Fire Department Hanover

Fire Department Hanover
Office of the City of Hanover
Professional fire brigade
Founding year:	1880
Locations:	6th
Employee:	800
Volunteer firefighter
Departments:	17th
Active members:	750
Youth fire brigade
Founding year:	1964
Groups:	17th
Members:	320
Children's fire brigade
Groups:	15th
Members:	200
www.feuerwehr-hannover.de

The Hanover fire brigade consists of the professional fire brigade of the city of Hanover , 17 local fire brigades of the volunteer fire brigade and seven plant fire brigades . The professional fire brigade is a specialist area in the personnel, education, youth and family department ( Department IV) of the Hanover city administration and is responsible for fire protection , assistance, rescue services as well as civil and disaster control . It is in five fire and rescue stations and the additional station 10 as administrative headquarters, control center and functional location stationed.

history

Before founding

Revised Fire Order Hanover 1681

Great importance was attached to fire protection in Hanover in the past. The first preserved regulations of the city were the "Revised Fire Regulations EE Raths der Stadt Hannover" from 1681 and 1708. In the edition of 1708 two "snake syringes" are mentioned for the first time. These syringes were hand-operated pressure syringes , in which the extinguishing water did not have to be delivered via a permanently attached pipe, but could be conducted to the fire site via pressure hoses (so-called snakes). In 1789, the city sources first mention two "fire extinguisher corps" who helped each other. The corps were set up in the old town and the then still independent Calenberger Neustadt and had a strength of 150 and 100 men. Also at this time a "rescue association" of the merchants of Hanover to save their property in case of fire is mentioned.

On May 15, 1850, the City of Hanover's magistrate issued a 58-paragraph "Service Regulations for the Firemen of the Royal Residence City of Hanover". This led to a complete redesign of fire fighting and the introduction of a compulsory fire brigade, the "Corps of Firefighters". The corps consisted of 96 firefighters and was divided into five watch championships. Three men in each corps had to keep watch at night and prepare the syringes for deployment. In 1849 a rescue team was formed in the men's gymnastics club in Hanover, which was recognized by the city of Hanover and was also placed under the "fire command". Over the years, the demands placed on fire protection officers in Hanover increased. With the service regulations of 1853 and 1858, a 24-hour standby service for remuneration was introduced for a constable and ten firefighters of the corps.

1880 to 1945

1902: Three automobiles of the Hanover professional fire brigade in front of the fire station II

A 1941 police Tannengrün delivered Magirus - Automotive Head

The professional fire brigade of Hanover, founded in 1880, limited itself mainly to fire-fighting in its early years . In 1902 she was commissioned for the first time with the transport of civilians with infectious diseases. Three years later, the entire ambulance transport system in the city was the responsibility of the professional fire brigade, which is why every firefighter had to complete training as a paramedic from that point on.

While in 1911 around 500 accident and ambulance transports were carried out a month, this number rose to over 200 transports a day during a typhus epidemic in 1926. The fire brigade had to increase its transport capacities, which is why horse-drawn vehicles were replaced by emergency vehicles with gasoline engines . After all horse-drawn carriages were abolished a year later, the new fire engines and ambulances received fanfares for the first time in 1928 .

After Hitler and the NSDAP came to power at the end of January 1933, the first Fire Extinguishing Act (FLG) was passed, which came into force on January 1, 1934. Although this name did not officially exist, the term "fire police" was already used there. With the " Law on Fire Extinguishing " enacted in November 1938 , the name was officially changed to Fire Police . Equipping the wagons with blue lights , the uniform Storz couplings for the hoses and hydrants and the central alarm system via sirens were also regulated by the law. The implementing ordinance for this law issued in October 1938 by the Reich and Prussian Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick finally deprived the states of comprehensive responsibility for fire services. Although the municipalities still had to bear all costs for personnel, equipment, buildings, etc., the supervision and thus the right to issue instructions were transferred to the Reich . All fire brigades, including the factory and volunteer fire brigades , were now subordinate to the local offices of the Ordnungspolizei of the " Reichsführer SS " and chief of the German police Heinrich Himmler . In order to indicate this externally, the emergency vehicles delivered from 1940 on were painted in the fir green ( RAL 6009) of the police.

During the Second World War , 88 air raids on Hanover , the USSBS gives a figure of 125, also killed many members of the fire services. After the last air raid on March 28, 1945, most of the fire stations and emergency vehicles were destroyed. The acquisition of new special fire fighting vehicles and equipment was difficult or even impossible in the post-war period and it was necessary to improvise.

1945 until today

Listed building on the site of the former fire station 1 in Calenberger Neustadt

After the end of the war , the fire police was renamed the Hanover Fire Brigade again. She took up the rescue service with British emergency vehicles. On April 1, 1946, the ambulance service at the Hanover professional fire brigade was reintroduced by an instruction from the military government . Due to major production restrictions, the service first had to be carried out with old vehicles.

In the Linden railway accident on June 22, 1969, eight men from Fire Station 4 and four railway employees were killed when a wagon loaded with ammunition for the Bundeswehr exploded in the Fischerhof freight yard .

In 1972 the first ambulance was used, which was located at the Siloah Clinic . In 1974 a joint control center for the professional fire brigade and the Hanover rescue services was established as the Hanover rescue control center . In 1977 the emergency medical school of the Hanover professional fire brigade was founded to train every fire fighter in the emergency service to become a paramedic.

In 1989 the new job description of the paramedic was created , the training was regulated nationwide by the Paramedic Act and the Training and Examination Ordinance. On September 1, 1989, the Hanover fire brigade was one of the first training centers in Germany to receive state recognition as a paramedic school. All fire service officers in the rescue service have been trained to become paramedics since 1989.

Today the fire fighting authority has become a service company for fire protection, assistance, rescue services as well as civil and disaster control. In addition, the Hanover fire brigade deals with various special tasks, such as briefing the mentally ill or organizing evacuations as part of the disposal of munitions , which the KBD Lower Saxony carries out.

Calls

Ambulance of the Hanover fire brigade

Calls	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
fire	1.011	963	1,079	915	909	975	847	994	941	836	776	779
False alarm fire	1,214	1,332	1,410	1,180	1,356	1,599	1,653	1,950	2,185	2,402	2.119	2.143
Technical assistance	3,352	3,338	4,109	4,201	3,885	4,257	3549	3,232	2,649	3,486	3,242	3,303
False alarm TH	688	693	799	895	698	1.006	1,367	1,120	948	1,203	1.008	1,059
Ambulance service	40,304	41,486	41,757	41,725	41,760	42,734	45,422	47,823	50,397	52,626	58,037	60,062
total	46,569	47,812	49,154	48,916	48,608	50,571	52,838	54.192	57,120	60,553	65,182	67,346

Specialist groups

The Hanover fire brigade uses the specialist group concept. There are nine specialist groups, some with more specialized subgroups: Rescue at heights , water rescue , leadership and communication (FüKom), mass casualties of injured persons (ManV), catering and care , heavy technical assistance , logistics , NBC danger prevention and flood protection .

The fire brigades are specially trained and equipped according to their specialist group. The equipment is concentrated at a fire and rescue station. The individual volunteer fire brigades are assigned to specific specialist groups. Depending on the type of operation, the responsible volunteer fire brigade is alerted, which supports the professional fire brigade on their watch and on site.

Height rescue

The height rescue specialist group is only provided by the professional fire brigade. It is responsible for rescuing people from great heights or depths of up to 200 meters. In the event of an emergency, the 30 members of this specialist group use the equipment trolley stationed at fire station 5 to rescue them from heights. Typical places of use are e.g. B. Building and civil engineering sites, wind turbines and high-rise buildings.

If necessary, the height rescue specialist group is supported by the specialist group for heavy technical assistance, which includes the fire brigade crane and the AB equipment, which contains materials for structural and civil engineering accidents, collapses, accidents in bulk and shaft accidents. In addition, the telescopic mast platform 54 is often alerted to joint operations with the height rescue specialist group.

Water rescue

The water rescue specialist group is the main task of fire and rescue station 4. It is supported by the local fire brigades Anderten, Misburg, Vinnhorst and Ricklingen. In addition to rescuing people, animals and objects from the water, it is responsible for ice rescue and flood protection and flood operations.

The specialist group has two lifeboats and is supplemented by the water rescue equipment trolley and a multi-purpose boat.

Leadership and communication

The leadership and communication specialist group (FüKom) was founded in 1998 after the telecommunications service was dissolved and is stationed at the former fire and rescue station 1, now station 10. It is supported by the Bemerode and Vinnhorst local fire departments. The specialist group has two FüKom equipment vehicles (abbreviation: GW Fü-Kom), two motorcycles (abbreviation: Krad), also two trailers with built-in power generators and light masts (abbreviation: Strom-A) and a command vehicle 2 . She is responsible for supporting the operations command in the event of major damage incidents by ensuring communication and keeping situation maps and the operation diary. In the event of an emergency, she is supported by the command vehicle 3 and the radio and communications technology alarm service with one of the three FN equipment vehicles and other command services.

Mass casualty

Large-capacity ambulance

The specialist group for the mass incidence of injured persons (ManV) at fire and rescue station 2 is responsible for the care and treatment of over 20 injured persons. It is divided into two subgroups.

The Stöcken and Ahlem local fire brigades are responsible for the treatment center (BHP) component . She is responsible for setting up and operating the BHP. For this purpose, it has an equipment trolley L, the AB rescue, the AB support, a swap-loader vehicle and the large-capacity ambulance (GRTW). The staff is provided by the professional fire brigade.

The Ahlem and Vinnhorst local fire brigades are responsible for the patient transport component . She takes care of the transport of the patient from the injured assembly point to the treatment center. For this purpose, in addition to normal ambulances, the GRTW, the large-capacity emergency vehicle (GEW) 50, the GEW 20 and other means of transport are used.

Food and care

The specialist group for catering and care is the task of the Kirchrode and Wülfel local fire brigades. It is equipped to supply and support up to 1,000 people. She is responsible for the catering of emergency services as well as for the care of evacuated persons.

The specialist group has the GW catering and support, a support truck with field cooker, and a team transport vehicle . It can be supported by the AB-Care, the GEW 50, the GEW 20 and the GRTW of the professional fire brigade.

Technical assistance

The technical assistance group is the main task of fire and rescue station 5 and is supported by the local fire brigades Anderten and Wülferode. It is used for extensive technical assistance in the event of major damage.

The specialist group has two rescue vehicles, an emergency power trailer, a light pole trailer, the AB equipment, the AB tunnel, the fire brigade cranes, the AB crane and two WLF. The AB tunnel is occupied by the Wülferode local fire brigade and used to rescue and transport passengers in tunnels of the Hanover city railway . In addition, the AB fire-fighting support vehicle with the LUF 60 is used for operations in subway systems.

logistics

The specialist group logistics supplies major damage sites with replenishment or consumable goods. The materials are kept in the logistics center of fire and rescue station 4. It is supported by the volunteer fire departments Bornum and Ricklingen. To transport the required operational equipment, the employees of FG Logistik have a replenishment equipment trolley, a logistics equipment trolley and swap-loader vehicles with nine different roll-off containers , including for wood, clearing equipment and special extinguishing agents. There are also a wheel loader and a telescopic loader as well as a forklift truck.

NBC defense

The NBC emergency response, the main task of fire and rescue station 3, is for the measurement and monitoring of hazardous substance concentrations when large-scale pollutant clouds occur during NBC operations and fires, large-scale collection of contaminated extinguishing water (fire fighting / ag washing), decontamination of people - decon level II and III, decontamination of vehicles and devices and the implementation of operational measures under NBC special protective equipment in large-scale NBC operations or long-term operations. The equipment is based on the federal ABC concept.

The NBC hazard prevention specialist group consists of four subgroups:

The decontamination task force is provided by the Linden and Limmer local fire brigades. You are responsible for the decontamination of emergency services who have come into contact with dangerous atomic, biological or chemical substances.
The specialist group decontamination of persons / injured persons is provided by the local fire brigades Linden and Davenstedt. It is responsible for the decontamination of civilians and injured persons who have come into contact with dangerous atomic, biological or chemical substances.
The specialist group for decontamination devices and retention of extinguishing water is provided by the Linden local fire brigade and is responsible for the decontamination of devices and vehicles that have come into contact with dangerous atomic, biological or chemical substances and for collecting contaminated extinguishing water.
The specialist group Feeling and Measuring is provided by the Badenstedt, Buchholz, Linden and Wettbergen local fire brigades and is responsible for the investigation of dangerous substances and the measurement of air pollution and degrees of contamination.

Flood protection

The specialist group for flood protection is the newest specialist group of the Hanover fire brigade and is currently still under construction. It is provided by the Bornum, Ricklingen and Wettbergen local fire departments. In addition, a roll-off container sandbag filling machine with a mobile sandbag filling machine and a roll-off container flood protection system are available on the premises of the fire and rescue station 4.

Professional fire brigade

Locations

Guard 10

Exit of the former fire station 1 (now station 10) in the Calenberger Neustadt

The Wache (FRW) 10 in the Calenberger Neustadt (formerly Fire and Rescue Station 1) houses the administration of the professional fire brigade and the Hanover control center for the city and the region, some with nationwide coordination functions. It is used for operations management , information and communication technology and houses services and workshops for equipment until these functions are relocated to the new fire and rescue station 1 at Weidendamm 50 in the north of the city .

The fire engine and various emergency vehicles have already been relocated to the new FRW 1, command vehicles for various functionaries, for example B service and A service or press spokesman as well as various cars, MZW and KdoW for the various specialist areas of the fire brigade and reserve vehicles are here, as far as or as long as they have not yet been moved to the new FRW 1 in the north of the city.

The Hanover Fire Brigade Museum is also located here .

Fire and rescue station 1

The new fire and rescue station 1 Nordstadt

The new fire and rescue station (FRW) 1 in the Nordstadt (Weidendamm 50), which went into operation in the first construction phase in 2014, is also responsible for the inner city. After the completion of the second construction phase, scheduled for the end of 2017, the administration of the professional fire brigade, the computer center of the state capital Hanover, the regional control center, the situation and command center of the police headquarters, other functional services and fire brigade workshops should be located here. In February 2015 it was announced that the police headquarters would be left at the previous location for economic reasons. Disputes between the city administration and the commissioned company Züblin due to errors inside the second construction phase meant that no completion date could be specified in June 2018. The city administration then applied for the modernization of Wache 10 for 4.8 million euros.

On the FRW 1 there is a fire engine , three ambulances (RTW), a small fire engine (KLF), two equipment cars (GW) oil, the command vehicle 3 , three GW radio and communications technology, a multi-purpose vehicle , a swap truck (WLF), one each Roll-off container (AB) tunnel rescue and equipment, an AB fire -fighting support vehicle with LUF 60, a fire protection training trailer , three vehicle inspection vehicles and two inspection vehicles , provided they did not remain at guard 10 in Calenberger Neustadt (former FRW 1, now FRW 10) are. Other vehicles are already or will be moved here from Calenberger Neustadt later.

Fire and rescue station 2

The fire and rescue station 2 in Stöcken ( Auf der Klappenburg 3 ) is the largest in area of the professional fire brigade. The fire brigade and paramedic school of the professional fire brigade is located here . In the course of the special task of rescue service and mass casualties of injured persons (ManV), the medical supplies store is housed here. The industrial plants of Continental and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles are particularly dangerous in the operational area .

On the FRW 2, in addition to a fire engine, there is a tank fire engine (TLF), an ambulance (RTW), the fire brigade crane 70 (FwK 70) , the large-capacity emergency vehicle 50 (GEW 50), an MZW, a WLF , the AB rescue, the AB support, the large-capacity emergency ambulance (GRTW), a command car , a ManV- ambulance emergency vehicle (NEF) and an assistance Löschgruppenfahrzeug (HLF).

In addition, there are some reserve vehicles, such as the reserve ITW , a reserve DLK , a reserve NEF , a reserve RTW and a reserve ELW .

The fire brigade school has two HLF, two team transport vehicles (MTF), the large capacity vehicle 20 (GEW 20), a swap-loader vehicle (WLF), the AB-Fahrschule, the AB-Mulde, the driving school trailer, an ELW1 , the interchangeable insert vehicle , a logistics equipment vehicle (GW -L) and a replenishment equipment trolley (GW-N) are available.

Fire and rescue station 3

Former fire and rescue station 3 (1937-2019)

The new fire and rescue station 3 in Kirchrode , Lange-Feld-Straße 113 , went into operation in October 2019. It is located about one kilometer east of the Messeschnellweg , in the far west of Kirchrode, where it borders on Kleefeld , Waldheim and Seelhorst and also functions as the Deutsche Messe AG plant fire department .

The old FRW 3 in Südstadt ( Jordanstraße 34A ) was the smallest fire and rescue station in Hanover. The respiratory protection center and the electrical equipment test as well as the safety and building technology were housed here. The special tasks of FRW 3 are respiratory protection and NBC protection .

On the FRW 3 a are Löschzug , two RTW , a MZW, two KdoW , three WLF with AB -Atemschutz, AB-decontamination and AB-hazardous, the trolley measurement (GW-measuring), an MTF , and two inspection cart stationed. There is also a reserve AB dangerous goods and a reserve NEF .

Fire and rescue station 4

The fire and rescue station 4 on the Tönniesberg ( Nenndorfer Chaussee 5 ) in Bornum houses the logistics center of the professional fire brigade, the hose workshop, the equipment warehouse and the communication center. The special tasks are logistics and water rescue .

On the FRW 4 are adjacent to a fire company , the volunteer fire Ricklingen and Bornum, two RTW , a MZW, the GW-animal rescue (GW-T) , the GW-water rescue (GW-W) , a multi-purpose boat , a rescue boat , a KdoW , three WLF , the AB pump, the AB sandbag filling machine (AB-SaSaFü), the AB clearing devices, the AB special extinguishing agents (AB-SoLm), the AB powder, the AB foam, the AB water pumping (AB -WaFö), a GW-Logistik and a ManV- RTW . There are also two reserve emergency vehicles and one reserve emergency ambulance .

The following vehicles are assigned to the logistics center: a wheel loader , a telescopic loader , a low-loader trailer , a GW logistics , the GW fire brigade courier, the removable insert vehicle fire brigade courier, two AB flatbed, two AB loading floors, two AB troughs, the AB -Sand and the trailer for transporting a roll-off container.

Fire and rescue station 5

The fire and rescue station 5 in Roderbruch ( Karl-Wiechert- Allee 60A ; at the television tower " Telemax ") houses the operations office, the pump workshop and the equipment test. As a special task, she takes on the heavy technical assistance .

On the FRW 5, a fire engine , two RTW , the telescopic mast stage 54 (TMB 54) , the fire service crane 60 (FWK 60) , a MZW, a GW-level recovery , a KdoW , a WLF , the AB crane, the GW-car Service and the three vehicles for the chief emergency doctor (LNA) . There is also a reserve ambulance here .

Emergency doctor locations

The emergency doctor location 1 is at Friederikenstift in Calenberger Neustadt . The emergency doctor vehicle (NEF) 1 is manned by the staff of the fire and rescue station 3 and an emergency doctor from the Friederikenstift.

Emergency doctor location 2 is at the Nordstadt Clinic . The NEF 2 is staffed by the fire and rescue station 2 and an emergency doctor from the Nordstadt Clinic.

Emergency doctor location 3 is in the children's hospital on the Bult . The NEF 3 is stationed here every third week and is manned by the staff of the fire and rescue station 3 and an emergency doctor from the children's hospital. It is not a special child rescue vehicle, but a normal NEF. The rest of the time, the NEF 3 is stationed at the fire and rescue station 3, then the emergency doctor is provided by the Friederikenstift and the Vinzenzkrankenhaus alternately for a week .

The emergency doctor location 4 is in the Siloah Clinic . The NEF 4 is staffed by fire and rescue station 4 staff and an emergency doctor from the clinic.

Emergency doctor location 5 is in the medical university . The NEF 5 is staffed by the fire and rescue station 5 and an emergency doctor from the MHH.

vehicles

In 2015, the professional fire brigade had a total of 196 vehicles. This includes 21 fire engines, 10 aerial rescue vehicles, 14 ambulances and 32 roll-off containers.

vehicles	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2015
Fire trucks	18th	17th	17th	k. A.	17th	17th	21st
Aerial rescue vehicles	8th	7th	8th	k. A.	8th	10	10
Ambulance	14th	14th	14th	k. A.	14th	13	19th
Roll-off container	19th	18th	18th	k. A.	23	26th	32

The emergency fire-fighting vehicle (HLF) was designed in such a way that it can be used for fire fighting, emergency and first responder operations in the rescue service. For fire fighting, it is equipped with 2000 liters of water, 200 liters of foaming agent and a rapid attack device each for a C hollow jet pipe and a center foam pipe. It is operated with a fire fighting centrifugal pump FP 16/8. The chassis of the HLF is a Daimler Chrysler Econic 1828 with a body from Iveco Magirus . The total length is around 8.5 meters, the width around 2.5 meters and the height around 3 meters.

Since 2011 there are two new HLF on MAN TGM. They are stationed as prototypes at guards 1 and 2 and are being tested for their suitability for everyday use.

Turntable ladder of the Hanover professional fire department

Trains

The fire brigade vehicles are grouped into specific trains :

A fire brigade of the professional fire brigade consists of two rescue vehicles (HLF) , a turntable ladder with basket (DLK) , a control vehicle type 1 (ELW1) of the operations control service (C service). Usually an ambulance is deployed parallel to the fire engine.

Every fire and rescue station has at least one fire engine .

The environmental train (also known as the ABC train) moves out in parallel with a fire-fighting train from fire and rescue station 3. It consists of the equipment trolley measuring technology (GW-Mess), a swap-loader vehicle (WLF) with the roll-off container for hazardous goods (AB-G), a WLF with roll-off container respiratory protection (AB-A) and a WLF with the roll-off container decontamination (AB-Dekon) . The environmental train is supported by the decontamination and sensing and measuring specialist group .

The rescue train from the professional fire brigade moves out in parallel with a fire-fighting train from fire and rescue station 5. It consists of the fire brigade crane 60 (FwK 60) and a swap-loader vehicle (WLF) with a roll-off container crane (AB crane). The equipment train is supported by the specialist group for heavy technical assistance.

Depending on the type of operation, different vehicles are deployed to the task force. As a member of the fire engine, the first vehicle of the operations management is usually the C service with an ELW 1 on site. If another fire-fighting train (BF or FF) is alerted, the responsible B service (east or west) is called in with his KdoW and takes over the on-site operations management. When the keyword is raised (alarm level 2), the command vehicle 3 (ELW3) is first alerted with one of the three radio and communications equipment vehicles (GW-FN). If the keyword is increased further (b3 or higher), the A-Dienst and the leadership and communication specialist group (FüKom) move up to fill ELW 3. In the event of larger deployments, the press officer also drives to the deployment site. Depending on the situation, the management service is informed of the ongoing operation and is then either present in the regional control center or at the operation site at its own discretion.

Volunteer firefighter

Locations

Local fire department	founding	vehicles	Section
Ahlem	1902	HLF 20, LF 10/6, MTF, power trailer 40kVA	ManV (treatment station)
Changed	1887	HLF 20, LF 16/12, LF 20/16 KatS, MTF, RW 2, power trailer 125 kVA	Technical assistance, water rescue
Badenstedt	1888	HLF 20, LF 16-TS, MTF	NBC defense (sensing and measuring)
Bemerode *	1888	HLF 20, LF 16/12, GW-FüKom, MTF, Krad5, Krad7, power trailer 40 kVA	Leadership and communication
Bornum	1902	LF 16/12, LF10 / 6, MTF	Logistics, flood protection
Buchholz	1902	HLF 20, LF 10/6, TLF 5000, MTF	NBC defense (sensing and measuring)
Davenstedt	1902	HLF 20, LF 10/6, MTF, MTF +, WLF, AB-Dekon Z, AB-Mulde, power trailer 40 kVA	NBC defense (decontamination of persons / injured persons)
Kirchrode *	1888	HLF 20, LF 10/6 (reserve of FF), LF 20/16 Kats, MTF, GW-L2 (support), electricity trailer 40 kVA, field cooker (FKH), refrigerated trailer	Food and care
Limmer	1885	HLF 20, LF KatS, TLF 5000, GW-Dekon-P1, MTF, power trailer 40 kVA	NBC hazard defense (decontamination emergency services), ManV (patient transport)
Linden trees	1876	HLF 20, MLF, MTF, CBRN-ErkKw, GW-L2 (Dekon-G), GW-Dekon-P2, power trailer 40 kVA	NBC danger prevention (decontamination of devices and retention of extinguishing water, decontamination of persons / injured persons, sensing and measuring), ManV (patient transport)
Misburg	1902	HLF 20, LF 20-KatS, TLF 6000, TMB 32, MTF, ELW1, GW-L2 (SW), attached lifeboat	Water rescue
Ricklingen	1878	HLF 20, LF 16/12, MTF, GW-L2 (SW2000)	Logistics, water rescue, flood protection
Sticks	1889	HLF 20, LF 20/16 KatS, MTF, GW-L2 (SW), foam thrower trailer, the FF Stöcken also manned AB support and AB rescue	ManV (treatment station)
Vinnhorst	1902	HLF 20, LF 20/16 KatS, LF 16/12 (reserve of the FF), DLK 23/12, MTF, GW-FüKom, ELW 2, Krad 6, Krad 8, trailer lifeboat, power trailer 40 kVA	Leadership and communication, water rescue, ManV (patient transport)
Wettbergen	1881	HLF 20, LF 10/6, MTF	NBC defense (sensing and measuring), flood protection
Dice	1894	HLF 20, LF 20/16 KatS, MTF, GW kitchen, power trailer 40 kVA	Food and care
Wülferode	1894	LF 16/12, TLF 5000, MTF, RW 2, light mast trailer	Technical assistance (tunnel rescue)

*) Since 2006 there is a common fire station of the volunteer fire brigades of Bemerode and Kirchrode in Kirchrode.

vehicles

Fire fighting vehicle LF10-6 of the volunteer fire brigade Wettbergen

In 2015, the volunteer fire brigade had 95 vehicles, including 35 fire engines, three aerial rescue vehicles and two roll-off containers. Since the rescue service does not fall within the scope of the volunteer fire brigade, it does not have any rescue vehicles.

Command vehicle 2 stationed in Vinnhorst is the only vehicle of this type in the Hanover fire brigade. It is divided into three rooms with a driver and telecommunications room, a meeting room and a device room. The command vehicle 2 is used from alarm level 3, for operations in tram tunnels or for larger-scale hazardous goods operations. He then takes over as a supplement and relief for the situation and command center, taking on a local command and control vehicle for the district fire brigade. The vehicle belongs to the leadership and communication specialist group.

The fire brigade has two identical equipment vehicles for guidance and communication, which belong to the specialist group for guidance and communication and are stationed in Bemerode and Vinnhorst. The GW-FüKom is used to set up wired or wireless communication channels.

The catering and support equipment vehicle acquired in 2005 is stationed at the Wülfel local fire brigade and belongs to the catering and support specialist group. The vehicle is used to provide food for emergency services on long-term missions as well as for a larger number of people in the context of a more extensive care order.

The Hanover fire brigade has a number of supporters. This includes a field cooker (FKH). The refrigerated trailer is used to transport catering and material as well as the provision of chilled drinks as part of the catering at large and long-term deployment sites. There is also a trailer with an emergency power trailer (NomA) at the Anderten volunteer fire service. The light pole trailer (LiMa-A) is used to illuminate emergency areas and to supply buildings with emergency power.

The Hanover fire brigade has had a roll-off container - decontamination - civilians (AB-Dekon-Z) since 2006 . It is used to decontaminate people who have come into contact with atomic, biological or chemical substances. The roll-off container is attached to a swap-loader vehicle with which it is transported to the place of use. A special feature is the rail system with which injured people can be decontaminated lying on shovel stretchers.

Among other things, several HLF 20 were handed over to the volunteer fire brigades in 2016.

AB-Dekon-Z
AB-Dekon-Z set up
Injured transport system

Plant fire brigades

Fire truck of the Hannover-Langenhagen airport fire brigade

The Fire Service is cooperating with the fire brigades (WF) of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles , Continental AG and German Messe AG and the airport fire service at the airport Hannover-Langenhagen .

The fire truck 24/60 was procured together with the VW plant fire brigade and stationed at fire and rescue station 2. Its main purpose is to improve the water supply at remote locations and on federal motorways as well as to fight industrial fires. Joint exercises take place regularly on the VW factory premises.

The Deutsche Messe AG plant fire brigade is a part-time plant fire brigade, which makes it necessary to support the professional fire brigade during large trade fairs. The fire truck 24/60 of the Misburg volunteer fire brigade was also procured in cooperation with the trade fair plant fire brigade. A trade fair fire brigade usually consists of a command vehicle , a rescue fire fighting vehicle , a tank tender and a small emergency vehicle .

The cooperation with the airport fire brigade consists on the one hand of the professional fire brigade stationing a turntable ladder at the airport and training the airport staff to become paramedics. In return, the airport fire brigade's ambulance can also be used in urban areas.

The former company fire brigade of Continental AG was taken over by the professional fire brigade with regard to defensive fire protection. While the staff was partially taken over, individual vehicles of the plant fire brigade were sold. For this purpose, another emergency fire extinguishing group vehicle (HLF 2C) was stationed at fire and rescue station 2 and manned by former plant firefighters. Since 2014, the new fire and rescue station 1 at Weidendamm in the north of the city has been taking on the task of defensive fire protection for the Continental location in Vahrenwald , the last of the former three plant fire stations at Continental locations has also been replaced.

Other plant fire departments in the city of Hanover are:

WF Nexans Deutschland AG & Co KG , Hanover
WF Radio Frequency Systems GmbH, Hanover
WF VB Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGaA , Hanover
WF VSM Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken AG , Hanover

Control center Hanover

Together with the Hanover region, the Hanover fire brigade operates the situation and command center and the operations control center for the city and region of Hanover on the premises of guard 10. The regional control center dispatches the rescue service, fire brigade, ambulance services and disaster control.

There are seven types of alarms from the Hanover control center: Rescue (R), patient transport (K), object alarm (O), fire (B), assistance (H), special alarm (S) and administration (V).

The coordination office for intensive care transports in Lower Saxony arranges intensive care transports throughout Lower Saxony. It can access intensive care vehicles , intensive care transport helicopters and rescue helicopters and withdraw them for intensive care transports . It dispatches the intensive care transport vehicles of the Hanover professional fire brigade, the Johanniter Hanover, the Johanniter Oldenburg and the intensive care transport helicopter Christoph Niedersachsen .

Cultural

The symphonic wind orchestra of the Hanover Fire Brigade Opus 112 is an association of ambitious amateur musicians and former professional musicians, which represents the Hanover Fire Brigade on special occasions.

In the eastern part of the Wache 10 site there is the small Hanover Fire Brigade Museum .

Literature (selection)

Rolf-Dieter Bräunig, Lothar Heuer (Red.): Interschutz '80 - The Red Rooster - International Exhibition for Fire and Disaster Protection 1980. 25th German Fire Brigade Day. State Fire Brigade Day Lower Saxony. VFDB conferences. 100 years of professional fire brigade , with photos by Gerhard Bodenstein, Herbert Hahn, Walter Karsten, HJ Fratzer and FK Uecker, ed. from the fire brigade of the state capital Hanover, Hanover: LHH fire brigade, 1980

Stefan Kleinschmidt: The new reformed Hanoverian town notice of 1603. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 49 (1995), pp. 75-113

Anne-Kathrin Reich, Stefan Kleinschmidt: Hannoversche Stadtkündigungen from 1534 to 1696 - a source inventory. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 53 (1991), pp. 125–166

Fire Brigade Hanover (Ed.): 100 years of the professional fire department of the state capital of Hanover 1880 - 1980 , Hanover: Fire department of the state capital, 1980

Hanover, a city of fire protection history , ed. from the state capital Hanover, fire department, 1988

Christine Stichternath: Police force and air raid organization - Hanover professional fire brigade. In: Desk offender? Insights into the city administration of Hanover 1933 to 1945 (= small writings of the city archive of Hanover , no. 2), 2000, pp. 23–26

Fire Brigade Hanover (Ed.): 125 years of the Hanover professional fire department 1880 - 2005 , Hanover: Hanover professional fire department , 2005

Dirk Böttcher , Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Fire Department. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 177.

Web links

Commons : Fire Brigade Hannover - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Fire stations of the volunteer fire brigades

^ List of the plant fire brigades in the Hanover region

^ State capital Hanover: Personnel, education, youth and family department

↑ Fire and rescue stations of the professional fire brigade. State capital Hanover, accessed on April 12, 2020 .

↑ Chronicle: 100 Years of the Hanover Professional Fire Brigade 1880-1980

↑ Reich Law on Fire Extinguishing , Reichsgesetzblatt, year 1938, Part I, page 1662 ff., Accessed from the Austrian National Library

^ Alfred Gottwaldt : Hannover und seine Eisenbahnen , Alba, Düsseldorf 1992, ISBN 3-87094-345-9 , p. 83.

^ Heinz Koberg: Hannover 1945. Destruction and rebirth. , P. 9.

^ Civil Defense Division (Ed.): The United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Hanover-Field-Report . Second Edition, 1947, p. 125-128 .

↑ Annual reports of the Hanover fire brigade

^ Specialist groups of the Hanover fire brigade

↑ Fire station Hanover, 2nd phase. (No longer available online.) In: www.struhk.de. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016 ; Retrieved April 26, 2016 .

↑ Fire and rescue station 1

^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: New fire station starts operations in Hanover's northern part of the city - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .

↑ 110 and 112 do not move together. Retrieved on August 1, 2018 (German).

↑ Standstill at the multi-million dollar new building. Retrieved on August 1, 2018 (German).

↑ Hanover: Fire chief about new building problems. Retrieved on August 1, 2018 (German).

↑ Fire and rescue station 2

↑ Fire and Rescue Station 3 officially opened. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .

↑ Fire and rescue station 3

↑ Fire and rescue station 4

↑ Fire and rescue station 5