Minden fire department

Minden fire department
Office of the City of Minden
The fire station on Marienstraße
Vehicles:	87
Professional fire brigade
Founding year:	1990
Locations:	1
Employee:	91
Volunteer firefighter
Founding year:	1872
Departments:	15th
Active members:	445
Youth fire brigade
Founding year:	1989
Groups:	8th
Members:	145
Children's fire brigade
Founding year:	2017
Groups:	1
Members:	30th
www.minden112.de

The fire department of the city of Minden was founded in 1872. Today it consists of a total of 15 units of the volunteer fire brigade and the professional fire brigade with a fire and rescue station . As a public fire brigade, it is responsible for fire and disaster control in the 101 km ² city ​​of Minden with around 82,000 inhabitants. The 112 full-time and honorary members of the fire brigade handle around 13,000 missions annually with their 87 vehicles.

history

The fire department of the city of Minden was founded as a volunteer fire department in 1872. A first fire station was located on Brüderstraße / Alte Kirchstraße, in the middle of the upper town. Another fire station had procured for the 1910 Magirus - turret head of the townhouse, are thus built in the Lower Town. Another generously dimensioned fire station was then built on Königsplatz.

On April 8, 1945, the then Wehrführer Jäger received an order from the British military government to set up a permanently manned fire station with 30 to 40 men. Since then, the Minden fire brigade has also taken on the tasks of rescue services and ambulance transport. In addition to the work in the various workshops (radio workshop, car workshop, respiratory protection workshop), the message and alarm center was manned by full-time staff. From here, in addition to answering the emergency call, the volunteer fire brigade was also alerted.

The vehicle hall of the fire brigade's fire brigade

From 1957 the next fire station is located in the former artillery barracks , here already with a hose tower. On November 26, 1971, the fire station on Marienstraße was inaugurated. Further expansions took place here from 1998 to the present day.

Professional fire brigade and rescue service

In 1990 the full-time guard of the Minden volunteer fire brigade became the Minden professional fire brigade. According to the law on fire protection , assistance and disaster control in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (BHKG), the head of the professional fire brigade has also been chief of the volunteer fire brigade.

The fire and rescue station of the city of Minden is on Marienstraße, directly on the Mittelland Canal . The 1971-related, and expanded in 2004 and renovated building complex is due to the high hose tower visible from afar and in addition to the fire brigade, the control center of the Minden-Lübbecke , the fire brigade center volunteer firefighters, some reserve - and special vehicles as well as the management of the volunteer fire department and the Professional fire brigade.

In addition to working in the various workshops (radio workshop, car workshop, respiratory protection workshop), the message and alarm center was manned by full-time staff. From here, in addition to answering the emergency call, the volunteer fire brigade was also alerted.

The circular control center Minden-Lübbecke is a control center that the full range of non-police security edited, so an association of firefighters, rescue service, civil protection and control center. All operations of the fire brigades, the rescue service and the qualified ambulance for the Minden-Lübbecke district are coordinated from here. Furthermore, units of the technical relief organization (THW) or the non-profit aid organizations DRK , JUH and MHD are alerted by the control center . The district control center has been operated by the district of Minden-Lübbecke since January 1, 2018 and has been a tenant in the premises of the city of Minden and no longer part of the professional fire brigade. The decision to build a new district control center outside the urban area of ​​Minden has been made in the next few years.

Emergency vehicles professional fire brigade

1 command vehicle - ELW 1 (1/0/0: 1) (command service)

1 rescue vehicle - HLF 20/16 (1/1/2: ​​4)

1 turntable ladder - DLA (K) 23/12 ( 0/1/1 /: 2)

1 TLF 4000 (or other special vehicle / WLF ) (0/0/1: 1)

1 emergency vehicle - NEF (24h operational readiness)

1 emergency vehicle - NEF (working days 07:30 a.m. - 04:00 p.m.)

3 ambulances - ambulance (24h operational readiness)

1 ambulance - KTW (Mon - Sun 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

The professional fire brigade essentially takes on the primary operations of the fire brigade and the rescue service for the urban area of ​​Minden. Small operations (container fires, car fires, etc.) are mostly handled by the professional fire brigade; in the event of major damage (e.g. apartment and room fires), the volunteer fire brigade's emergency services are also alerted. The volunteer fire brigade is also alerted if fire alarm systems are triggered in old people's homes, clinics or, in some cases , industrial plants.

Volunteer firefighter

In 1990 the volunteer fire brigade with honorary and full-time workers became a purely voluntary fire brigade with only voluntary workers. Since the professional fire brigade was founded at the same time, the head of the professional fire brigade also took on the duties of the head of the volunteer fire brigade in accordance with the Fire Protection and Assistance Act NRW. Nevertheless, the entire personnel administration of the volunteer fire brigade is still done on a voluntary basis. To represent the volunteer members of the fire brigade, the fire brigade and platoon leaders elect the fire brigade spokesman from among their ranks. This represents the interests of the volunteer fire brigade towards the head of the fire brigade.

On the basis of the fire protection requirement plan, protection goal 1 in the urban area of ​​the city of Minden is achieved together with the relay (seven fire brigade members on the 24-hour service of the fire brigade) of the professional fire brigade. Protection goal 2 is only represented by the volunteer fire brigade.

The Minden volunteer fire brigade consists of five fire compartments, which are structured as follows:

Structure of the units of the volunteer fire brigade

• Central fire compartment
  • City center fire fighting train (City center fire fighting group 1 and city center fire fighting group 2)
  • Hahlen fire fighting group
  • Supply group

• Fire compartment north
  • Löschgruppe Stemmer Occupation of ELW 2 (vehicle of the district with additional staff from the control center)
  • Kutenhausen fire fighting group
  • Extinguishing group Todtenhausen

• Fire compartment east 1
  • Extinguishing group Leteln
  • Aminghausen fire fighting group
  • Päpinghausen fire fighting group

• Fire compartment east 2
  • Right bank of the Weser
  • Dankersen delete group
  • Fire fighting group Meißen

• Fire compartment south
  • Fire fighting group Bölhorst
  • Häverstädt fire fighting group
  • Fire fighting group Dützen
  • Haddenhausen fire fighting group

The organizational structure is shown in the organizational chart. The volunteer fire brigade is currently implementing the 2020 concept. This includes reducing the number of volunteer fire brigade locations, along with a vehicle procurement concept to strengthen the volunteer fire brigade's units. In 2014 the fire protection requirements plan of the city of Minden was revised.

Vehicle overview

The units are now equipped with the following vehicles:

Identification number	unit	Emergency vehicles	Others
1601	City center	LF 24 , DLA (K) 23/12 , HLF 10 , TLF 4000 , MTF , GW-L , TLF 2000 and LF 8 reserve vehicle	Occupation of special vehicles according to AAO , for example: WLF , GW logistics etc.
1602	Hahlen	LF 8 , TSF , 2 × MTF
1603	Stemmer	LF 20 KatS , MTF, ELW 1	Occupation of the ELW 2
1604	Kutenhausen	LF16 / 12 , MTF, TSF
1605	Todtenhausen	LF 10/6 , MTF	Occupation of the ELW 2
1606	Leteln	LF 16/12, LF 16-TS , MTF
1607	Aminghausen	LF 10/6, MTF
1608	Päpinghausen	LF 20 KatS , MTF
1609	Right bank of the Weser	LF 10/6 St, MTF	Cast boat
1610	Dankersen	LF 8/6, MTF	Cast boat
1611	Meissen	LF 8/6, MTF	Cast boat
1612	Boelhorst	HLF 20/16, 2 × MTF	Occupation ABC vehicles
1613	Häverstädt	LF 16-TS, MTF
1614	Dützen	LF 10 , MTF	Occupation ABC vehicles
1615	Haddenhausen	HLF 10, MTF, RW	Occupation ABC vehicles

The units of volunteer firefighters provide their 450 emergency services, which are ready for use 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, an indispensable component of the fire Minden. According to the alarm and response regulations (AAO), the units of the volunteer fire department to Alerted a multitude of operations. In addition, they are also active beyond the local area within the framework of the Detmold district reserve, the mass casualty incident, etc.

This includes the following assignments in recent years:

• 2016: Technical assistance after Windhose in the district of Meissen
• 2015: Major fire of the former station barracks, bomb disposal
• 2014: Storm damage to the city of Mühlheim, deployment of the DLK and two RW 1s over a period of three days.
• 2013: Elbe flood in Tangermünde, deployment of approx. 15 different vehicles over a period of ten days with a strength of up to 80 emergency services.
• 2013: Elbe flood in the city of Schönebeck, use of ELW 2 within the framework of the district reserve over five days.
• 2012: Moor fire on the German-Dutch border, use of ELW 2 as part of the district reserve for three days.

Youth fire brigade

The Minden youth fire brigade consists of eight youth groups. The youth fire brigade has become an indispensable part of the Minden fire brigade, because only through this sustained youth work is it possible to attract the young people to the volunteer fire brigade.

group	Catchment area
City center	City center, Nordstadt, Minderheide, Kuhlenkamp, ​​Rodenbeck
Hahlen	Hahlen
North	Stemmer, Kutenhausen, Todtenhausen
East 1	Leteln, Aminghausen, Päpinghausen
East 2	Right bank of the Weser, Dankersen, Meissen
Boelhorst	Bölhorst, Häverstädt
Dützen	Dützen
Haddenhausen	Haddenhausen

Around 145 young people are currently doing voluntary work in the youth groups.

Children's fire brigade

The Minden children's fire brigade is currently under construction and started in 2017 with a group of around 30 children aged 6 to 10 years. The offer for children is currently being expanded continuously.

Web links

• http://www.minden112.de/
• http://www.kreisleitstelle.minden.de
• Annual report of the Minden fire brigade 2012 (PDF file; 220 kB)
• Organization chart of the FF Minden (PDF file; 12 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tenders for the construction of the new fire brigade control center have started. Mindener Tageblatt, May 31, 2018, accessed June 7, 2019 . 
2. ↑ City center fire department
3. ^ Hahlen fire fighting group
4. ↑ Stemmer extinguishing group
5. ^ Kutenhausen fire fighting group
6. ^ Todtenhausen fire fighting group
7. ↑ Leteln delete group
8. ↑ Aminghausen fire fighting group
9. ^ Päpinghausen fire fighting group
10. ↑ Extinguishing group right bank of the Weser
11. ↑ Dankersen delete group
12. ↑ Fire fighting group Meißen
13. ^ Bölhorst fire fighting group
14. ↑ Häverstädt fire fighting group
15. ↑ Dützen extinguishing group
16. ^ Haddenhausen fire fighting group
17. ^ Organization chart of the FF Minden . FF Minden. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
18. ↑ About us . City of Minden - fire brigade -. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 3.9 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 50.7 ″  E