Fire schools in Austria

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The fire brigade schools in Austria are divided between the individual federal states . The fire brigade schools not only have the task of training fire brigade members. In addition to the activities of a normal fire brigade, which support the local fire brigade during larger operations, they often also carry out small research and development work within the scope of their possibilities. Expert and appraisal activities are also carried out.

The fire brigade school also serves as a supraregional disaster camp, where, for example, everything from sandbags to large emergency power generators is kept in containers for the disaster relief service .

Usually there is also an alarm center that is responsible for alerting different areas depending on the state. The state warning centers of the individual federal states also have one of their locations here, so that they are responsible for coordinating all emergency services at all times for disaster operations.

Since the fire brigade members often have a long journey to the fire brigade school, depending on the state, there are also overnight accommodations at the school. But this has changed a lot in the last few decades. If the trainees were barracked in the past , the changed working environment often means that only short training units are possible where no overnight stays are necessary.

Fire school locations

State Fire Brigade School Burgenland 1968

Burgenland

The fire brigade school for members of the Burgenland fire brigade is located in Eisenstadt .

The Burgenland had in 1936 the possibility of the Lower Austrian fire brigade school, which at that time in Wiener Neustadt to visit was at home. In April 1938, construction work on its own school was planned. The intervening Anschluss and the war that followed ruined these plans and Wiener Neustadt continued to be used as a training center, also for women. In 1947, state fire brigade commander Viktor Horvath set up the state fire brigade command and the fire brigade school in Oberberg-Eisenstadt in the old Propsteigebuilding, today's House of Encounter .

A new school was planned in the year after the State Treaty . However, it could only be realized in 1968 under Horvath's successor Ladislaus Widder . It was built on the outskirts of Eisenstadt towards the Leithagebirge . In 1974 the building could be extended by the construction of a fire house . The fire brigade school was always home to the command and the state warning center . In 1979, the Burgenland Fire Brigade Museum was set up on the site.

Brand Ház project

After the old fire house , in which the Burgenland and Hungarian fire brigade members had been training jointly since 1975, could no longer be used, a project was started in 2009 with the support of the EU to establish a new fire house for joint training with the members from Győr-Moson-Sopron county . The partners of the project creating the future are the Burgenland Fire Brigade Association as lead partner and the professional fire brigade Sopron as project partner .

The fire house (planned execution according to DIN standard 14097) will be built on the site of the existing state fire brigade school and consists of a reinforced concrete structure with a basement and three floors. A high level of safety for the training participants is guaranteed by observation using thermal imaging cameras at the control stand and the corresponding safety devices.

The construction of the school with the hot training center was completed in autumn 2010 and opened in April 2011 after a trial run.

Carinthia

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Lower Austria

The first fire brigade school in Lower Austria was built under regional fire brigade commander Ernst Polsterer , as the third in Austria, in Wiener Neustadt and began its training in March 1933. The fire department technical school was headed by the then captain deputy of the Wiener Neustadt fire department, Erich Lauberer. The curriculum initially included courses for guides, batches, machinists, smoke protection, pipe guides and administrators. This school also existed as a fire brigade school for the Reichsgau Niederdonau during the National Socialist era . The training regulation for the fire brigade service introduced at that time, the extinguishing group 1: 8, is still roughly currently valid. The school was hit by the first bombs in 1943, and in 1945 it was finally destroyed.

In June 1947 the school in Wiener Neustadt was able to reopen. In 1950 she finally moved to Tulln , although other cities had also applied for it. Initially housed in the former Minorite monastery, the company moved into a new building in Nussallee in 1957. After the war, the school principal was the later state fire brigade commander Karl Drexler. Later Karl Lurf was appointed as the leader. In 1954, the fire brigade school under the state fire brigade commander Drexler, previously the state association school, was subordinated to the state government , which also took over the financing. The school, which was in the center of Tulln, was rebuilt and expanded several times.

Practice center of the new state fire brigade school in Tulln

However, when no further extensions were possible, the construction of a new fire brigade school began in 2004. It was opened in 2006 . On an area of ​​80 hectares, this is around four times the size of the previous fire brigade school. The new location is on the eastern outskirts of Tulln in the direction of Langenlebarn . In addition to the lecture halls for the theoretical training, numerous exercise objects were built, such as a fire house , railway wagons, vehicle wrecks that can be sunk in a training pond for divers or a training tunnel. This means that a wide variety of scenarios can be presented for practical training. At the time of opening, it was considered one of the most modern in Europe.

In order to be able to use the whole property as a security center for the state of Lower Austria, the Lower Austrian Fire Brigade Command , the Lower Austrian Civil Protection Association , the State Office for Fire Prevention, the Fire Brigade and Civil Protection Department of the Lower Austrian State Government and the Lower Austrian State Warning Center are also housed here. 44 million euros were spent on the entire property.

In 2011, a training center that is unique in Europe was set up together with the gas supplier EVN based in Lower Austria and expanded in 2013, in which training in gas accidents can be carried out realistically for both the fire brigade and the EVN emergency teams.

Courses

Individual courses, especially basic training in certain areas, such as for the squad leaders, water services, respiratory protection and fire brigade radio, are carried out in the individual fire departments. The advanced courses are all held in the fire school itself.

The courses are increasingly being carried out as day or evening seminars in the form of individual modules in order to respond to the changed professional conditions of the fire brigade members. Since these can also be visited in a blocked manner, i. H. Several sections in a row, fire brigade members can stay overnight in a guest house with 100 beds (36 double & 28 single rooms) free of charge.

The UN Fire Fighter Basic Level Courses (UN FFBLC) have also been held at the fire brigade school since 2007 . In these, the training for preventive and defensive fire protection of the fire protection units of the United Nations is carried out at all locations worldwide.

principal

Franz Schuster has been the head of the school since November 2010, and Markus Bauer has been appointed deputy.

Former headmasters were:

  • 1933–1946: Erich Lauberer
  • 1946–1947: Josef Strobel (provisional)
  • 1947–1951: Karl Drexler (provisional)
  • 1951–1954: Karl Lurf
  • 1954–1955: Walter Krumhaar (deputy)
  • 1955–1957: Karl Lurf
  • 1957–1959: Walter Krumhaar (deputy)
  • 1959–1961: Leopold Kappel
  • 1961–1965: Walter Krumhaar (deputy)
  • 1965–1971: Johann Schmid (thereof 1965–69 provisional)
  • 1971–2000: Walter Ernst (of which 1971–72 provisional)
  • 2001–2010: Friedrich Eigenschink

Upper Austria

Upper Austrian Fire Brigade Association with an attached school

As early as 1898 it was decided to conduct joint training for Upper Austria in the fire brigade headquarters in Linz. However, since the Upper Austrian state parliament does not provide any financial means, this project fails. It was not until 1921 that the first state courses could be held regularly in Linz. It was officially founded in 1927 as the first fire brigade school in the German-speaking area. In 1929, adaptations in the abandoned permanganate factory set up the fire brigade school under Provincial Councilor Johann Kreilmayr within five months . In the war years, the fire police were trained up to the rank of NCO. Since the school was occupied by US troops after the war, only traveling courses could be held. In September 1948, however, it can be reopened. Under state fire director Johann Huber , an extensive construction program was implemented at the location of the state fire brigade command and state fire brigade school from 1995 to 2011, which extended over four construction phases.

The school is a school of the Upper Austrian Regional Association and is located in Linz .

With the exception of the basic, radio, machinist and youth worker courses, all courses take place in Linz. Currently, over 9,000 people complete courses from the course program, which includes around 60 different courses, every year.

In 2002 found at the location of the Upper Austria. LFS 169 courses with 6,537 participants, further 31 basic courses with 1,558 and 25 radio courses with 984 participants take place as external events in the districts. Since it opened, 275,189 firefighters have been trained in all areas of fire fighting at their location.

In addition to the leader, six employees are entrusted with the organization of the training program. Course administration, preparation of teaching materials, writing scripts, application administration and management of the state are the tasks of the secretariat. Three trainers and lecturers are responsible for the maintenance and operational readiness of the LFS vehicles and equipment. The team is complemented by ten guest instructors from volunteer fire brigades, civil servants in the workshops and a number of guest lecturers and of course all full-time employees of the Upper Austria. LFV.

Another location of the fire brigade school is the Linz winter harbor with the boathouse.

Salzburg

For the state of Salzburg , the fire brigade school is located next to the airport and Hangar-7 .

Styria

State Fire Brigade School Styria in Lebring-St. Margarethen

In Styria , training takes place in the fire brigade and civil defense school in Lebring-Sankt Margarethen . Since January 2009 it has been subordinate to the State Fire Brigade Association. Before that, she was subordinate to Department 7b - Civil Protection of the Styrian state government.

The Styrian regional fire brigade command is also located on the site , as well as the Florian Styria radio station , which is the state control center of the fire brigade for the whole of Styria.

Tyrol

For the state of Tyrol , both the state fire brigade school and the state fire brigade association are located in Telfs .

Vorarlberg

The fire brigade school Vorarlberg is housed in the state fire brigade association in Feldkirch -Altenstadt.

Vienna

Main fire station Floridsdorf

While the training was previously carried out at a fire station, as is not usual with other fire brigades, restructuring began in 2012. The members of the two volunteer fire brigades in Süßenbrunn and Breitenlee were also trained by the professional fire brigade and the Vienna Disaster Relief Service. In the course of this restructuring, a fire brigade school was built at the location of the main fire station in Floridsdorf (as part of the Viennese professional fire brigade), which was officially opened on September 28, 2015. Around 60 people are expected to complete basic training there each year and 150 firefighters will take advanced courses. In addition, 1,600 places are to be offered for fire house and body protection training courses. Trial operation began in 2012.

literature

Lower Austria
  • 50 Years of the Lower Austria Fire Brigade School [photo documentation] , in: Die Österreichische Feuerwehr No. 5/1983, p. 22.
  • Hans Schneider: Opening of the extension and renovation of the Lower Austrian Fire Brigade School September 23, 1988 , published by the Lower Austrian Fire Brigade School, Tulln 1988.
  • Erich Kaiser: Development of the renovation and expansion of the Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade School , in: Brand from No. 11/1988, p. 393ff.
  • Walter Krumhaar: 20 years n.a. State fire brigade school , in: Fire from No. 4/1963, No. 7ff.
  • Walter Krumhaar:  40 years of Lower Austria. State fire brigade school. In:  fire out! , Year 1973, no. 4 (LXXXI. Year), pp. 109–112. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bra.
  • Walter Krumhaar: 50 Years of the Lower Austrian Fire Brigade School , Tulln Festschrift 1983.
  • Franz Josef Mayer: Training yesterday and today. 50 Years of the Lower Austrian Fire Brigade School , in: Die Österreichische Feuerwehr No. 6/1983, pp. 12–15.
  • Franz Josef Mayer: One who was there: Ferdinand Weiss [specialist fire brigade courses 1928 and 1932] , in: Die Österreichische Feuerwehr No. 6/1983, pp. 20f.
  • Werner Mika: 75 years in the service of training for the Lower Austrian fire departments. 75 years of Lower Austria State Fire Brigade School , in: Brand from No. 12/2008, pp. 16–19.
  • Werner Mika: 55 years of the Tulln site , in: Brand from No. 1/2005, p. 49.
  • Hans Schneider: 50 years of Lower Austria State Fire Brigade School 1933–1983. Until the first course in 1933 - a long way to go , in: Brand from No. 5/1983, pp. 160–168.
  • Hans Schneider: School - in the prime. The Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade School is 55 years old , in: Brand from No. 10/1988, pp. 348–353.
  • Hans Schneider: How was the school opening in 1933? An eyewitness is still alive: Comrade Wegerer , in: Brand from No. 5/1983, p. 169ff.
  • Michael Wiedmaier: Construction documentation for the new Tulln State Fire Brigade School , Kaumberg 2006.
  • Jörg Würzelberger: 130 years of fire service training in Lower Austria , Spillern 1999 (documentation for fire service archivists ) [typescript].
  • Jörg Würzelberger: Fire brigade training in Lower Austria , in: The training of volunteer fire brigades. V. International working discussion of the Working Group for Fire Brigade and Fire Protection History in the CTIF from September 24 to 26, 1997 in Eisenstadt, Eisenstadt 1997, pp. 214–220.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the association. In: www.lfv-bgld.at. Burgenland Fire Brigade Association , accessed on April 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ EU project BrandHÁZ , accessed on 27 May, 2010.
  3. ^ Josef Bader: Creating the future. (PDF; 8.2 MB) In: www.at-hu.net. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015 ; Retrieved March 7, 2012 .
  4. ^ Bgld: Project -> New fire service training center in Eisenstadt. In: www.fireworld.at. May 26, 2009, archived from the original on May 26, 2009 ; Retrieved March 7, 2012 .
  5. ^ Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade Association. Fire department technical school. In:  Communications of the Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade Association , year 1933, (XLVIII. Year), p. 2 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / noe.
  6. ^ Josef Buchta: 140 years of the Lower Austrian Fire Association. 1869-2009 . Lower Austrian Fire Brigade Association, Tulln 2009, ISBN 978-3-9502364-7-7 , p. 235 f.
  7. ↑ Training center for gas accidents opened . In: noe.orf.at , May 5, 2011, accessed on August 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ Gas training center in the Lower Austria fire brigade school expanded to include a practice road. In: 195.58.166.60. September 26, 2013, archived from the original on September 26, 2013 ; accessed on April 12, 2020 .
  9. ↑ UN Basic Level Course . In: Brandaus , issue 11/2010, p. 11.
  10. ↑ Werner Mika, Martin Kerbl: 80 Years of the Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade School. 1933-2013 . Lower Austrian State Fire Brigade School, Tulln 2013, OVB .
  11. ↑ (Obituary) Ing. Leopold Kappel. In:  fire out! , Year 1962, No. 3 (LXX.Volume), p. 12. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bra.
  12. ↑ St. Florian Fire Brigade Museum accessed on January 14, 2017
  13. ↑ 80 years of the Upper Austrian Fire Brigade School in Linz in the 2011 yearbook of the Austrian fire brigades, page 50ff.
  14. ↑ Hans Gilbert Müller: Johann Huber , in: Oberösterreichischer Landesfeuerwehrverband (ed.), Development of the Fire Brigade System (= historical series of publications by the Upper Austrian State Fire Brigade Association 2 ), 3rd edition, Linz 2019, pp. 75-79.
  15. ^ BF Vienna: New training center opened in Floridsdorf , on feuerwehren.at, accessed on September 13, 2016
  16. ^ New fire brigade school for Vienna . In: wien.orf.at , February 16, 2012, accessed on August 24, 2013.
  17. ^ Restructuring of the Viennese professional fire brigade ( memento from September 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: wien.gv.at , accessed on August 24, 2013.

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