augmented by a doctor emergency when the fire department also operates an EMS.
A MAN truck fire service from the airport to Paderborn-Lippstadt.
Specialized vehicles used by the fire service of the German airport including collision engines in German, they are called Flugfeldlöschfahrzeuge FLFS These normally pumps with high pumping capacity of 10,000 liters and have min large reserves of powder or foam between 300-800 liters a further standard water reservoir ranging from 6 000 to 13 000 liters German airports tend to use collision engines manufactured by Rosenbauer Rosenbauer Simba Rosenbauer Panther 8x8 MA 5 or Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 CA 5 other manufacturers include Ziegler Saval-Kronenburg, Amdac Carmichael International, Metz, E-One Oshkosh sides Magirus Deutz-IVECO Magirus.
German bases are protected by the Bundeswehr-Feuerwehr who currently three generations of Feuerlösch-KFZ FlKfz engines in use These are specialized engines built by three generations since 1958 and normally they use a specialized military truck chassis MAN Unimog the first generation covers engines built between 1958 and 1978 known as FlKfz 2400.
The second generation engines FlKfz 1000 equipment manufacturer Metz is now part of Rosenbauer, FlKfz 3000 Manufacturer cooperation between equipment and Albert_Ziegler Bachert, FlKfz 3500 400 750 Equipment Manufacturer cooperation between Bachert and Albert_Ziegler FlKfz 8000 and 800 equipment manufacturers 1 , all built by Faun_GmbH except FlKfz 1000 built on a chassis Mercedes Benz Unimog U 1300 L were first placed in service in 1979.
The third generation came into active service in 2005 Most former FlKfz 8000 800 have been replaced by the new Ziegler Z8 FLF Z8 Advancer 80 125 to 12.5 Unlike the second-generation engines, this new series of 16 engines Z8 n ' is the first military FlKfz generation specific design 2400 has been replaced by LF December 16 originally based on the Daimler-Benz chassis 1017 with the design changes are incorporated in the Mercedes-Benz Atego more frame, the third generation was completed by TLF 20- 28 and the RW Rüstwagen 2 MAN 18,280 chassis and TLF 20-45 on the Mercedes-Benz chassis Unimog U 5000 All of these vehicles were fitted by Ziegler.
More information about military vehicles mentioned above are available below.
German firefighters use all their efforts to coordinate two FM radio channels The German emergency currently using the so-called mean-BOS BOS Band Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben the authorities and organizations with security functions, channels located within 4 meters and two bands of meters with a frequency range of 74,215 to 87,255 MHz base stations 4 m and 167 56-173 98 MHz 2m portable radios is expected to implement trunked radio systems digitally scrambled a national TETRA base 4 system located in many German cities by 2010 This process was delayed in many cities either because of financial constraints expenses due to the implementation of new infrastructure and all the replacement of many stations basic 4m mobile radios and portable radios of 2 meters or legislative delays the vill e Aachen began testing a tetra-based system in 2001 and implemented in 2003 after the completion of the pilot project 5, 6 A huge advantage of the German BOS radio system is that vir tuellement helping any organization in Germany such as police, rescue services, THW, life guard and firefighters use the same system in different channels so that they can easily change and communicate generally 4 meters radio 7, 8, 9 are used by shipping centers and vehicles, while 2-meter radios are mobile Handie talkies 10, 11, 12, 13 for the stage on tactical communication Unlike the United States, portable radios of 2 meters are normally used for tactical communications Fireground and not for direct contact with the dispatch center if direct communication is required, the first engineer in the engine will broadcast all messages directly to the center shipping via radio 4 meters on the engine, however, a dispatch center can monitor and respond if necessary on a non-tactical repeater 2 meter channel in most cases, the German tactical channels are not used with a repeater in large areas, there are usually a number of repeaters in place relay stations that repeat the signal, giving more scope and quality.
Name of the organization, i e FLORIAN for firefighters.
The name of the city or county of the brigade is based, e g Magdeburg.
Two figures relating to the specific area or station, e g 01.
Two figures for the type of vehicle, e g a 33 scale.
Two figures for which is, e g 01 to the first vehicle of this type.
For example, the radio identification Florian Magdebourg 01-33-01 describe the first level of the station 1, operated by the Fire Department of the city of Magdeburg.
A Swissphone PatronPRO, one of the most favored pagers for emergency services.
Unication Alpha Legend dual for emergency services.
Although not in accordance with the respective services regulation Dienstvorschrift, these identifications are sometimes wrapped for fast radio contact reasons and when it is clear that the vehicle is unique, for example, the ELW currently on scene can simply refer himself Florian 1 -11 or 1-11, instead of using the full sequence when the crew is certain that there are no other companies involved because the German fire departments are under federal states such as Bavaria or Hesse Berlin this can vary from state to state radio identification name to the same scale in Bavaria can be Florian Geretsried January 30 for example.
All fire or emergency situations requiring the help of the fire department can be reported using the emergency phone toll free 112 emergency telephone numbers The caller will be connected to the head command center their region and can signal the urgency the dispatcher then decide to which alert If professional firefighters are at the station, they will be alerted by Horn, ad messages or display During the night, the alarm circuits are often wired to turn on the lights in the crew quarters.
Volunteer firefighters are almost all equipped with some pagers will inform firefighters of an emergency voice message on a pager, some even posting short messages displayed pagers such as the Motorola LX2 LX2plus or LX4 LX4plus with the type of call, incident address, map coordinates, time and date of the call and other important details in some areas, sirens are still in use, even as the primary means of alerting the fire department.
Some firefighters are experimenting with a GSM based alarm circuit The firefighter will then either get a message on his cell phone or a machine will call this method has proven itself in the areas where the constant radio contact for pagers can not be guaranteed, for example, in mountainous areas.
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