Mannheim fire brigade
| Mannheim fire brigade | |
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 Office of the City of Mannheim
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| Vehicles: | 101 vehicles, 7 trailers 20 roll-off containers 13 watercraft |
| Professional fire brigade | |
| Founding year: | 1891 |
| Locations: | 3 |
| Employee: | 300 |
| Volunteer firefighter | |
| Founding year: | 1851 |
| Departments: | 8th |
| Active members: | 356 |
| Youth fire brigade | |
| Groups: | 8th |
| Members: | 228 |
| Children's fire brigade | |
| Founding year: | 2018 |
| Groups: | 4th |
| www.mannheim.de/feuerwehr | |
The Mannheim fire brigade takes on fire and disaster control for Mannheim . Unlike other fire brigades (e.g. in Berlin ), however, there is no rescue service . The fire brigade consists of a department of the professional fire brigade (distributed over three guards), eight departments of the volunteer fire brigade and a department of the youth fire brigade.
A completely new concept for a motor vehicle syringe developed by the Mannheim Fire Department became the basis for the standardization of fire fighting vehicles in 1934. Among other things, it stipulated that the firefighters had to sit in a closed cabin and no longer on an open vehicle, that all equipment had to be stowed in a closed structure and that the vehicle had to be equipped with a diesel engine.
The firefighter home set in 1955 in Germany as the first fire department, the system of Wechsellader vehicles one. From 2002 to 2006 it was one of four pilot sites of the Analytical Task Force of the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief . It also hosted the annual conference of the Association for the Promotion of German Fire Protection (vfdb) twice , in 1952 and 2009.
history
As early as 1849 efforts were made to found a fire brigade in Mannheim. The then sovereign, Grand Duke Leopold, expected the firefighters to distance themselves clearly from the ideas of the Baden Revolution when they joined the fire service , which was unanimously rejected. Only after the revolution was a volunteer fire brigade with 500 members founded in Mannheim on November 11, 1851 . This began its work in April 1852 and carried out its first main exercise in September.
On August 15, 1891, the volunteer fire brigade was expanded to include full-time firefighters. The professional fire brigade was initially housed in the old department store on square N 1 and was moved to the building yard at the end of 1894. The main fire station was now in the city center, in squares U 2 and U 3. In 1910, the municipal building department decided to build a new building on the strategically more favorable northern bank of the Neckar . In 1912 the company moved to today's " Alte Feuerwache " at what is now the " Alte Meßplatz ". In 1975 the professional fire brigade moved from there to the station in the Lindenhof district until the end of March 2017. The current "main fire station" is a few hundred meters away on Neckarauer Strasse in the Almenhof district . The "Alte Feuerwache" has served as a cultural center since 1981. Among other things, it is now the venue for the “ Schnawwl ” youth theater of the Mannheim National Theater .
The Mannheim professional fire brigade is currently spread over three guards in the city. The "main fire station" in the Almenhof district. The other two bases are "Wache Nord" in Mannheim-Käfertal and "Wache Süd" in Mannheim-Rheinau .
The number of departments of the volunteer fire brigade grew with the incorporation of the surrounding villages: with Neckarau 1899, Feudenheim 1910, Rheinau 1913, Wallstadt 1929 and Seckenheim and Friedrichsfeld 1930, the teams located there were also integrated into the Mannheim fire brigade. On the other hand, the North Department was founded in 1974 from a former directing unit of the air protection auxiliary service.
Potential dangers in Mannheim
- As the third largest city in Baden-Württemberg, professional and voluntary fire brigades ensure fire and disaster protection for almost 300,000 residents.
- The Mannheim marshalling yard is one of the largest in Germany and is used to distribute (hazardous) goods for the (chemical) industry in the entire Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region .
- One of the most important port areas in Europe is located on the banks of the Rhine in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen . Here, too, (dangerous) goods of all kinds are handled. There is also a separate oil port (the Friesenheim Basin) for this purpose.
- As an important industrial location, Mannheim is home to large companies such as Daimler AG , Unilever , part of BASF on Friesenheimer Insel , Roche , Essity and others. A total of 40% of all companies based in Baden-Württemberg that are subject to the Hazardous Incident Ordinance can be found here .
Professional fire brigade
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The professional fire brigade, which is organized in three shifts, is spread over three locations in the Mannheim city area: Wache Süd in Mannheim Rheinau, the main fire station in the Almenhof district and Wache Nord in Mannheim-Käfertal. In addition to a fire brigade from the professional fire brigade, one or two voluntary fire brigade departments are stationed on each of the three guards . The 2007 annual report shows 233 officers on duty - with a total of 260 employees. There are 46 civil servants on duty per shift, 41 in the evenings and on weekends. In addition there are 5 officers for the command services at any time. The reduced number of employees is compensated by a group of the volunteer fire brigade, which is on standby during this time.
Main fire station
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The main fire station is - in addition to the officers of the fire engine - and above all the administration of Office 37 (fire brigade and disaster control). The control center and the respiratory protection center are also located at this location. The preventive fire protection with the subject “lower supervisory authority for the chimney sweep in Mannheim” has its seat here. Thus, the Mannheim fire brigade is the direct, superordinate employer of the authorized district chimney sweeps in the city of Mannheim. This is unique in Germany.
Guard North
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The main focus of the Käfertaler Wache - not directly related to fire fighting technology - is the (vehicle) workshop and the area of technology (radio workshop, electrical workshop and replenishment store for technical equipment). In addition, Wache Nord monitors the Käfertal forest for possible fires.
Guard South
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In addition to the emergency service, the Mannheim fire fighters mainly train here. In addition to the training rooms, there is also a breathing apparatus training facility and a carpenter's workshop here. The hose workshop with hose tower , the clothing store and the laboratory for the measurement technology area can also be found here.
Volunteer firefighter
The Mannheim Volunteer Fire Brigade is made up of nine departments: eight active and the youth fire department . The latter, however, is again divided between the eight departments mentioned first.
The volunteer fire brigade supports the Mannheim professional fire brigade with city protection through standby (during the week by the inner city and north departments, on weekends by the other departments) as well as by working in general in major disasters and storms . One of the special tasks of the Mannheim Volunteer Fire Brigade is to look after the city 's emergency drinking water supplies .
In addition, the fire brigade in Mannheim is called upon to perform fire safety guards in the Mannheim National Theater , in the Mannheim Rosengarten , as well as at events in the SAP Arena or on the Maimarkt area .
Guard area middle
Inner City Department (IN)
- The inner city department is the original and also the oldest department of the Mannheim fire brigade, it was founded on November 11, 1851 ( see history ). Today, a total of 49 members are active in the department, another 25 in the youth fire brigade and almost 30 children in the children's group founded in 2017. Together with the professional fire brigade and the Neckerau department, it is housed on the premises of the main fire station, where there are a total of five vehicles of the volunteer fire brigade, a fire fighting group vehicle 10 (LF10), a fire fighting group vehicle of the federal disaster control (LF 20 KatS), a turntable ladder with basket 23-12 (DLK 23-12) and a transport device trolley (GW-T) and a FüKW . The active drivers drive the vehicles between 120 and 140 missions a year.
Neckarau Department (NE)
- The members of the Neckarau department, which was founded in 1897, take on the CBRN protection for Mannheim in addition to the regular fire service tasks . The fire brigade has three special vehicles, two CBRN exploration vehicles (CBRN-ErkW) and an equipment vehicle for decontamination personnel (GW Dekon P) for their task . In addition, the Dekon G roll-off container is operated by the department. The equipment also includes a fire fighting group vehicle 10 (LF 10), a fire fighting group vehicle for the federal disaster control system (LF 20 KatS) and a command vehicle (FüKW). They also provide staff for the Analytical Task Force (ATF), which u. a. was also used at the 2006 World Cup , at the NATO summit in Baden-Baden or at various government summits (G7 or G20).
- When it opened at the beginning of 2017, the Neckarau department also moved from their previous fire station ⊙ to the new main fire station and shares a building with the inner city department.
Guard area north
Dept. North (NO)
- The North Department is at the same station in Käfertal with the BF North. It is the only one that is not a grown department in Mannheim, but arose out of a unit of the air raid auxiliary service originally located in Ladenburg . Founded in 1974, it is the youngest department of the Mannheim volunteer fire department. You have a fire fighting group vehicle 10/6, a turntable ladder with cage 23-12, a tank fire engine 16/25 at your disposal, which form the fire engine. In addition, there is a tank fire-fighting vehicle 3000, a rescue vehicle 1 (RW 1), a fire fighting group vehicle 16 with a portable pump (LF 16-TS), a command vehicle (FüKW) and a swap-loader vehicle (WLF) with the roll-off containers, AB water pumping and roll-off container "mass incidence of Injured People (AB-MANV) ” , which was purchased for the 2006 World Cup. With 60 active members, the North Department is the city's second largest voluntary department. There are also just under 20 young people in the youth fire brigade.
Wallstadt (WA) department ⊙
- Founded in 1896, the Wallstadt department is one of the city's oldest volunteer fire departments. The 42 active members move out about 10 times a year. The youth fire brigade has around 20 members. The department has a multi-purpose vehicle (MZF), fire fighting vehicle 10 and an LF 20 KatS. The 100th anniversary was celebrated in 1996 with a festival lasting several days. In 2007 the foolish anniversary was celebrated. The desire to expand the fire station is known for a long time , as there are neither separate toilets nor shower facilities for the comrades. Since 2007, the comrades have been making an effort publicly by promoting the project in the press and in politics. In 2014, budget funds were then approved and the first planning discussions took place in early 2015. As a suitable place for a new building has not yet been found, a temporary solution with a container extension was approved. This project and the refurbishment of the sanitary rooms lasted until mid-2017.
Feudenheim department (FE) ⊙
- The Feudenheim department has 30 members and has a fire fighting vehicle 10, a fire fighting vehicle 20 KatS from municipal procurement and a 3000 tank fire engine. As a special task, the fire brigade looks after the boat service in Mannheim, for which a roll-off container (AB) boat is available. A total of eight boats are housed on the roll-off container (AB) boat. The container is driven to the place of use with a swap-loader vehicle (WLF). The fire brigade moves out a total of 15 times a year.
- The Feudenheim department was founded in 1874. The 125th anniversary was celebrated in 1999 with a three-day festival.
- The comrades renewed the leaky roof of the fire station themselves and expanded it in order to offer the youth fire brigade their own rooms.
Guard area south
Department Rheinau (RH) ⊙
- The fire station of the Rheinau department is located on the premises of the fire station south, where four vehicles are housed: a fire fighting vehicle 10/10, a tank fire engine 3000, a device vehicle transport (GW-T), a swap body vehicle (WLF) and a management vehicle (FüKw ).
- The department was founded in 1901 and currently has 21 active members, 4 members of the senior team, 12 young people and 20 members in the children's group.
Department Seckenheim (SE) ⊙
- The Seckenheim department, founded in 1906, has 33 active members who are supported by the eleven comrades in the age department, and 14 young people belong to the youth fire brigade. A fire fighting group vehicle 8/6 (LF 8/6), a fire fighting group vehicle for civil protection (LF 20 KatS) and an FüKW for general transport activities are available to you.
Friedrichsfeld Department (FR) / Friedrichsfeld Rescue Center ⊙
- The Friedrichsfeld department was founded on October 25, 1905 and, together with Seckenheim, was subordinated to the Mannheim High Command in 1930 through the incorporation of the municipality. Together with the technical relief organization , the department has been housed in the joint rescue center in the Friedrichsfeld industrial park since 2011. The comrades have a fire fighting group vehicle 8/6, a fire fighting group vehicle 20 KatS from municipal procurement and a management vehicle (FüKw)
Special task forces
The Mannheim fire brigade maintains special task forces:
Professional fire brigade
- The professional fire brigade occupies the Mannheim fire boat . The next fire boats on the Rhine are stationed in (Germersheim) & Kehl / Strasbourg or (Gernsheim) & Mainz / Wiesbaden . At the beginning of 2009 a new fireboat was commissioned, which is financed by the states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate , the city of Mannheim, BASF and the Association of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chemical Industry , to be handed over to the Mannheim fire brigade in 2011.
- Rescue at heights (Guard North) is also requested by the fire brigades in the metropolitan region.
- Analytical Task Force (ATF) Mannheim (Wache Süd), a cooperation with the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief , which aims to clarify the release of radioactive, biological or chemical substances in the event of damage and is on the road nationally and internationally. For example, she was stationed for the 2006 World Cup in Stuttgart, the 2007 Pope's visit to Austria and the 2009 NATO summit in Baden-Baden. The ATF also includes members of FF Neckarau.
- Divers group (main fire station) Annually approx. 38 missions in the city area and in the waters of the metropolitan region.
- Fire brigade crane (guard north) is also requested by the fire brigades in the metropolitan region.
Volunteer firefighter
- ABC train (FF Neckarau)
- In the run-up to the 2006 soccer world championship , 4 roll-off containers “mass casualties (AB-MANV)” were purchased in Baden-Württemberg. One of them is stationed in Mannheim-Käfertal and is looked after by FF Nord.
- Water rescue (FF Feudenheim) https://www.ff-feudenheim.de/die-bootsgruppe/
- Specialized group management support (cross-departmental unit, support of the operations leader on site or in the management staff through situation presentation and operation documentation)
- Special unit for retention of extinguishing water (FF Wallstadt)
- Forest fire fighting unit (FF Feudenheim) https://www.ff-feudenheim.de/die-waldbrandeinheit/
In addition, Mannheim Central Station is one of six locations for the rail rescue trains . In the event of an emergency, the train is manned by the Mannheim fire brigade (full-time staff and volunteers) as well as by the Schwetzingen volunteer fire brigade , supplemented by two engine drivers who are always ready for action by the railway. The ambulance compartment of the rescue train is occupied by the Johanniter Accident Aid.
City Fire Brigade Association Mannheim e. V.
In 1997 the City Fire Brigade Association (SFV) Mannheim e. V., which has set itself the task of representing the fire brigades in Mannheim politically, promoting the fire brigade in public, training the fire fighters and improving the cohesion of the various emergency services in Mannheim. Members of the association can be the voluntary departments and plant fire departments as a unit as well as individual professional fire fighters . The association also has supporting members.
Probably the most conspicuous public relations work was the fire brigade booth on the Mannheim Maimarkt , which most recently brought together all human rescue organizations under the motto “close ranks” in one booth.
In 2008 there was a break between the 1st chairman of the SFV and the departments of the volunteer fire brigade, the reasons for which were attached to the chairman but not published. After clarifying discussions failed to defuse the situation, all eight departments of the Mannheim Volunteer Fire Brigade withdrew from the association on December 31, 2008.
See also
literature
- Mannheim fire brigade 1851–1951 , Mannheim fire department, 1951
- Mannheim Professional Fire Brigade , 1968
- 100 Years of the Mannheim Professional Fire Brigade 1891–1991 , City of Mannheim - Fire Brigade and Disaster Protection, 1991
- Hans-Peter Spitzer, Rainer Straßel: Operations of the Mannheim fire brigade from the fifties to today , 2014, ISBN 978-3-95400-366-2
Web links
- Internet presence of the “Fire Brigade and Disaster Protection” office of the city of Mannheim
- City Fire Brigade Association Mannheim
- Youth fire brigade Mannheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Dr.-Ing. Paul Kalaß , vfdb, 2009
- ↑ Annual symposia , history , www.vfdb.de, accessed on December 18, 2009
- ↑ MARCHIVUM : Chronicle star . April 1852, Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
- ↑ MARCHIVUM: Chronicle star . September 18, 1852, Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
- ↑ MARCHIVUM: Chronicle star . October 1, 1894. Retrieved September 28, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.mannheim.de/stadt-gestalten/vorbeugender-brandschutz-1
- ^ Rescue center of the FF Mannheim, Friedrichsfeld department, the THW local branch Mannheim and the THW office
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: press release on the financing of the fireboat
- ^ City of Mannheim, September 7, 2011
- ↑ Overview of height rescue groups in Germany (differentiated by color according to sponsorship)
- ↑ BBK magazine " Civil Protection " , special edition 2006
- ^ The Analytical Task Force of the Mannheim Fire Brigade
- ↑ Use of the ATF at the NATO summit in Baden-Baden , Mannheimer Morgen, March 30, 2009
- ↑ DRK Pforzheim on MANV in Baden-Württemberg ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Brochure “Fire and Disaster Protection in Railway Tunnels” (PDF; 2.1 MB), 2002, page 30
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Presentation of the structure of the City Fire Brigade Association Mannheim e.V. )
- ↑ Rescuers rehearse “closing ranks” ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Stadtfeuerwehrverband Mannheim eV ), Mannheimer Morgen from January 8, 2008
- ↑ Declaration of resignation of the volunteer fire brigade .
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Fire under the roof of the fire brigade , Mannheimer Morgen, September 3, 2008
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