Trier fire brigade

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Trier fire brigade
Trier coat of arms Office of the City of Trier
Professional fire brigade
Founding year: 1914
Locations: 2
Volunteer firefighter
Founding year: 1846
Departments: 11
Youth fire brigade
Founding year: 1987
Groups: 10
Members: 130
Trier fire brigade

The Trier fire brigade is the office for fire, civil protection and rescue services in the oldest German city of Trier . It is divided into a professional fire brigade , a volunteer fire brigade consisting of eleven fire engines and a youth fire brigade .

history

As in many German cities, organized fire extinguishing began in Trier in the late Middle Ages. As early as 1495 a permanent fire brigade was set up in the then newly built Gangolfsturm , which was also equipped with a fire bell in 1559 . In addition, in 1593 city fire extinguishing regulations were issued, which were repeatedly renewed. In 1846 the voluntary fire brigade of the former Roman city was founded with the Trier fire extinguishing company. As early as 1888 a water pipe was built as a hydrant network in Trier. A year later, the fire brigade was able to move into the old fire station at the town hall on Kornmarkt. In 1903 the fire brigade was allowed to move again and was given its new domicile in the former Carmelite monastery in Fleischstrasse. In addition, she was allowed to hire her first full-time workers. In the following year, the fire station was connected to an electronic fire alarm system, which consisted of 40 fire alarms throughout the city. In 1906, 60 years after the fire brigade was founded, a medical column was set up, giving Trier an ambulance service . In 1910 the Trier fire brigade received the first motorized fire pump . With the beginning of the First World War , numerous emergency services were called in for military service, which then led to the establishment of the professional fire brigade in order to maintain operational readiness. As everywhere in Germany, the Trier fire brigade was incorporated into the police as the fire-fighting police in 1939 . After the Second World War , however, it was able to resume operations as a professional fire brigade and in 1956 move to today's fire station on St. Barbara-Ufer. It was expanded in 1972 and since 1974 has housed a joint control center for the rescue service in the city and district of Trier. In 1976 the Trier fire brigade set up the city's first ambulance , which was initially only available during the day. In the same year, the diving relay was founded, to which a rescue dog relay was added in 1980 . From 1981 the ambulance was operated 24 hours a day. Three years later, the control centers for the fire brigade and disaster control of the city of Trier and the district of Trier-Saarburg were merged and housed in the converted control center of the professional fire department. In 1987 the youth fire brigade was founded. In 1996, two rapid action groups for medical services and care / catering services were established for disaster control . Trier has also had a fire brigade doctor since 1997 and a height safety group since 1998 .

Fire and Disaster Control Center Trier-Ehrang

In June 2016 the professional fire brigade opened a second station in Trier- Ehrang . After a hazard analysis from 2008, it was determined that the prescribed time of eight minutes from the main fire station could not be achieved. The BKSZ (fire and disaster control center) was built according to the “builder model”, with the Trier municipal utilities taking over the project control and construction supervision as an external service provider. In addition to the Wache II crew, the entire disaster control equipment and the equipment of the youth fire brigade are housed in the building. In future, they can be stationed in a tactically sensible manner and are available without delay. The training of new specialists at the Trier fire brigade also takes place centrally in the BKSZ building. In Ehrang, in particular, there are completely new possibilities for disaster control, because the Technical Relief Organization ( THW ) will have an office there - where input material will also be stored - and will work closely with the fire brigade.

Professional fire brigade

The Trier professional fire brigade provides the city ​​of Trier's first fire brigade, which moves out together with the responsible unit of the voluntary fire brigade for all emergency calls. The three guard departments are on duty on a 24-hour basis. In addition, the fire brigade Trier with its 68 paramedics and 25 paramedics six ambulances , four ambulances , one intensive care vehicles , an emergency doctor's vehicle , and a large-capacity emergency ambulances in the competence of the professional fire service falls in addition to various administrative tasks also since November 2000, the operation of the then first integrated control center in Rhineland Palatinate . This is operated by the Trier professional fire brigade and the Rhineland-Palatinate DRK regional association. Since then, the emergency calls from over 500,000 people from the city ​​of Trier , the Trier-Saarburg district , the Bitburg-Prüm district in the Eifel region , the Bernkastel-Wittlich district and the Vulkaneifel district have come together here. The Trier control center is responsible for an area of ​​approx. 5,000 km². Around 100,000 fire and rescue services have to be coordinated every year. In addition, the professional fire brigade operates a state-recognized rescue service school. Andreas Kirchartz has been the head of the fire brigade in Trier since August 1, 2019.

Special forces

The Trier professional fire brigade has various special units for special situations:

Volunteer firefighter

The volunteer fire brigade is alerted in the event of dangerous situations such as fire, floods, traffic accidents and the like in their area of ​​responsibility parallel to the professional fire brigade. At large events, the volunteer fire brigade also ensures fire protection on site. Some of the eleven fire engines are also entrusted with special tasks:

Youth fire brigade

Ten of the eleven units of the volunteer fire brigade operate a youth fire brigade that has a total of 130 members.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A journey into the past of the BF Trier, author: Konrad Geidies
  2. ↑ http://feuerwehr.trier.de/berufsfeuerwehr/bksz-ehrang/
  3. ↑ https://ov-trier.thw.de/unser-thw-ortsverband/unterkunft/
  4. ↑ leitstellen-info.de: Rhineland-Palatinate
  5. ↑ Overview of height rescue groups in Germany (differentiated by color according to sponsorship)

Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 48.7 "  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 41.8"  E