Nuremberg fire brigade

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Nuremberg fire brigade
Coat of arms of Nuremberg Office of the City of Nuremberg
Professional fire brigade
Founding year: 1875
Locations: 5
Employee: 460
Volunteer firefighter
Departments: 18th
Active members: 650
Youth fire brigade
Groups: 17th
Members: 140
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MAN equipment truck oil from the fire station 3

The fire brigade of the city of Nuremberg is divided into a professional fire brigade (around 500 officials, five fire stations ) and a volunteer fire brigade (around 600 members in 11 volunteer fire brigades with 18 fire stations). The entire fire brigade is organizationally subordinate to the 3rd mayor of the city of Nuremberg and is managed by the head of the department, Volker Skrok (city director).

Professional fire brigade

On January 22, 1875, the fire brigade in Nuremberg was approved by the city ​​council to hire the first full-time fire chief (then head of the fire brigade). In addition, the construction of a central fire station with a crew of 30 and the maintenance of two secondary fire stations with a crew of nine each were ordered.

After the space was no longer sufficient, the main fire station on Kornmarkt was dismantled and rebuilt in 1903–1905 . As a result of the air raids on Nuremberg, it was so badly affected that it was abandoned in January 1945. After the war, the guard was poorly restored; rebuilding was not considered. The fire station west (today's fire station 1) took over the function of the fire brigade operations center and about 500 meters west of the main fire station the new fire station center (today's fire station 3) was built on Jakobsplatz until 1960 . The old main fire station was then torn down and the area was taken over by the Germanic National Museum .

Professional fire brigade personnel

The entire staff of the Nuremberg fire brigade includes around 400 emergency service officers in 24-hour shifts. Three shifts (shifts 1, 2 and 3) divide this service in a regular three-week cycle (so-called decades), which enable a service that can be planned in advance. A total of 85 functions are to be filled daily by these officers on the five fire stations of the professional fire brigade and the control vehicle. After the integrated control center went into operation in 2010, the fire and rescue services in the control center area of ​​Nuremberg, Nürnberger Land, Fürth, Fürth Land, Erlangen and Erlangen-Höchstadt can be alerted together. In addition to the deployment officers who usually only work in 24-hour shift work, officers in mixed duty are deployed in the area of ​​the operational command service (management service, inspection service and command support / orderly service) who simultaneously perform a function in a subject area / department and whose service is a mixture of operational service and Office service represents.

Around 60 civil servants , employees and workers who work in the administration, the workshops (e.g. own car workshop, carpentry) and as cleaners at the fire stations complete the personnel pool of the Nuremberg fire brigade.

Training of the fire service officers

The service law reform in Bavaria (implementation in 11/2011) fundamentally changed careers in the fire service in Bavaria. The technical ordinance for fire-fighting services (FachV-FW) comes into force for the professional fire brigades in Bavaria. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualification levels (QE) replace the former middle, upper and higher fire service . The course portfolio includes the basic course (BI) and the paramedic training (RS), which, together with a basic machinist and truck driver's license training, form the training for entry into the 2nd QE (fire supervisor). The management training I (including a further training measure as qualification for an office of salary according to A 8) and II and further training for group leader operations service, control center or preventive fire and hazard protection (as qualification for an office of salary according to A 9) form the course in the 2nd QE. Since 2012, there are no more main fire supervisor courses ( B III ), selection procedures in the 2nd QE no longer take place, as there must be no obstacles for the civil servant within the career path. The amendment to the FachV-FW came into force on January 1, 2016. In the course portfolio for the 2nd QE, in addition to the basic course (BI) and the paramedic training (RS) (including a basic machinist and truck driver's license training), management training and one of the advanced training courses already mentioned are provided as qualification for an office of salary A 9. As a qualification for an office of salary according to A 8, there is no management training I. Only the training mentioned above is necessary here.

The training courses B IV ( platoon leader ) and B VI ( association leader ) only take place partially at the Nuremberg location (BI course and collective training for group leader qualification), the advanced courses (B IV and B VI) are held at state fire brigade schools in Germany and in external ones Observation periods at other offices ( professional fire brigades , plant fire brigades or state offices for fire protection) carried out. Bavaria also trains junior managers at the 3rd level of qualification. In a cooperation project between the working group of the heads of professional fire departments in Bavaria (in short: AGBF Bayern, merger of all Bavarian professional fire departments ) and the State Fire Brigade School in Geretsried , B IV courses have been carried out at the Geretsried location since 2007. Most of the speakers come from the professional fire brigades themselves as guest lecturers, the premises and the logistics of the fire brigade school round off this course offer under its motto "from practice for practice".

Of course, the Nuremberg Fire Brigade also offers trainees for the upper and higher (nomenclature of most federal states) fire service the opportunity to sit in on the emergency services and in the subject areas / departments at the Nuremberg location. This is noticed many times a year and helps to constantly re-mix the fire service knowledge of the locations in Germany and to keep it awake.

Use statistics

The Nuremberg fire brigade provides help to the citizens of their city every year in over 5000 missions. They are used in a wide range of applications and, in addition to traditional fire protection and technical assistance, also include the use of hazardous substances, rescue at altitude and water rescue and initial medical use at emergency locations (as first responders or in the so-called peak load coverage with the professional fire service's own ambulance (Nuremberg 1-71 -15)). In the past, around 600 citizens were rescued or rescued from unfortunate situations every year. In a good 170 cases, this situation is a fire. However, the majority of all operations by the Nuremberg fire brigade are technical assistance of all kinds (approx. 2700 operations). This does not have to be a traffic accident, mostly door openings, the removal of storm damage, water damage or other conceivable accidents that occur every day in a big city like Nuremberg.

Structure in action

The basic component of the operation is the so-called fire fighting train , which is extremely well equipped and prepared for most cases. The Nuremberg fire brigade also has a large number of special vehicles and equipment that actively support these basic components with special equipment.

The fire engine

The fire brigade of the Nuremberg fire brigade consists of:

Operations control service

When a fire-fighting train is deployed, the control vehicle (ELW) inspection service (0/1/1/1/3) is also alerted. If the inspection service is involved in a parallel operation, the ELW management service (1/0/0/1/2) is alerted as an alternative. When several fire-fighting trains are deployed and in the event of special alarm keywords (e.g. human life in danger ), both operational command services are alerted. The operations management then lies with the direction service, while the inspection service acts as section management.

The rendezvous system :

  • A fire fighting train is stationed at fire stations 1 and 4 (so-called fire brigade guards).
  • A HLF 20, a DLK 23/12 and a KLAF are stationed as basic components at fire stations 2, 3 and 5 (so-called group guards).

However, in order to be able to use a fire extinguishing train here as well, another fire fighting group vehicle is alerted in the so-called rendezvous system. This rendezvous system is used for any further necessary addition. The stationing of the various special vehicles and devices is planned decentrally at the five fire stations. The formation of focal points (e.g. dangerous goods, disinfection, radiation protection, respiratory protection and rescue at height) plays a decisive role in vehicle distribution.

Fire stations

Professional fire brigade

  • Fire station 1 (Reutersbrunnenstrasse 24): Rescue medical training and advanced training, clothing, carpentry, radiation protection, metalworking, laundry
    The historic and listed fire station 1 (from 1902) no longer meets today's standards in many areas. For this reason, a new fire station is to be built in the Maximilianstrasse / Reutersbrunnenstrasse intersection by the beginning of 2019. arise - only a few hundred meters away from the old fire station 1. This is intended to adequately replace the historic building.
  • Fire station 2 (Veilhofstr. 30): fire protection training, rescue team at heights, special equipment store, carpentry
  • Fire station 3 (Jakobsplatz 20): Hazardous substances (detection, disposal and decontamination), preventive fire and hazard protection, Nuremberg Fire Brigade Museum
  • Fire station 4 (Regenstr. 4): Training and advanced training, respiratory protection, vehicle and truck workshops, administration, fire training system, respiratory protection workshop, location of the integrated control center for the greater Nuremberg area and the associated regional authorities
  • Fire station 5 (Karl-Schönleben-Str. 80): Local operations management, staff rooms, hose workshop, fire extinguisher workshop, specialty sports

literature

  • Fire brigades in Nuremberg (1984; W. Tümmels printing and publishing house Nuremberg);
  • 50 years of the Nuremberg fire brigade (1925; memorial by fire director Sandberg);
  • 125 years of the Nuremberg fire brigade (2000; memorial by B. Franta and K.-H. Oechsler);
  • 100 years of fire station 2 (2012; history by Josef Klug).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Voluntary fire brigade. Nuremberg Fire Brigade, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Youth Fire Brigade. Nuremberg Fire Brigade, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Hauptfeuerwache / Centralfeuerwache. Friends of the Nuremberg Fire Brigade Museum V., accessed on December 31, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )