Witten fire department

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Witten fire department
Witten coat of arms Office of the city of Witten
Main station of the Witten fire brigade
Main station of the Witten fire brigade
Founding year: 1863
Units: 13
Vehicles: 36
Professional fire brigade
Founding year: 1976
Locations: 1
Employee: 100 (as of December 31, 2017)
Volunteer firefighter
Founding year: 1863
Departments: 12
Active members: 340 (as of December 31, 2017)
Vehicles: 32
Youth fire brigade
Founding year: 1982
Groups: 10
Members: 147 (as of December 31, 2017)
Vehicles: 2
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The fire brigade of the city of Witten is divided into a professional and a voluntary fire brigade . In addition, there is a youth fire brigade and an honorary department , which, however, do not actively participate in the action.

history

Roburite explosion 1906
Consequences of the Roburite explosion in 1906
Memorial plaque at the old town fire station

The first security service between the Berge and Steinhausen houses was mentioned in 1677 . The first compulsory fire brigade was set up in Witten in 1857. All citizens could be obliged to do so by the local police. The Turngemeinde Witten in 1863 founded the Turner Fire Department , the first volunteer fire department Witten. It formed a "club within a club" with its own board, which, however, had to be confirmed by the board of the gymnastics community. A water supply by means of water pipes was set up in Witten in 1867. In 1868 the fire brigade association festival of the Rhenish-Westphalian Armed Forces Association took place in Witten. A first wooden riser tower was built in the school yard of the Oberdorfschule in 1878 . In 1879 the Turner Fire Brigade separated and the Voluntary Fire Brigade and the Turner Fire Brigade were disbanded. A municipal hydrant department was set up in 1886 and housed at the gas and water works . In 1888 the wooden riser tower was replaced by a solid one. A new tool shed was built on Schwanenmarkt in 1895/96 . In 1906, Witten's biggest catastrophe to date occurred, the Roburit explosion , which also killed four firefighters. In 1906 the city founded two fire brigade committees. In 1920 the volunteer fire brigade consisted of 75 people and the municipal hydrant department of nine people (pipe supervisor, deputy and seven men). In 1928/29 a new fire station was built on Hauptstrasse with 18 apartments for members of the volunteer fire brigade.

After the new law on fire extinguishing was enacted in December 1933 , a new voluntary fire brigade association was founded in Witten . The previous eight fire brigade associations disbanded in February 1934. The fortune went to the new fire brigade association , the equipment to the city. A hundred was formed from the ranks of the fire brigade, the v. a. served for physical training. A fire and rescue team was put together from this hundred. When the Second World War broke out , a security and emergency service was set up from ranks of the fire brigade and other formations and placed under the police force. It has been decentralized for convenience. Part was housed in the fire station, part in the Schwenke inn , part in the community center. During the Second World War, the fire brigade was called the Fire Police . In 1945 the fire station was badly damaged by a bomb attack.

After the end of the Second World War, the fire brigade had to be rebuilt. The core team came from all over the city and was housed in the Annen fire station . From then on, the firefighters were employed full-time and were paid full-time . In 1947 the old town volunteer fire brigade was re-established. In 1976 the professional fire brigade was founded from the full-time firefighters of the volunteer fire brigade. The first youth fire brigade was founded in 1982 by the Bommerholz fire fighting unit . In 1983 the new police station of the professional fire brigade was built on Dortmunder Straße. A special task force information and communication ( SEG-IuK ) made up of professional and volunteer fire brigades was set up in 1999. The association of the fire brigade fire and flame was founded in 2008.

Since April 1, 2009, the Witten fire brigade has been alerted centrally via the district control center of the Ennepe-Ruhr district . At the same time, there is an operations center in the main station, which previously issued the alarm. The emergency number 112 has also been connected to the district control center since April 1, 2009. In the event of an alarm, the professional fire brigade is alerted via a house gong and the units of the volunteer fire brigade are alerted via radio receiver . In the course of 2011, digital alarm receivers were also issued to the fire brigade, which has now completely replaced the analog alarm system. In 2012, the Bommern volunteer fire brigade moved into a new fire station on Wengernstrasse. Freifunk has been available in the Hauptwache since April 19, 2015 .

Another innovation was the conversion of the old radio call names to operational-tactical addresses OPTA as part of the implementation of the OPTA guidelines in North Rhine-Westphalia by the district control center on July 1, 2015.

On April 30, 2016, the fire fighting units Bommerholz, Durchholz and Vormholz were given a new watch. In March 2018, the firing units Bommerholz, Durchholz and Vormholz were combined to form the “Holzer” firing unit.

Professional fire brigade

Sleeve badge of the professional fire brigade Witten

The guard of the professional fire brigade is also the main guard of the Witten fire brigade . There are workshops and storage rooms for material. This station also includes a control center.

Ambulance service

The rescue service in Witten is carried out by the Ennepe-Ruhr district . Three ambulances are available in Witten , which are stationed at the main station of the professional fire brigade and at the Herbede rescue station. The professional fire brigade manned one of the ambulances and an emergency doctor vehicle . The ambulance vehicle is always manned by a paramedic and a doctor specially trained for emergency rescue, who is provided by one of the two Witten hospitals, the Marienhospital and the Evangelical Hospital . It is stationed halfway through the month at the Marienhospital and at the Evangelical Hospital . The other two ambulances are manned by the German Red Cross and the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund . Ambulances and ambulances work in the rendezvous system . The German Red Cross and the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund also provide the medical security guard service at major events and carry out the resulting emergency rescue missions.

vehicles

Fire trucks
Special vehicles
other vehicles
Roll-off containers and trailers

Volunteer firefighter

Sleeve badge of the Witten Volunteer Fire Brigade

The volunteer fire brigade consists of twelve units in the respective districts . For tactical reasons, the volunteer fire brigade is divided into five extinguishing areas, in each of which two or three units are combined. The units have a two-digit identification number in which the first digit specifies the number of the deletion area. The extinguishing areas one and two are reserved for the professional fire brigade.

Fire station ID unit location vehicles founding
Witten fire station old town.jpg LE 2 Old town Hauptstrasse 60 Emergency fire fighting group vehicles HLF 20 / 16-4 and HLF 8-6, team transport vehicle MTF 1863
Witten fire station Heven.jpg LE 3 Heven Tubs 143 Emergency fire fighting vehicle HLF 8 / 6-3, team transport vehicle MTF 13 1900
Witten fire station Annen.jpg LE 4 Anne In the mark 120 Emergency fire fighting group vehicles HLF 20/16 and team transport vehicle MTF 1878
Witten fire station Stockum 2.jpg LE 5 Stockum Heuweg 6a Emergency fire fighting group vehicle HLF 8/6, team transport vehicle MTF 1899
Witten fire station Rüdinghausen.jpg LE 6 Rudinghausen County road 85b Emergency fire fighting group vehicles HLF 20/16 and HLF 8/6, team transport vehicle MTF 1908
Witten fire station snow.jpg LE 7 snow Hackertsbergweg 9 Emergency fire fighting group vehicle HLF 20/16, team transport vehicle MTF 1910
Witten fire station Bommern.jpg LE 8 Bommern Wengernstrasse 27 Emergency fire fighting group vehicle HLF 20 / 16-8, fire fighting group vehicle LF 8-6 turntable ladder DLK 23/12 CC, team transport vehicle MTF 1896
Witten fire station Herbede.jpg LE 9 Herbede Meesmannstrasse 100a Fire fighting group vehicle LF 16/12, emergency fire fighting group vehicle HLF 20/16, turntable ladder DLK 23-12 CC low design, team transport vehicle MTF 10 1869
Witten fire station Buchholz.jpg LE 10 Buchholz Buchholzer Strasse 35 Emergency fire fighting vehicle HLF 8/2, team transport vehicle MTF 7 1934
LE 11  "Woods" Kämpenstrasse 147 Emergency fire fighting group vehicle HLF 16, fire fighting group vehicle LF 10, 2 team transport vehicles MTF 2016

Special task forces

The Witten fire brigade has special task forces (SEGs) for special situations that require advanced training and further training as well as corresponding specialized vehicle and equipment equipment.

Special Task Force Environmental Protection (SEG-U)

The Special Task Force Environmental Protection (SEG-U) consists of members of the professional and voluntary fire brigade and has specialized in the decontamination of people in the event of nuclear , biological and chemical hazards ( NBC protection ). The SEG-U was founded in 1998 and initially consisted exclusively of professional fire brigade people. In 2001 members of the volunteer fire brigade were also integrated.

Special Task Force Information and Communication (SEG-IuK)

The Special Task Force Information and Communication (SEG-IuK) consists of members of the professional and voluntary fire brigade. In the case of larger deployments, it provides advanced communication tools and supports the operations command . The SEG-IuK is active in the entire Ennepe-Ruhr district .

Special task force water rescue (SEG water rescue)

The special task force water rescue (SEG water rescue ) is the fire department diving group of the fire department Witten. SEG water rescue provides help in the event of accidents, dangers and emergencies on, in, on and under water. It is used throughout the Ennepe-Ruhr district.

Youth fire brigade

In a total of ten youth fire brigade groups, children and young people are prepared for work in the fire brigade. In addition, leisure activities such as tent camps or trips to amusement parks are undertaken. The youth fire brigade groups are assigned to the fire fighting units of the volunteer fire brigade. The youth fire brigade has one fire fighting vehicle LF 8 and LF 10 and a team transport vehicle available for exercise and transport of the children and young people.

unit location founding
Old town Hauptstrasse 60 1982
Heven Tubs 143 1995
Anne In the mark 120 2015
Stockum Heuweg 6a 2013
Rudinghausen County road 85b 2015
snow Hackertsbergweg 9 2007
Bommern Wengernstrasse 27 2003
"The woods" (Bommerholz, Durchholz and Vormholz)
(originally Bommerholz youth fire brigade ) 		Bommerholzer Strasse 57 2012
Herbede Meesmannstrasse 100a 2011
Buchholz Buchholzer Strasse 35 2007

Plant fire brigades

The German steel works and Evonik Industries pursue each plant fire brigade . The two plant fire departments cooperate with each other.

Plant fire brigade location
German stainless steel works Auestrasse 4
Evonik Industries Arthur-Imhausen-Strasse 92

literature

  • Witten professional fire brigade. So young and already so strong . In: fire department magazine . No. 8 , 1988.
  • Westf. Fire Brigade Association. Annual report 1918/19. 29th West Fire Brigade Day in Witten . Witten 1919.
  • Festschrift for the 19th Westphalian Fire Brigade Association Festival . Märkische Druckerei und Verlaganstalt Aug. Pott, Witten 1909.
Volunteer firefighter
  • Support association of the volunteer fire brigade extinguishing unit Bommerholz, Klaus Pranskuweit, Andre Meyer auf der Heide (Ed.): 100 years of the volunteer fire brigade in Witten, Bommerholz fire brigade. 1908 to 2008 . Witten 2008.
  • 125 years of the fire brigade in Annen. Fire fighting train Witten-Annen. Its origin and history from 1878 to 2003 . Hitzegrad Medien, Dortmund 2003.
  • 100 years of the LE Witten-Heven volunteer fire department. 1900-2000 . Witten 2000.
  • Voluntary fire department of the city of Witten. 100 years 1896-1996. Bommern extinguishing unit . Witten 1996.
  • Voluntary fire department of the city of Witten. 125 years of the Herbede fire engine . Witten 1994.
  • Commemorative publication 90 years of the volunteer fire brigade in Witten-Stockum . Witten 1989.
  • 125 years of the Witten Volunteer Fire Brigade (old town) . Witten 1988.
  • 75 years of the Rüdinghausen fire brigade Witten volunteer fire department. 1908-1983 . Witten 1983.
  • 50 years of the Witten fire brigade Buchholz fire brigade. 1934-1984 . Witten 1984.
  • 75 years of the Witten fire brigade Bommerholz fire brigade. 1908-1983 . Witten 1983.
  • 100 years of the Witten Fire Brigade Annen. 1878-1988 . Witten 1978.
  • 75 years of the Witten-Heven volunteer fire brigade. 1900-1975 . Witten 1975.
  • 110 years of volunteer fire brigade Witten, old town . Witten 1973.
  • Volunteer fire brigade in Witten, Bommern. 75 years. 1896-1971 . Witten 1971.
  • Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the Witten Volunteer Fire Brigade (old town) . Witten 1963.
  • 50 years of the Witten-Schnee volunteer fire department 1910–1960 . Witten 1960.
  • 50 years of the Witten-Rüdinghausen volunteer fire department. 1908-1958 . Witten 1958.
  • 75 years of the Witten-Annen volunteer fire department. 1878-1953 . Witten 1953.
  • Memo book for the volunteer fire brigade . Witten 1931.
  • 50 years of the volunteer fire brigade Annen i. Westf. Associated with the district association festival of the district of Hörde . Anne i. W. 1929.
  • Exercise regulations Turner fire brigade Witten . Witten 1868.

Web links

Commons : Feuerwehr Witten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Annual Report 2017. Witten - University City on the Ruhr, accessed on March 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ F. Fire Police and Fire Extinguishing . In: Stadt Witten (Hrsg.): Report on the administration and the status of community affairs in the city of Witten . 1911, p. 38 .
  3. ↑ E. Fire Police and Fire Extinguishing . In: Stadt Witten (Hrsg.): Annual report Stadt Witten . 1920.
  4. ↑ History of the Witten Youth Fire Brigade. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; Retrieved February 5, 2013 .
  5. ^ The staff of the SEG-IuK. Background and origin of the SEG-IuK. Special Task Force Information and Communication (SEG-IuK), accessed on February 11, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Introduction. Friends of the professional fire brigade Witten, fire and flames, accessed on June 30, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Chronicle. Friends of the Witten-Bommern Voluntary Fire Brigade, accessed on June 30, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Barbara Zabka: Inauguration. Three volunteer fire brigades finally under one roof. WAZ, May 1, 2016, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Fire Department. The small pieces of wood are now Witten's largest extinguishing unit. WAZ, March 18, 2018, accessed March 19, 2018 .
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  11. ↑ Ambulance Service. German Red Cross District Association Witten, accessed on February 17, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Municipal rescue service and patient transport. (No longer available online.) Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Kreisverband Witten, archived from the original on March 22, 2017 ; accessed on March 21, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / witten.asbnrw.de
  13. ↑ vehicles. Witten old town extinguishing unit, accessed on May 28, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Witten fire department. Extinguishing unit Heven. Witten fire brigade, accessed on January 3, 2015 .
  15. ↑ vehicles. Annen erasure unit, accessed on July 28, 2015 .
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  17. ↑ Vehicles of the extinguishing unit. Rüdinghausen extinguishing unit, accessed on January 29, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Witten fire department. Extinguishing unit snow. Witten fire brigade, accessed on February 6, 2013 .
  19. ↑ The emergency vehicles. Friends of the Witten-Bommern Voluntary Fire Brigade, accessed on June 30, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Technology of the Herbede extinguishing unit. (No longer available online.) Herbede deletion unit, archived from the original on February 20, 2015 ; accessed on July 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.le-herbede.de
  21. ↑ vehicles. Witten fire department. Buchholz deletion unit, accessed on April 3, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Special Task Force. Witten fire brigade, accessed on May 31, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Special Task Force Environmental Protection. City of Witten. The mayor, accessed on June 30, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Special Task Force Information and Communication. City of Witten. The mayor, accessed June 20, 2018 .
  25. ↑ Fire service diver SEG water rescue. City of Witten. The mayor, accessed on June 30, 2018 .
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  28. ↑ Annen founds youth fire brigade . In: WAZ . 22nd August 2015.
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  30. ↑ Annual General Meeting. New Stockum youth fire brigade founded. WAZ, May 21, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  31. ↑ a b fire brigade. Youth fire brigade makes school in Witten. WAZ, November 10, 2014, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  32. ↑ On the snow. City of Witten fire department, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; Retrieved February 8, 2013 .
  33. ↑ Welcome ... Friends of the Witten-Bommern Voluntary Fire Brigade, accessed on February 8, 2013 .
  34. ↑ Youth Fire Brigade. Förderverein Freiwillige Feuerwehr Bommerholz, accessed on May 15, 2016 .
  35. ↑ Youth Fire Brigade. Having fun to fight fires. WAZ, June 2, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  36. ↑ Youth Fire Brigade. Herbede youth group. Herbede deletion unit, archived from the original on April 12, 2013 ; Retrieved February 8, 2013 .
  37. ↑ City of Witten fire brigade. Buchholz Youth Fire Brigade. Witten fire department. Buchholz deletion unit, accessed on April 3, 2017 .
  38. ^ The vehicles of the Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH fire brigade - Witten. (No longer available online.) September 15, 2010, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on July 28, 2015 .
  39. ^ Plant fire brigade Evonik plant in Witten. Retrieved April 3, 2017 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 26.1 ″  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 0.2 ″  E