Ludwigshafen fire brigade
| Ludwigshafen fire brigade | |
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 Office of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
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| Professional fire brigade | |
| Founding year: | 1918 |
| Locations: | 3 |
| Employee: | 190 |
| Volunteer firefighter | |
| Founding year: | 1853 |
| Departments: | 3 |
| Active members: | 120 |
| Youth fire brigade | |
| Founding year: | 1978 |
| Groups: | 4th |
| Members: | 40 |
| www.ludwigshafen.de/buergernah/feuerwehr/ | |
The fire brigade Ludwigshafen am Rhein consists of a professional fire brigade (BF) and a volunteer fire brigade (FF). It looks after an area of around 80 km² in which over 160,000 people live. The operational area of the Ludwigshafen am Rhein fire brigade also includes extensive industrial areas and an inland port. In addition, there are 3 plant fire brigades in chemical companies in Ludwigshafen , including the BASF plant fire brigade .
The Ludwigshafen fire brigade is responsible for fires and technical assistance. The rescue service is taken over by the four aid organizations German Red Cross (south), Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (center), Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe and Malteser Hilfsdienst (north). Ludwigshafen does not have its own fire brigade crane , but according to contractual provisions, the Ludwigshafen fire brigade can fall back on the Mannheim fire brigade .
Professional fire brigade
The professional fire brigade operates a main fire station in the Mundenheim district and the north fire station in Ludwigshafen-Oppau . In addition, there has been another guard in the industrial area west of the B9 since 2009. This guard also supports the Frankenthal fire brigade in its area. Ludwigshafen provides the staff and the city of Frankenthal pays the rent for the buildings.
The Ludwigshafen fire brigade control center is located in the main fire station and alerts the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein and the volunteer fire brigades in the Bad Dürkheim district . A merger with the rescue control center in Ludwigshafen, which is operated by the DRK, into an integrated control center has been planned for a long time. The main fire station is also home to the workshops as well as the clothing store and the fire department administration.
The fire engine 1 and various special vehicles, particularly in the area of hazardous substances, are stationed at the main fire station. This includes a swap-loader vehicle with a permanently attached roll-off container for hazardous goods, a CBRN exploration vehicle stationed here by the federal government, and a vehicle with a mobile gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer . A few other roll-off containers, the rescue vehicle , the reserve turntable ladder, the guide vehicles and several small vehicles are also stationed here.
In addition to fire brigade 2, the northern fire station houses the training department, the fire extinguisher workshop, the respiratory protection workshop and the diving group of the Ludwigshafen fire department. Furthermore, two swap bodies and several roll-off containers as well as some small vehicles are kept here. The vehicle halls of the fire engine and the diving vehicles lead directly to Friesenheimer Strasse, the rear exits of the hall lead to a practice yard. On the other side, this practice yard is bordered by a small sports field and the building of the Oppau volunteer fire brigade. Another hall wing forms the northern end, in which, in addition to the vehicles of the FF Oppau, a washing hall and a workshop hall are also housed. The city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein also places its vehicles here for speed monitoring.
The command service in Ludwigshafen is usually provided by the so-called TE (Technical Operations Manager), who is stationed at the main fire station. He moves out together with his command assistant with a command vehicle based on a VW T6. In the case of major incidents, the management service (FD) is also used.
A 3-shift system with 24-hour shifts is used at BF Ludwigshafen. There is also a day service for special functions. The control center is made up of officers from the main fire station, who also do normal duty.
Volunteer firefighter
In addition to the 190 officers of the professional fire brigade, there are around 120 members of the volunteer fire brigade in Ludwigshafen, as well as a youth fire brigade with 40 boys and girls . Each unit of the FF maintains its own youth fire brigade, and the BASF plant fire brigade also has its own youth fire brigade.
The Ludwigshafen voluntary fire brigade is divided into three units:
Train 4: Oppau
The fire station of the FF Oppau is attached to fire station 2 of the professional fire brigade. In addition to the equipment for fire fighting and assistance, the FF Oppau is also responsible for decontamination after deployments of dangerous goods. That is why the decontamination personnel stationed by the federal government in Ludwigshafen is housed at the FF Oppau. The decontamination component also includes a roll-off container for decontamination vehicles and the roll-off container for decontamination people. The latter is an investment by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and was specially designed for the use of animal diseases. On September 12, 2010 the FF Oppau celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Train 5: city center
The FF Stadtmitte is housed in the former green space office on the Parkinsel. It continues to take on the special task of "pumping water". That is why a SW 2000 and an LF 16-TS are stationed here.
Train 6: Ruchheim
The volunteer fire brigade in the formerly independent Ruchheim has a certain special role within the FF Ludwigshafen because, unlike the other two fire brigades, it has its own deployment area in which it drives to every operation. In addition to the Ruchheim district, this area includes the western parts of Oggersheim as well as the busy federal highway 9 and the federal highways 650 and 61 . Until the opening of the third watch of the professional fire brigade in September 2010, the Ruchheim fire department was train 3.
history
When the Mannheimer Rheinschanze had caught fire during the Reich constitution campaign in 1849 due to the bombardment from Mannheim side, there were neither crews nor fire-fighting equipment in the young settlement. The devastating fire had spread quickly and caused severe damage unhindered. It was only this event that prompted the population to pay the necessary attention to extinguishing systems. After a local mobile fire insurance company had provided the amount of 1400 guilders to purchase a fire engine, the first exercises with this device took place at the end of 1850. Around 30 volunteers under the direction of the businessman Eduard Lipowski formed the first Ludwigshafen fire brigade team.
In 1853 Ludwigshafen becomes an independent municipality. The first fire fighting regulations are drawn up and the volunteer fire brigade is established. However, only the 9th division as a syringe team, the "Corps of Volunteers", was voluntary. The rest of the team consisted of compulsory self-employed.
Since there were no longer enough volunteers available, a compulsory fire brigade was introduced in 1872, making the volunteer fire brigade a " compulsory fire brigade ". At that time, all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 were required.
In 1892 Friesenheim is incorporated and the existing fire brigade is subordinated to the Ludwigshafen command as the 4th company.
The municipal waterworks started operating in 1895. Water pipes and hydrants are installed. The fire department receives a hydrant car. This technical advance enables the abolition of the water teams.
In 1898 a new practice area with a 15 meter high riser tower was taken over at the Gutenberg School (today the Wittelsbach School). A "public electrical fire alarm and telephone system" is being manufactured by a local company.
With the incorporation of Mundenheim in 1899, the fire brigade existing there was also placed under the Ludwigshafen command as the 5th company. The now five companies are divided into five extinguishing districts (south, center, north, Friesenheim and Mundenheim) and reach the highest crew level in the Ludwigshafen fire brigade: 728 conscripts.
The 50th anniversary of the city fire brigade in 1903 will be celebrated from July 25th to 27th. The fire brigade receives rubber-coated hoses with the Storz couplings that are still used today .
In a major fire on March 25, 1913, two fire service members died. A granary at what was then the winter harbor had burned.
The professional fire brigade was founded on February 1, 1918 with four men. For the time being she is subordinate to the commander of the compulsory fire brigade, which continues to exist. The fire station of the professional fire brigade is located in the Stadthaus Nord. A short time later, the professional fire brigade also took over the existing syringe building in the Schillerstraße substation (today Lutherstraße) as fire station 2.
A black day for Ludwigshafen was September 21, 1921, the day of the “terrible catastrophe that the history of German industry has not yet recorded,” said Reich President Friedrich Ebert at the funeral four days later. At 7.32 a.m., 40,000 tons of ammonium sulphate nitrate exploded in the Oppau plant of the Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik (today: BASF SE ). The explosion at BASF's Oppau plant triggered a large-scale operation by the Ludwigshafen fire services. In the then independent town of Oppau, almost all houses were destroyed or badly damaged.
In 1926 new fire extinguishing regulations were issued. According to this, the city fire brigade consists of professional fire brigade, volunteer fire brigade and compulsory fire brigade. All male residents between the ages of 23 and 35 should be involved in compulsory fire service. An obligation is not necessary, however, because there are enough men from the ranks of the former compulsory fire brigade who, on the basis of the association, form the "Freiwillige Feuerwehr Ludwigshafen e. V. ”founded. The inaugural meeting will be held on April 14th. The new volunteer fire brigade is divided into five departments and is subordinate to the professional fire brigade for training and operations. The professional fire brigade will be significantly enlarged in terms of crew and equipment. On October 21, 1926, she took over the converted property between Heinigstrasse and Uhlandstrasse (today Danziger Platz) as the central fire and rescue station.
After the Second World War , a voluntary fire brigade was not re-established in 1949; the professional fire brigade alone ensured fire protection.
The main fire station at Kaiserwörthdamm 1 in the Mundenheim district is inaugurated on June 27, 1963 . It is still in operation today, parts of the guard have been preserved in almost their original condition. The previous main fire station in Uhlandstrasse will become the north fire station.
In 1973 the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein created new fire protection regulations . On December 1st, a volunteer fire brigade was founded in Ludwigshafen . The reason for this is the incorporation of Ruchheim . The existing Ruchheim volunteer fire brigade (founded in 1880) and its youth fire brigade are taken over by the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
On July 7, 1978, the Oppau volunteer fire brigade founds a youth fire brigade.
In 1984 the volunteer fire brigade consists of the following units:
- Fire fighting train Mundenheim
- Fire fighting train Oppau
- Fire fighting train Ruchheim
- Fire fighting train Lu-Süd
The Mundenheim and Lu-Süd fire engines are housed together in the Parkinsel fire station . In 1994 they were amalgamated to form the “city center unit”.
In 2003 the control center on the second floor of the main building was re-established at the main fire station in Kaiserwörthdamm.
On February 3, 2008, the biggest fire disaster in Ludwigshafen since the Second World War occurs: Nine residents of Turkish origin die, 60 other people are injured. Early speculations about a xenophobic attack can be ruled out by the fire investigators. The disaster is the reason for a visit by the then Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and a documentation by the WDR .
See also
literature
- Commemorative publication 125 years of the Ludwigshafen fire brigade 1984
- "Ludwigshafen as it was" 1986
- City history 2003
- 150 years of the Ludwigshafen fire brigade in 2003
Professional fire brigades: Ludwigshafen | Kaiserslautern | Koblenz | Mainz | Trier | Worms
Voluntary fire brigades with full-time employees: Frankenthal | Neuwied | Pirmasens | Speyer
Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 45.5 ″ N , 8 ° 26 ′ 9 ″ E