Bundeswehr fire brigade
| Bundeswehr Fire Brigade - BwFw - |
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| Units: | 58 fire stations |
| Employee: | over 3500 |
| Vehicles: | more than 500 |
| ZBrdSch at www.bundeswehr.de | |
The Bundeswehr Fire Department is a Fire Brigade in Germany , which for the defensive fire protection and technical assistance for departments of the Bundeswehr which is responsible in Germany, order, special risk potential or reasons of classified information - or sabotage instantaneous protection, the provision of an own fire department require.
Fire protection by the Bundeswehr
The civil fire protection of the Bundeswehr is structured into the Bundeswehr Fire Protection Center (ZBrdSchBw), four regional coordination offices in Ulm , Cologne , Hamburg and Burg and the 58 Bundeswehr fire departments .
Soldiers in military fire protection belong either to the career of sergeants in the troop service or NCOs in the general specialist service. In the Bundeswehr missions abroad they take over the tasks of the precautionary and preventive fire protection. In the Air Force branch , the military fire protection forces are combined in the 7th Squadron of the Air Force Object Protection Regiment (7./ObjSRgtLw).
Locations
The 58 Bundeswehr fire brigades are stationed at military airfields and military training areas , underground and marine land facilities, logistical facilities as well as military science and technical departments .
Location table
The table lists the locations of the Bundeswehr fire departments:
Former locations
The (incomplete) table lists former locations of Bundeswehr fire brigades:
| Bundeswehr fire brigade | Location | state | Property name | Supervised facility | Service type | comment |
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| Daaden | Emmerzhausen |
 Rhineland-Palatinate
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Daaden military training area | Daaden military training area | Military training area | disbanded June 30, 2014 |
| Ehra-Lessien | Ehra-Lessien |
 Lower Saxony
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Ehra-Lessien military training area | Ehra-Lessien military training area | Military training area | disbanded Dec. 31, 2014 |
| Meßstetten | Meßstetten |
 Baden-Württemberg
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Service building | Mission control area 1 | Underground plant | disbanded December 31, 2017 |
| Ohrdruf | Ohrdruf |
 Thuringia
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Military training area | Ohrdruf military training area | Military training area | disbanded Feb. 28, 2015 |
| Roth | Roth |
 Bavaria
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Otto Lilienthal barracks | Roth Airfield | Military airfield | disbanded June 30, 2015 |
| Schneeberg | Beeskow |
 Brandenburg
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Ammunition depot | Ammunition depot Schneeberg | Ammunition depot | disbanded December 31, 2016 |
| Trollenhagen | Neubrandenburg |
 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Trollenhagen Air Base | Trollenhagen Air Base | Military airfield | disbanded Dec. 31, 2014 |
history
The civil fire services of the Bundeswehr were an integral part of the military units / departments until 2012. As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr in 2012, all civil fire brigades were spun off from the armed forces and transferred to the Bundeswehr Fire Protection Center (ZBrdSchBw) with around 3700 posts by mid-October 2014. The civil fire brigade is one of the largest in Germany.
Careers and training
Persons employed in the fire protection department of the Bundeswehr can have the status of an official (Bundeswehr fire brigade) as well as a soldier (military fire protection).
Civil servants in the Bundeswehr fire brigades belong to the careers of the middle , upper or higher technical administrative service. For the careers of the middle and upper technical administrative service , the Bundeswehr carries out the “subject-specific preparatory services ” (career training) “middle” or “upper level fire service in the Bundeswehr”. The Federal Ministry of Defense has issued corresponding ordinances for this purpose. In the senior service, direct recruitment, a dual degree in "Safety Technology" with a Bachelor of Science degree and promotion from the middle service are possible. Only one direct setting is possible in the higher service.
The training content is also based on the general fire service regulations (FwDV).
The location of the Bundeswehr Fire Brigade School is the outsourced part of the school NBC Defense and Legal Protection Tasks , teaching group B in the Alb barracks near Stetten am kalten Markt . At the same time, the Bundeswehr also trains fire protection soldiers who are needed, among other things, for the Bundeswehr's missions abroad . Training for the high-level fire service has been taking place in Lohheide near the Bergen military training area since 2018 .
vehicles
The Bundeswehr fire brigades are equipped with fire engines - mostly special structures - and special extinguishing agents.
First generation
The concept was based on the use of standard military vehicles of the 1.5 t, 5 t and 7 t payload classes, but differing from the flatbed trucks with an all-steel driver's cab and observation hatch. The glass dome, which in many cases was attached to the observation hatch, was characteristic. The superstructures could be separated from the chassis relatively quickly so that the superstructure on another chassis could continue to be used even if the vehicle was damaged.
The standard vehicles of the so-called first generation of FlKfz, which were delivered from 1958, include the FlKfz 750 (Unimog S 404 with Metz or Rathgeber body, powder extinguishing system from Minimax), the FlKfz 1500 ( Daimler-Benz LG315 / 46 with Metz- or Graaff body, powder extinguishing system from Total), the FlKfz 2400 (Daimler-Benz LG315 / 46 with Metz or Bachert body) and the FlKfz 3800/400 ( Magirus-Deutz Jupiter 6x6 or from 1964 Magirus-Deutz M178D15A with Bachert -Construction). The types FlKfz 3500/350 and FlKfz 4500/450 on a Magirus-Deutz A6500 with a Bachert body were only available in a few copies .
The vehicles were painted in the yellow olive (RAL 6014) customary at the time. In some cases, vehicles were handed over in red as delivered, while the chassis and fenders were yellow-olive.
A special feature at the time played the airbase -Feuerwehr the Cologne-Bonn Airport . Since military and civil flight operations went hand in hand here , all vehicles were painted red.
In addition to the standard vehicles of the first generation, there were also German-made vehicles in the 1950s (Magirus and Mercedes) that were originally built for the Allied troops and that went with the handover of properties to the Bundeswehr. These included two DL 22 turntable ladders on Magirus-Deutz S 3500 in red and olive. Otherwise there were only three other turntable ladders (including at the Erding air base and in the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal). In addition to various trailers, the truck 0.25 t gl, DKW Munga F 91/4, was used as an emergency control vehicle (ELW).
At the beginning of the 1970s, the 0.4 t car, VW 181, replaced the Munga as ELW, and those fire brigades responsible for fire protection in underground systems received Mercedes-Benz LP 608s with Bachert bodies. The loading of these vehicles was based on the civilian types LF 8 and RW 1.
Second generation
With the 2nd generation, delivery from 1979, the future standard vehicles FlKfz 1000, FlKfz 3000, FlKfz 3500/400/750 and FlKfz 8000/800 were delivered. In the underground facilities, the Mercedes-Benz LP 608 were replaced by the Mercedes-Benz 814 F.
The FlKfz 1000, built on Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 1300 L, roughly comparable to the civil pumper TLF 8/18 . The Metz company came into play here as the body manufacturer.
In the 2nd generation (also called the next generation), efforts were made to achieve the greatest possible equality of parts. With the FlKfz 3000; 3500/400/750 and 8000/800 the modular principle was used; so are z. B. the cabs are identical and the same engines are used for all types. The basic vehicles all came from FAUN , the superstructures of the FlKfz 3000 and 3500/400/750 came from the Bachert and Ziegler consortium and the FlKfz 8000/800 from Schörling. The FlKfz 3000 is based on the FAUN LF 16.30 / 45 V 4x4, the FlKfz 3500/400/750 on the FAUN LF 22.30 / 45 V 6x4 and the FlKfz 8000/800 on the FAUN LF 40.30x2 / 48 V 8x8.
A larger number of FlKfz 2400 bodies of the 1st generation were put on new chassis of the standard 5 t 4x4 truck in the mid / late 1980s. With German reunification, even the TLF 32 on Tatra T 815 CAS 32 and some IFA W 50s from the National People's Army found their way into the vehicle fleet of the Federal Fire Brigades. The TLF 32 was used, for example, by the WTD in Meppen, while the IFA W 50 drove on the military training areas in the new federal states.
Changes also came into play in the paintwork. With the introduction of the new basic color bronze green ( RAL 6031) for the vehicles of the armed forces, the fire engines were also given a new color scheme. Even the three-color camouflage paint did not stop at the FlKfz. Finally, fire red (RAL 3000) became standard again at the end of the 1990s. Sometimes all paintwork variants can be found within one unit.
Third generation
Second generation vehicles are still in service. There are also some first-generation vehicles in the Bundeswehr. As a replacement for the FlKfz 8000/800, the first fire engines - 3rd generation - have been handed over to the troops since summer 2005. It concerns the fire-fighting vehicle, heavy, airfield, Z8 (FLF 80 / 125-12.5 Z8 "Advancer") from the Ziegler company. In contrast to its predecessor, this 40 t airfield fire engine is not a special military development. The total number of units is 16 vehicles.
For the FlKfz 2400 based on the Daimler-Benz 1017 , fire fighting vehicles 16/12 on Mercedes-Benz Atego are used in the marine area. A TLF 16/25 on a Mercedes-Benz Atego, a TLF 16/50 on a Unimog and a RW 2 on a MAN are used as individual items at the Bergen military training area. A turntable ladder on an Atego 1628 is used at the Cologne-Bonn Air Base Fire Brigade .
Three further types of the third generation are now gradually replacing the vehicles of the first and second generation in all Bundeswehr fire departments:
- Fire-fighting vehicle for fighting forest fires (FlKfz WaBrd), mounted on a Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5000
- Fire-fighting vehicle for building fire fighting (FlKfz GebBrd), built on a MAN TGM 18.280 4x4 BB
- Fire service equipment scaffolding vehicle (FwGerRüFzg), built on a MAN TGM 18.280 4x4 BB
65 fire fighting vehicles medium Z6, built on MAN 33.685, body manufacturer in all cases is the Albert Ziegler company . Three DLK 23/12 GLT on an Iveco 160 E30 with Magirus ladder set, two in Wilhelmshaven and one in the Kiel naval base.
Special vehicles
Despite the standardization and precisely because these standards were often not sufficient, there were always vehicles that did not fit into the scheme or that were used as troop test models (TVM) by the Bundeswehr fire services. There were several DB Unimog S 404 flatbed with rescue platform and 1 VW T2 flatbed with rescue platform .
One Unimog U 1300 platform with rescue platform is used by the Jagel and Wunstorf air base fire departments, in the color RAL 3000 = fire red .
The Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Luftfahrzeuge (WTD 61) used a converted Range Rover to rescue pilots for several years . A platform placed on the roof formed the rescue platform. The vehicle was painted red.
At Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle 41 , a converted Marder infantry fighting vehicle in RAL 3000 paint was used as an extinguishing tank . A VW T3 double cabin (type 247) Syncro in ruby red paint was in operation as a pre-equipment vehicle at Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle 41. Also an Opel Blitz with a special body as an oil truck. A VW T3 double cabin (type 247) Syncro in ruby red paint was in operation as a pre-equipment vehicle at the Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle 51. Also an Opel Blitz with a special body as an oil truck. At the Wehrtechnischen Dienststelle 91 (Meppen) a GW height rescuer on a VW T5 and a TLF 4000 on an Iveco Trakker 450 as well as 2 Kässbohrer Pistenbullys are in operation. The WIS ( Defense Science Institute for Protection Technology - NBC Protection Munster) has a RWII on an Iveco 150 E30 and a decon trailer in operation.
professional association
In order to do justice to the task of promoting and cooperating with municipal fire brigades and organizations, as well as the interests of all members of the Bundeswehr fire brigade in relation to the special framework conditions of fire service in the Bundeswehr, the Association of Bundeswehr Fire Brigades was formed.
See also
literature
- Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr, Oswald , Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 3-613-02370-9 .
- Bundeswehr vehicles since 1955, Plate , Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 3-613-02530-2 .
- The wheeled and tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr 1956 to today, Anweiler, Blank , Bechtermünz Verlag ISBN 3-8289-5331-X .
- Wheeled and tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr in the 90s, Anweiler, Plate, Pahlkötter , Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 3-613-01847-0 .
- German military vehicles Bundeswehr and NVA, Gau, Plate, Siegert , Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 3-613-02152-8 .
- Prototypes and special vehicles of the Bundeswehr since 1956 - Volume 1, Anweiler , Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 3-613-02382-2 .
- Prototypes and special vehicles of the Bundeswehr since 1956 - Volume 2, Anweiler , Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 3-613-02590-6 .
- Prototypes and special vehicles of the Bundeswehr, Anweiler , Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 978-3-613-03214-9 .
- Motor vehicles of the fire brigade and the rescue service, Oswald, Gihl, Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 3-613-01479-3 .
- Fire fighting vehicles at airports in Germany, Wolfgang Rotter and Jochen Thorns, Podszun Verlag, ISBN 3-86133-298-1 .
- Fire protection, Deutsche Feuerwehrzeitung - Edition 12/2008, Jochen Thorns, New fire-extinguishing vehicles in the Bundeswehr, W. Kohlhammer Verlag.
Web links
- Bundeswehr Fire Protection Center. In: http://www.bundeswehr.de/ . June 29, 2020, accessed June 29, 2020 .
- Job advertisements for civil and military fire protection in the Bundeswehr. In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- Christian Patzelt: Bundeswehr Fire Brigade: The somewhat different professional fire brigade. In: https://www.feuerwehrmagazin.de/ . January 30, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 .
- Fire protection - firefighters in the Bundeswehr. (PDF) In: https://www.personal.bundeswehr.de/ . BAPersBw , accessed on September 13, 2019 .
- Homepage of the Association of Federal Fire Brigades e. & Small; V. In: https://bundeswehrfeuerwehr.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- Private homepage about the Bundeswehr fire brigade. In: https://www.bundeswehr-feuerwehr.de/ . Martin Freyburger, accessed on September 13, 2019 .
- Demand paper for the Bundeswehr fire brigades and military fire protection. In: https://www.dbwv.de/ . German Armed Forces Association , accessed on September 13, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Bundeswehr Fire Protection Center. In: Bundeswehr. Retrieved April 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Fire protection sergeant. In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Fireman NCO. In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Bundeswehr fire brigade . In: Bundeswehr location database . Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr , accessed on April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Annex 2 of the Federal Career Ordinance (FSVO)
- ↑ Career training in middle service. In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Career training in high service. In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Ordinance on careers, training and examinations for the intermediate fire service in the Bundeswehr
- ↑ Ordinance on the preparatory service for the senior fire service in the Bundeswehr
- ↑ Direct recruitment of high service. In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Bachelor Security Technology . In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Direct hiring of higher service In: https://www.bundeswehrkarriere.de/ . Retrieved September 13, 2019 .