Ranks of the fire brigade in Saarland

This article lists the ranks of the fire brigades in Saarland .

Voluntary fire brigade and plant fire brigade

The members of the volunteer fire brigades (FF) and the plant fire brigades (WF) are accepted as fire brigade candidates. After completing the squad training, the appointment as a firefighter takes place. The promotion to the fire-fighting supervisor requires a completed group leader training, the promotion to the fire supervisor requires a completed platoon leader training .

requirements

The mayor decides on promotions at the suggestion of the military leader ; the management of the company or facility decides on members of the works fire brigade. The following requirements apply in the volunteer fire brigade:

Fireman: Completed basic fire brigade training according to the applicable FwDV and two years of fire service (shortening possible by working in the youth fire service)
Senior firefighter: completed squad leader training and four years of service as a firefighter
Main firefighter: Promotion to senior firefighter and total service period of 15 years
Firefighting supervisor: Completed group leader training and at least one year of service as a senior firefighter (promotion to the main firefighter not necessary)
Senior fire-fighting master: one year service as fire-fighting master
Main extinguishing supervisor: five-year service as chief extinguishing supervisor
Fire supervisor: Completed train driver training and one year service as chief fire officer (promotion to chief fire officer not necessary)
Chief fire chief: two years of service as fire chief
Main fire chief: two years of service as chief fire chief

Rank badge according to the new VV uniform 2015

The administrative regulation on fire fighting clothing in Saarland came into force on April 1, 2015. Uniforms including the rank and function badges according to the old service regulations (see below) can still be worn.

The rank badges for the members of the volunteer fire brigades and the plant fire brigades consist of a pair of shoulder flaps described below.

The shoulder boards for volunteer members of the municipal fire brigade and part-time members of the plant fire brigade wear red circular piping as well as rank stars, function stars and function symbols in the form of bars or graphic representations.

Team ranks:

(Works) fire department candidate: no rank star
(Works) firefighter: a red rank star
(Works) chief fire fighter: two red rank stars
(Works) main firefighter: three red rank stars

Management ranks:

(Works) extinguishing supervisor: a red and silver rank star
(Werk-) Oberlöschmeister / -in: two red and silver rank stars
(Works) main extinguishing supervisor: three red and silver rank stars
(Works) fire chief: a silver rank star
(Works) chief fire chief: two silver rank stars
(Werk-) Hauptbrandmeister / -in: three silver rank stars

Function badge:

Deputy Head of Department, Deputy Fire Department Leader: 2 mm thick wire below the rank
Head of department, firefighting district leader: 2 strands, each 2 mm thick, below the rank
Deputy head, deputy military leader, fire fighting section leader: 3 strands, each 2 mm thick, below the rank
Leader, military leader: 4 strands, each 2 mm thick, below the rank

District fire supervisor, regional association fire supervisor: 1 golden functional star with oak leaves
Fire inspector: 2 golden functional stars with oak leaves
State fire inspector: 3 golden functional stars with oak leaves

State Fire Brigade Association Chairman: 3 golden functional stars
State Fire Brigade Association Deputy Chairman: 3 silver functional stars
District fire brigade associations Chairman: 2 golden functional stars
District fire brigade associations vice chairman: 2 silver functional stars

Representative for the youth fire brigade, level extinguishing district: red youth flame
Officer for the youth fire brigade, community level: silver youth flame
Officer for the youth fire brigade, level community association / district: golden youth flame
Officer for the youth fire brigade, land level: golden youth flame with oak leaves

(the respective deputies wear the function badge as before, but as an outline)

Fire brigade musician: red lyre
Head of the music train or staff leader: silver lyre
Kreisstabführer / -in: silver lyre, 1 silver functional star
Landesstabführer / -in: golden lyre, 1 golden functional star

Fire brigade chaplain: silver four-pointed star as an outline

Fire brigade doctor: silver Aesculapian staff

The epaulets for volunteer members of the communal fire brigade and part-time members of the plant fire brigade are shown below.

Team ranks

(Works) fire department candidate
(Works) firefighter
(Works) chief firefighter
(Works) main firefighter

Leadership ranks

(Works) extinguishing supervisor
(Works) head fire-fighting master
(Works) main extinguishing supervisor
(Works) fire chief
(Works) chief fire chief
(Works) chief fire chief

Function badge

Fire chief as deputy fire fighting district leader
Chief fire supervisor as fire-fighting district leader
Main fire supervisor as deputy military leader or fire fighting section leader
Main fire chief as military leader
District fire supervisor, regional association fire supervisor
Fire inspector
State fire inspector
Officer for the youth fire brigade, fire-fighting district level
Representative for the youth fire brigade, community level
Officer for the youth fire brigade, district level
Representative for the youth fire brigade, state level
District fire brigade associations Chairman / -r
District Fire Brigade Associations Deputy Chairperson
State Fire Brigade Association Chairperson
State Fire Brigade Association Deputy Chairperson
Fire Department Doctor
Fire brigade chaplain
Fire brigade musician
Head of the music train or staff leader
District Staff Leader
Regional staff leader
Example of a combination of rank / function: senior firefighter as deputy JF representative at LB level
Example of a combination of rank / function: Chief fire-fighting officer as JF representative at LB level
Example for a combination of rank / function: Chief fire extinguishing supervisor as deputy JF representative at community level
Example of a combination of rank / function: chief fire chief as staff leader

Rank badge according to old VV uniform from 1991

The rank badges for members of the volunteer fire brigades and the plant fire brigades consist of a pair of collar tabs described below.

Collar tab made of black cloth with the following piping:

Infantry red for fire brigade candidates up to the chief fire chief of the volunteer fire brigade
light blue for fire brigade candidates up to the main fire chief of the plant fire brigade
silver-colored for plant fire inspector / plant fire chief inspector
gold-colored for fire inspectors, clergymen and doctors

Fire department emblem made of matt, silver-colored metal:

for fire brigade candidates up to chief fire officer without oak leaf wreath,
For fire chief to main fire chief and plant fire inspector / plant fire chief inspector with matt-gloss silver-colored oak leaf wreath.

Fire brigade emblem with oak leaf wreath made of matt gold-colored metal for fire inspectors

The ranks also differ according to the bars on the collar tabs, the collar tabs of the volunteer fire brigade are shown below, which differ from those of the plant fire brigade only in the color of the piping. The piping of the collar tabs of the plant fire brigade is light blue, as are the bars for the team ranks.

Team ranks

Volunteer firefighter

Fire Brigade Candidate (FA) and Firefighter (FM)
Chief Fireman (OFM)
Chief Fireman (HFM)

Plant fire brigade

Fire department candidate and firefighter
Chief Fireman
Chief firefighter

Leadership ranks

Requirements:

Firefighting supervisor at least completed group leader training
Fire supervisor at least completed platoon driver training
Fire inspector and state fire inspector at least fire supervisor, training as an association leader and the course “head of a fire brigade” must be proven within two years of appointment.
Factory fire inspector at least one year service as fire supervisor and successful participation in a fire inspector course for professional fire departments.
Factory fire chief inspector for at least one year as a factory fire inspector.

Volunteer firefighter

Extinguishing Master (LM)
Chief Fire Officer (OLM)
Chief Fire Officer (HLM)
Fire chief (BM)
Chief Fire Officer (OBM)
Chief Fire Chief (HBM)
Fire Inspector (BI)
State Fire Inspector (LBI)
Fire doctor
Clergyman in the fire department

Additional function indicators for the fire-fighting district, fire-fighting section and military leader:

These are worn as sleeve badges on the left sleeve of the service jacket (distance from the edge of the sleeve approx. 90 mm).

Extinguishing District Leader
Delete section leader
Wehrführer

Contrary to the administrative regulation on the uniform of the fire brigade, some volunteer fire brigades in Saarland use different rank badges on their HuPF jackets based on the rank badges of the officials of the fire service of the professional fire brigade (BF) and the state fire brigade school (LFS). These are worn on the lower left sleeve.

Plant fire brigade

Fire-fighting master
Chief fire officer
Chief fire extinguisher
Fire chief
Chief Fire Chief
Chief fire chief

Factory fire inspector
Factory fire chief inspector

Full-time fire brigade members

Civil servants in the fire service and comparable full-time or full-time fire service employees in the municipal fire brigades, the municipal associations, in the state service and in the works fire brigades.

Rank badge according to the new VV uniform 2015

The rank badges for members of the professional fire brigades, the plant fire brigades (full-time) or the full-time workers with career training consist of a pair of shoulder flaps.

The epaulettes for the respective rank groups differ as follows:

silver border and red rank stars for the middle fire service
silver border and silver rank stars for the high-level fire service
gold border and gold rank stars for the higher fire service

Medium Grade

Civil servants in the middle service and comparable full-time or full-time firefighting employees

Candidate fire supervisor (BrMA) Candidate fire supervisor (WBrMA)
Fire chief (BrM) Factory fire chief (WBrM)
Senior Fire Supervisor (OBrM) Senior Plant Supervisor (WOBrM)
Main fire supervisor (HBrM) Plant main fire supervisor (WHBrM)
Main fire supervisor with allowance (HBrM Z)

Higher service

Senior civil servants and comparable full-time or full-time firefighting technicians

Senior fire inspector candidate (BrOIA) Senior fire inspector candidate (WBrOIA)
Fire Inspector (BrI), Factory Fire Inspector (WBrI)
Chief Fire Inspector (BrOI), Chief Fire Inspector (WBrOI)
Fire officer (BrA)
Fire Department Councilor (BrAR)
Chief Fire Officer (BrOAR)
Fire chief councilor with allowance (BrOAR Z)

Higher service

Civil servants in the higher service and comparable full-time or full-time firefighting employees

Fire trainee (BrRef)
Fire Councilor (BrR)
Fire Adviser (BrOR)
Fire Director (BrD)
Chief Fire Director (LtBrD)

Examples of the combination of managerial functions and ranks

Fire chief as deputy head of department
Fire chief as head of department
Senior plant fire inspector as head of the plant fire brigade
Fire council as deputy head of the fire brigade
Chief fire director as head of the fire department

Rank badge according to old VV uniform from 1991

At the professional fire brigade and the Saarland fire brigade school , the rank badges are worn as sleeve badges on a rectangular plate made of black basic cloth on the left lower sleeve of the service jacket. The ranks differ in the color and number of bars and the color of the surrounding strand as follows: