Goerlitz fire department
| Goerlitz fire department | |
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 Office of the City of Görlitz
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 Fire station on Krölstrasse |
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| Professional fire brigade | |
| Founding year: | 1897 |
| Locations: | 1 |
| Employee: | 63 |
| Volunteer firefighter | |
| Founding year: | 1848 |
| Departments: | 8th |
| Active members: | 132 |
| www.goerlitz.de/Feuerwehr.html | |
The Görlitz fire brigade is active in fire prevention, fire fighting and rescue services. The Görlitz fire department is divided into a professional fire department and a volunteer fire department . The volunteer fire brigade consists of eight local fire departments.
history
Foundation and early 20th century
In 1848 the rescue and fire department was founded in the town's gymnastics and rescue club. In 1888 the rescue and fire department and the gymnastics and rescue club separated. The now independent fire department was called the volunteer fire department.
On November 15, 1897, due to popular pressure, the professional fire brigade was founded. This was initially housed in the Waidhaus at the Peterskirche. Even then, rescue and ambulance transports were part of the fire brigade's area of responsibility. A year later, Görlitz got an electrical fire alarm system.
In 1901 the fire brigade got a turntable ladder that could be swiveled in any direction. This was attached to a horse-drawn fire engine. The first carbon dioxide gas syringe followed in 1903. The syringes and their pumping systems were operated entirely by hand at this point. In 1907 the magistrate decided to build a fire department depot between Krölstrasse and Gobbinstrasse, which was handed over in 1910. The costs amounted to 186,951.50 marks. This had to be rebuilt as early as 1912 because the fire brigade received the first automobile fire engine.
In 1914 the second vehicle and a turntable ladder from the Magirus company followed . At that time it was considered the most modern in the world and the Görlitz professional fire brigade was the first to use it. It was not replaced by a more modern system until 26 years later.
The 48-hour service is abolished in 1918 and replaced by the 24-hour service. This gave every firefighter 24 hours on call and then 24 hours off.
In 1924 the last hand pressure syringes in Görlitz were abolished. A Fischer swivel-axis motorized sprayer with an output of 1100 liters per minute is purchased. The third vehicle is purchased in 1926. In the same year, the fire brigade family house at Gobbinstrasse 12 was built. In 1933, the Prussian law on fire extinguishing means that all professional fire brigades are incorporated into the police. The department is henceforth referred to as the Görlitz fire fighting police .
Third Reich and World War II
On the night of November 9th to 10th, 1938 , the National Socialist regime began to attack and destroy all Jewish institutions in Germany. The fire brigades throughout the Reich received orders not to extinguish the Jewish buildings that had caught fire and to refuse any help. The Görlitz professional fire brigade received the order too late. When the Görlitz synagogue caught fire, the fire trucks deployed and were able to fight the fire successfully.
On November 23, 1938, in accordance with the Reich Fire Extinguishing Act, all professional fire brigades were incorporated into the German police and were now called fire protection police .
When the war began on September 1, 1939, air raid protection was proclaimed and the fire brigade was ready to extinguish and detoxify. As part of the security and auxiliary service in air protection, she was now responsible for developing and training this readiness. On November 10, 1939, 20 members of the Hitler Youth began their training in the Görlitz fire department.
In 1939 a new ambulance was purchased in addition to a new light car to illuminate fire spots. At that time, this was considered the latest state of the art. Another ambulance followed just a year later. On May 18, 1940, the guard received a new mechanical ladder. On August 29th, a motor vehicle syringe was added, which was manufactured by GA Fischer in Görlitz.
On May 6, 1945, the fire police received the dismissal order . The vehicles, technology and most of the members of the fire police moved west from 11 p.m. The fire brigade was in fact no longer existent. A fire chief and 4 fire fighters who call themselves extinguishers stayed in Görlitz and worked according to the fire protection regulations for the countries that were under the Soviet occupation zone . In June 1945 the team was raised to two fire chiefs and 24 fire fighters. The first tanker truck and a turntable ladder arrived in October.
Soviet occupation zone and GDR
In 1946, the fire-fighting service became a professional fire brigade again. The first courses will take place again on February 1st. The reconstruction and repair of the Görlitz fire alarm network begin.
The GDR is founded in 1949 . The professional fire brigade is completely nationalized. The GDR takes over the entire material and financial supply and equipment of the professional and volunteer fire brigades.
From January 1, 1950, all professional fire departments belong to the Ministry of the Interior (MdI). They are therefore subordinate to the main administration of the German People's Police . From now on, these form the main fire department. The volunteers and the plant fire brigades remained in municipal administration. In the following year the fire brigade received new vehicles, devices and extinguishing agents.
On July 10, 1973 the municipal youth fire brigade was founded. To date there are five youth fire brigades in the city, including the youth fire brigade (JF) Hagenwerder / Tauchritz , JF Klein Neundorf / Kunnerwitz , JF Klingewalde / Königshufen , JF Ludwigsdorf and JF Stadtmitte / Weinhübel . They joined forces on November 29, 1997 in the Görlitz City Youth Fire Brigade.
After the turn
After the political change in the GDR, it was initially uncertain whether to keep the professional fire brigade, because on December 31, 1990 the employment relationship with the People's Police ended. The head of the professional fire brigade therefore negotiated with the city to secure the takeover of the fire brigade by the municipality. On January 1st of the following year the new employment relationship began with the Görlitz city administration. At the same time, a new shift system was introduced (56-hour working week, 24-hour duty, 48 hours off). The city built a modern control center for the fire and rescue services. Furthermore, the sirens will be abolished in the city, because the fire brigade is now alerted by analogue radio receivers. In 1992 the Office for Fire, Disaster Protection and Rescue Services was established within the city administration . The professional fire brigade received the first new technology in the same year. At that time, the staff consisted of 56 fire service technicians.
In 1993, an independent professional fire department was set up in the city administration . However, this was already converted into a fire protection, disaster control and rescue department at the regulatory office in 1995 . New emergency vehicles based on Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz were also purchased in 1993. In November 1993, work began on the conversion and reconstruction of the fire station on Krölstrasse. The work was completed the following year. The guard received new roller doors and the residential building on Gobbinstrasse was converted into a warehouse and administration building. The extensive renovation of the fire station on Krölstrasse did not take place until 2000.
On February 29, 1996, the city council passed a new fire brigade concept. The municipal professional fire brigade was retained, but the costs were to be reduced by downsizing the professional fire brigade. The concept also plans to strengthen the volunteer fire brigades in order to be able to compensate for the staff reduction in the professional fire brigade. The following year the professional fire brigade celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Volunteer firefighter
The voluntary fire brigade of the city of Görlitz is divided into six local fire brigades. The districts of Hagenwerder / Tauchritz , Kunnerwitz and Ludwigsdorf maintain a local fire brigade. There is also a local fire brigade on Leschwitzer Strasse in the Weinhübel district . The districts of Klingewalde and Königshufen maintain a joint local fire brigade at the old brickworks. With the construction of the fire station for the Kunnerwitz local fire brigade, the fire brigades from Klein Neundorf and Schlauroth were integrated into this fire brigade. The city center fire brigade is based in the fire station of the professional fire brigade on Krölstrasse.
Vehicles of the professional fire brigade
| Vehicle designation | Manufacturer chassis | Manufacturer body | Construction year | image |
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| Turntable ladder (DLK 23/12) | Mercedes Benz | Rosenbauer | 2018 | |
| HLF 20/16 (11/49/2) | Mercedes Benz | Rosenbauer | 2010 | |
| HLF 20/16 (11/49/1) | Mercedes Benz | Iveco Magirus | 2008 |
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| Command vehicle (KdoW) | VW Passat | - | 2006 | |
| Multipurpose vehicle (MZF) | Opel Frontera | - | 1994 | |
| Command vehicle (ELW) | Fiat Ducato | - | 1997 | |
| Equipment trolley (GW) | Mercedes Benz | - | 1994 | |
| Rescue vehicle (RW2) | Mercedes Benz | Schlingmann | 1994 | |
| Turntable ladder (DLK 23/12) | Mercedes Benz | Metz | 1994 |
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| Swap body vehicle with roll-off container oil barrier | IFA W50L | - | 1981 |
literature
- 100 years of the Görlitz fire service . 1897-1997; On the history of Görlitz fire fighting. Maxroi Graphics, Görlitz 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ agbf.de: Homepage of the AGBF - professional fire brigades → Saxony → Görlitz. Retrieved September 6, 2012 .
- ^ Görlitzer fire brigade: Voluntary fire brigade . Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
- ↑ feuerwehr.goerlitz.de: The volunteer fire brigade of the city of Görlitz . Retrieved January 3, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p feuerwehr.goerlitz.de: Origin and development of the professional fire brigade Görlitz . Retrieved January 3, 2012 .
- ^ Ernst Heinz Lemper: Görlitz. A historical topography . 2nd Edition. Oettel-Verlag, Görlitz 2009, ISBN 3-932693-63-9 , p. 226 .
- ↑ feuerwehr.goerlitz.de: 100 years of the Görlitz main fire station . Retrieved January 3, 2012 .
- ↑ feuerwehr.goerlitz.de: The youth fire brigade of the city of Görlitz . Retrieved January 3, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d feuerwehr.goerlitz.de: The emergency vehicles of the BF Görlitz . Retrieved December 2, 2012 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 59.1 ″ N , 14 ° 58 ′ 35.5 ″ E